{"id":10812,"date":"2017-12-12T09:07:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=10812"},"modified":"2017-12-12T09:07:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:07:16","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-part-2-the-second-world-wars-with-victor-davis-hanson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/uncommon-knowledge-part-2-the-second-world-wars-with-victor-davis-hanson\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge Part 2: The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video was originally published by the Hoover Institution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/part-i-second-world-wars-victor-davis-hanson\">Click here to learn more about this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"806\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ux0nzEtUobM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Could the Axis powers have won? What are the counterfactuals for World War II?\u00a0 Find out in part two of this episode as\u00a0Victor Davis Hanson joins Peter Robinson to discuss his latest book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/books\/the-second-world-wars-how-the-first-global-conflict-was-fought-and-won\/\"><em>The Second World Wars<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson explains the counterfactuals of World War II, the \u201cwhat-ifs\u201d that easily could have changed the outcome of the war. If Hitler had not attacked Russia or the Japanese had not attacked Pearl Harbor, the USSR would have never turned on Germany and the United States would have never entered the war. Hanson argues that the leaders of the Axis powers overreached in their strategies, which ultimately caused their downfall. Hanson also explores the counterfactual surrounding the American commanders and the \u201cwhat-ifs\u201d that could have prevented American success in the war.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson also reflects on his own family history and connections to World War II and how it shaped him as both a person and a scholar in his life today. He talks about his motivations to write his latest book,\u00a0<em>The Second World Wars<\/em>, and how his family history and the current political climate inspired him to write it.<\/p>\n<p>Watch both episodes to learn more about the history of World War II. You can watch the first episode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/part-i-second-world-wars-victor-davis-hanson\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video was originally published by the Hoover Institution. Click here to learn more about this episode. Could the Axis powers have won? What are the counterfactuals for World War II?\u00a0 Find out in part two of this episode as\u00a0Victor Davis Hanson joins Peter Robinson to discuss his latest book,\u00a0The Second World Wars. Victor Davis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2Oo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10758,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/uncommon-knowledge-part-i-the-second-world-wars-with-victor-davis-hanson\/","url_meta":{"origin":10812,"position":0},"title":"Uncommon Knowledge Part I: The Second World Wars with Victor Davis Hanson","author":"victorhanson","date":"November 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EUELed7UuDQ How were the Axis powers able to instigate the most lethal conflict in human history? 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