World War Two

World War Two is a youtube channel hosted by historian, actor, voice actor, musician and YouTube personality Indy Neidell which follows the events of World War II on a week-by-week basis.[1]  The series is owned by TimeGhost and produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.[2]  The first episode was uploaded on September 1, 2018 and focused on the events of that date and the week leading up to it in 1939.[3]  The series also has a Instagram account which runs parallel to it and follows the events of World War II on a day-by-day basis.[4]  As of April 14, 2019, the YouTube channel had received 5,948,633 views.[5]

Background
With The Great War project (a similar web series which followed World War I) coming to a close in November 2018, Indy Neidell and Spartacus Olsson prepared for an equivalent YouTube project focusing on World War II, which they would produce themselves through their own TimeGhost channel (unlike The Great War) with a projected start date for September 1, 2018. Accounting for the war's longer duration and larger scope for this independent project without the participation of Mediakraft Networks, it is a collaboration of various channels: TimeGhost will focus on a weekly series on the general historical events of the war in the European and Pacific Theatres of the war. To raise the seed money for this project, there has been a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised €54,380 ($63,816).[6]  With those funds available, a new studio was built from the ground up in its own building and arrangements were made with media providers such as Reuters News Service for archival footage.[7]

1939
{| !No. !Title !Events covered !Original air date The Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets are still struggling to turn the Winter War against the Finnish in their favour.[23]
 * 001
 * "The Polish German War"
 * August 25 — September 1, 1939
 * September 1, 2018
 * colspan="4"|When Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…[3]
 * 002
 * "World War Two Begins"
 * September 2—8, 1939
 * September 8, 2018
 * colspan="4"|The German-Polish war is the match that ignites the flames that finally burn British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement efforts to the ground.[8]
 * 003
 * "Poland on Her Own"
 * September 9—15, 1939
 * September 15, 2018
 * colspan="4"|When the Wehrmacht and the SS continue devastating Poland and her people in the first weeks of September, her last chance is her western allies.[9]
 * 004
 * "The Russians are Coming!"
 * September 16—22, 1939
 * September 22, 2018
 * colspan="4"|When the USSR crushes the plans of the Allies for Poland and the Japanese plans in China in the same week, it is Germany that benefits.[10]
 * 005
 * "Poland is Crushed!"
 * September 23—29, 1939
 * September 29, 2018
 * colspan="4"|Facing two enemies at once, Poland finds itself in a crushing vice after less than a month of war and the Polish forces must flee their own country to live to fight another day.[11]
 * 006
 * "Poland Falls and China Rises"
 * September 30 — October 6, 1939
 * October 6, 2018
 * colspan="4"|In the West, the sun sets on Poland as the last forces surrender, but her defenders are already regrouping abroad. In the East, the sun rises on China as Japan meets yet another defeat.[12]
 * 007
 * "The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze"
 * October 7—13, 1939
 * October 13, 2018
 * colspan="4"|While the Third Reich and USSR consolidate their Polish conquest, their leaders are wary of each other but turn the attention to the next prize. Stalin moves to the North and Hitler pushes for an attack in the West.[13]
 * 008
 * "The Submarine War"
 * October 14—20, 1939
 * October 20, 2018
 * colspan="4"|For the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about the war in October 1939 – mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receiving end of a torpedo or a depth charge.[14]
 * 009
 * "Stalin's Murderous Adventures"
 * October 21—27, 1939
 * October 27, 2018
 * colspan="4"|The persecution, incarceration, enslavement and murder of the Polish people in occupied Poland is driven by ideological hatred for both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, but it's also a personal matter for Joseph Stalin.<sup id="cite_ref-15">[15]
 * 010
 * "Molotov's Heel on Finland and Nobody to Fight in the West"
 * October 28 — November 3, 1939
 * November 3, 2018
 * colspan="4"|Ten weeks into the war, and the Allied ground forces are bored in France. In North-Eastern Europe, Poland's suffering has no end and Finland is in the crosshairs of the USSR.<sup id="cite_ref-16">[16]
 * 011
 * "Hitler Almost Killed"
 * November 4—10, 1939
 * November 10, 2018
 * colspan="4"|As Hitler drives for a fast invasion, he faces covert and open resistance, even an assassination attempt. In the background, British and German agents (even double agents) play a game of betrayal and counter-betrayal.<sup id="cite_ref-17">[17]
 * 012
 * "The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy"
 * November 11—17, 1939
 * November 17, 2018
 * colspan="4"|While the Finnish and the Soviets seem to be moving ever closer to war, the Royal Navy is losing ships at a frightening rate to an explosive threat not yet understood.<sup id="cite_ref-18">[18]
 * 013
 * "Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves?"
 * November 18—24, 1939
 * November 24, 2018
 * colspan="4"|The European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines; in China, the Japanese advance, and in Poland, it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.<sup id="cite_ref-19">[19]
 * 014
 * "The Winter War"
 * November 25 — December 1, 1939
 * December 1, 2018
 * colspan="4"|On the last day of November 1939, the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.<sup id="cite_ref-20">[20]
 * 015
 * "The Invasion of Finland"
 * December 2—8, 1939
 * December 8, 2018
 * colspan="4"|When the Red Army invades Finland, they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like Team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.<sup id="cite_ref-21">[21]
 * 016
 * "Perkele! Finland Strikes Back"
 * December 9—15, 1939
 * December 15, 2018
 * colspan="4"|In the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counter-offensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red Army and Stalin might have had.
 * 017
 * "Trouble in China"
 * December 16—22, 1939
 * December 22, 2018
 * colspan="4"|While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of the war, there's trouble in China. Chiang Kai Shek is looking for ways to gain a new advantage over the Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-22">[22]
 * 018
 * ""Stalin's Unexpected Bedfellows"
 * December 23—29, 1939
 * December 29, 2018
 * colspan="4"|
 * colspan="4"|The European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines; in China, the Japanese advance, and in Poland, it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.<sup id="cite_ref-19">[19]
 * 014
 * "The Winter War"
 * November 25 — December 1, 1939
 * December 1, 2018
 * colspan="4"|On the last day of November 1939, the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.<sup id="cite_ref-20">[20]
 * 015
 * "The Invasion of Finland"
 * December 2—8, 1939
 * December 8, 2018
 * colspan="4"|When the Red Army invades Finland, they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like Team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.<sup id="cite_ref-21">[21]
 * 016
 * "Perkele! Finland Strikes Back"
 * December 9—15, 1939
 * December 15, 2018
 * colspan="4"|In the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counter-offensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red Army and Stalin might have had.
 * 017
 * "Trouble in China"
 * December 16—22, 1939
 * December 22, 2018
 * colspan="4"|While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of the war, there's trouble in China. Chiang Kai Shek is looking for ways to gain a new advantage over the Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-22">[22]
 * 018
 * ""Stalin's Unexpected Bedfellows"
 * December 23—29, 1939
 * December 29, 2018
 * colspan="4"|
 * December 22, 2018
 * colspan="4"|While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of the war, there's trouble in China. Chiang Kai Shek is looking for ways to gain a new advantage over the Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-22">[22]
 * 018
 * ""Stalin's Unexpected Bedfellows"
 * December 23—29, 1939
 * December 29, 2018
 * colspan="4"|
 * December 29, 2018
 * colspan="4"|
 * colspan="4"|

Specials

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