World War Two Season 9, Episode 18

How Hitler Tested His Next War in Spain - Q2 1937 · YouTube · Saturday, June 6

In Spain, the Condor Legion helps Franco’s Nationalists and the bombing of Guernica gives the world a terrifying preview of modern aerial terror. At home, the regime escalates its assault on the Catholic Church, begins the purge of “degenerate art,” tightens the link between courts and concentration camps, and hides rearmament behind spectacles of economic success. This episode of Death of Democracy looks at Q2 1937: the quarter when Nazi Germany normalized aggression abroad while deepening tyranny at home.