Guys my Google image search history is *abominable*. The amount of propaganda posters I swam through for this video, the search terms I had to type with my own to hands... SOURCES & Further Reading: "World War II: Map By Map" by Smithsonian & DK Great Courses Lectures “The End of the War – 1917 - 22”, “Recovery & Depression in the West – 1919 - 36”, “Totalitarian Russia – 1918 - 39”, “Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany – 1922 – 36”, “The Holocaust – 1933 - 45”, “The Failure of Diplomacy – 1935 - 39” from “Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World” by Robert Bucholz Great Courses Lectures “Armenian Massacres – Tipping into Genocide”, “Toppled Thrones – The Collapse of Empires”, “The Versailles Treaty and Paris Settlement”, “Aftershocks – Reds, Whites, and Nationalists”, “The Rise of the Mass Dictatorships” from “World War I: The ‘Great War’” by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius Great Courses Lecture “War without a Master Plan, Japan 1931 - 1945” from “Understanding Japan: A Cultural History” by Mark J. Ravina Sarah Paine video lectures "Why Japan Lost WWII", "How Mao Conquered China", "How Imperial Japan Defeated Tsarist Russia & Qing China", "How Russia Sabotaged China's Rise" ( and "Why Dictators Keep Making The Same Fatal Mistake" ( Special thanks to members of our discord community Billy Warren, Jacob Khan, Jonny, RexNatura, UnaBellaGuerra, and Hewar for looking over my script and offering feedback. Their help, time, and insights were deeply valuable. Any remaining errors in this script are mine. MUSIC: "Bloody Presto Con Brio" from Assassin's Creed Syndicate by Austin Wintory "On Father's Watch" from Assassin's Creed Unity by Chris Tilton "The Cannery" by Kevin MacLeod "48 Hours" from M - Il Figlio Del Secolo by Tom Rowlands "Black Dam" from M - Il Figlio Del Secolo by Tom Rowlands "Victim" from M - Il Figlio Del Secolo by Tom Rowlands "Avanti" from M - Il Figlio Del Secolo by Tom Rowlands Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up. GET AURORA VOLUME 1: PATREON: PODCAST: DISCORD: MERCH: OUR WEBSITE: Find us on Bluesky Find us on Reddit Want this video in another language? Check out our guide to contributing translated captions: