Two Veterans: A Dark Consequence of World War One (A Don’t Know Much About® Audiominute)

Yesterday, November 11th, was Veterans Day – a holiday on which we honor service and sacrifice.

Two World War I veterans, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, deserve no such honors. But we must still recognize the consequences of war. Listen to this quick lesson.

 

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Mussolini and Hitler in Munich June 1940 (Source: National Archives)

 

You can read and listen to more of my history of Veterans Day here.

And read more about these two men and the impact of World War I in the rise of other dictators in Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy