296. The Nazis: The Beer Hall Putsch

German hyperinflation. The Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler’s trial. Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the Nazis in the early 1920s as the Weimar Republic is in crisis and Hitler tries to grow the party beyond Bavaria.
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[@ComedyJakob]

Germany was stabbed in the back, but it was from within their alliance system rather than within their population. They were the best military in both world wars by far, but had the most incompetent allied powers. Take Germany and pair it with France, the UK, or Russia and I have no doubt that they'd have won any European war.

[@simonprodhan5050]

superb stuff

[@MyPerennial]

Great episode, thank you

[@dray6435]

Dan Carlin sent me

[@jimb9063]

Nicely done chaps.

[@TimL_]

What happened to the recently uploaded old episodes?

[@brianpollard4350]

There wasn't anything particularly sophisticated about the Dawes Plan. It was basically a circular financial model highly beneficial to the U.S.A. American banks loaned enormous amounts of money to Germany. Germany used these funds to pay reparations principally to France and Great Britain. Those countries, e.g., Great Britain and France, in turn used such money substantially to repay their massive war loans from the U.S.A. At least in the short range, the plan was remarkably successful. Charles Dawes was a clever gentleman.

[@TheOne-er7nk]

Who funded it and who gave him the light sentence? Answer that and you find out who was behind it all.