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James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470

James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470

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Munich

Robert Harris

“it's really it's terrifically good”
“in the case of Robert Harris writing his book about these negotiations which I don't know if you've read it but it's really it's terrifically good”— guest
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KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps

Nikolaus Wachsmann (inferred)

“a book you've recommended, KL”
“There's a book you've recommended, KL. Yes, it's just called KL... it's an exhaustive book and I'm full of admiration for him for for writing it”— guest
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Downfall (Der Untergang)

Oliver Hirschbiegel (inferred)

“it might be my favorite uh World War II movie”
“it's probably it might be my favorite uh World War II movie, which is strange to say because it's not really about World War II”— guest

The guest's own work

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The War in the West, Volume 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941

James Holland

“In volume one of the war in the west, your book series on World War II, you write, "The Second World War witnessed the deaths of more than 60 million people"”— Lex Fridman

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Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl

“One is man's search for meaning about Victor Franco sort of this philosophical thing about how a human being can confront that and find meaning”— Lex Fridman