Stalin's Great Game. Part 1. Winter War to Phoney War

In this deep dive interview, historian Prof Michael J. Carley explains how Stalin stumbled at the start of World War Two. USSR and Finland fought the Winter War. Britain and France played at Phoney War. And Germany planned Operation Barbarossa. Part Two of this 2.5-hour interview with historian Michael Jabara Carley will be published 24 October and Part Three on 31 October. Get the full interview (no ads no AI) as a paid subscriber at https://jeffrich.substack.com from 24 October. Learn more from history at https://jeffrich.substack.com Get books by Michael Jabara Carley discussed in this video from University of Toronto Press: 📕Stalin's Gamble: The Search for Allies against Hitler, 1930-1936 https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10... 📕Stalin’s Failed Alliance: The Struggle for Collective Security, 1936–1939 https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10... 📕Stalin's Great Game: War and Neutrality, 1939-1941 https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10... Available at good booksellers online and local and at the University of Toronto Press links above V I D E O S T O W A T C H N E X T: Playlist of all four interviews with Michael Carley on his books, Stalin's Gamble, Stalin's Failed Alliance and Stalin's Great Game    • Michael Carley, Stalin's Gamble, Failed Al...   Is Stalin to BLAME for WW2? The true story from the Soviet Archives | Prof Michael J. Carley    • Is Stalin to BLAME for WW2? The true story...   How Stalin's Gamble to Form an Anti-German Alliance FAILED | Historian Michael J Carley    • How Stalin's Gamble to Form an Anti-German...   Russian/Soviet History Playlist    • Russian History   The Rise and Fall of Empires    • The Rise and Fall of Empires   ------------------------------------------------------------ Inquiries: [email protected]