Impossible Peace - Season 1 (2017)

By the late twenties, Europe - France especially - appeared to have put the bad old days of economic strife behind them. A few voices warned that this boom time would have inevitable consequences, but the majority weren't listening.

In the 20's there seemed to be some good candidates for leadership in Europe. But where were these people when the great depression hits, effecting the lives of people around the world?

With the United States also suffering, Japan took the opportunity to increase their empire. Turning their attention to East Asia, they plotted the invasion of Manchuria.

By the mid thirties, Adolf Hitler's ambitions seemed clear to all. If the great powers had acted earlier, would their intervention have prevented WW2?

For some, appeasement was the only way "repeating the disaster of WW1 had to be avoided at all costs". But with Adolf Hitler at the other end of the negotiating table, this was a strategy doomed to failure.