215: Baltic Independence Pt. 1

In the years after 1918 Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia would fight for their independence.  Do you want to chat with other History of the Great War listeners, and yours truly, come hang out in Discord: https://discord.gg/ASbBjaT Support the podcast on http://patreon.com/historyofthegreatwar where you can get access to special supporter only episodes. For a no strings attached donation: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2528RCAZG4R3Y&source=url Sources: The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917–21 by Prit Buttar The Baltic States The Years of Independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1917-1940 by George Von Rauch The Baltic Germans and German Policy towards Latvia after 1918 by J.W. Hiden The Baltic States: The National Self-Determination of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Edited By Graham Smith The Baltic States and Weimar Ostpolitick by John Hiden Defending National Sovereignty Against two Russians: Estonia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920 by Karsten Bruggemann The Formation of the Lithuanian Foreign Office, 1918-1921 by Alfred Erich Senn German freecorps in the Baltic, 1918-1919 by Charles L. Sullivan National Communism and World Revolution: The Political Consequences of German Military Withdrawal from the Baltic Area in 1918-19 by James D. White The Lithuanian Card in Russian Policy, 1914-1917 by Raimundas Lopata Soviet Policy Toward the Baltic States 1918-1940 by Albert N. Tarulis The Baltic Nations and Europe: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the Twentieth Century by John Hiden and Patrick Salmon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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History of the Great War is a weekly podcast that will cover the First World War that occurred from 1914 and 1918. Every week we will be discussing the events that occurred exactly 100 years ago. We will journey from the borders of France in the blistering heat of 1914, to the shores of Gallipoli, to the banks of Somme, to the final knockout attempt by the German army in the spring of 1918.