Podcast on French law and politics hosted by Patrick and Liam.
","icon":"https://media-cdn.royalpalacepod.com/royal-palace-pod-dot-com/production/images/channel-5674011ca2a6e59c78322f107eb8d492.png","favicon":"https://media-cdn.royalpalacepod.com/royal-palace-pod-dot-com/production/images/favicon-97c88a298188b46336c030d6bcb8b654.png","authors":[{"name":"Royal Palace Media LLC"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"gcwNeNvlbqG","title":"8. Fall of France (Part 1)","attachments":[{"url":"https://op3.dev/e/media-cdn.royalpalacepod.com/royal-palace-pod-dot-com/production/media/audio-bdf1616675e692cb68652dad626f2f2f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_byte":66713580,"duration_in_seconds":3313}],"url":"https://royalpalacepod.com/i/8-the-fall-of-france-part-1-gcwNeNvlbqG/","content_html":"France left World War I victorious and was reputed as having the greatest military in the world. Nevertheless, the war cost France an entire generation of manpower, a landscape riddled in destruction and diminished industrial capacity vis-a-vis Germany. Having sustained two invasions by German forces in recent memory, France knew that it wouldn't be long before the Germans would try again - leading France to begin construction of the Maginot Line in 1928. As reactionary and antisemitic politics gained an unwavering momentum during the 1930s, the victory of France's left-wing Popular Front and formation of a Léon Blum's government offered hope to the working masses and a veritable alternative to Adolf Hitler. Still, the the leftist government faced an uphill battle owing to the chronic neglect of France's armed forces by previous governments, the superior state of German industry, political instability at home and an industrial class that would put their own interests ahead of the French Republic.
We want to thank our guest Sam for bringing us this amazing series. We encourage our listeners to check out his substack for his latest analysis on international affairs: turnbaugh.substack.com
Stay tuned for Part 2.
","content_text":"France left World War I victorious and was reputed as having the greatest\nmilitary in the world. Nevertheless, the war cost France an entire generation of\nmanpower, a landscape riddled in destruction and diminished industrial capacity\nvis-a-vis Germany. Having sustained two invasions by German forces in recent\nmemory, France knew that it wouldn't be long before the Germans would try again\n- leading France to begin construction of the Maginot Line in 1928. As\nreactionary and antisemitic politics gained an unwavering momentum during the\n1930s, the victory of France's left-wing Popular Front and formation of a Léon\nBlum's government offered hope to the working masses and a veritable alternative\nto Adolf Hitler. Still, the the leftist government faced an uphill battle owing\nto the chronic neglect of France's armed forces by previous governments, the\nsuperior state of German industry, political instability at home and an\nindustrial class that would put their own interests ahead of the French\nRepublic.\n\n\n\n\nWe want to thank our guest Sam for bringing us this amazing series. We encourage\nour listeners to check out his substack for his latest analysis on international\naffairs: turnbaugh.substack.com\n\n\n\n\nStay tuned for Part 2.","date_published":"2024-11-04T11:00:00.000Z","_microfeed":{"is_audio":true,"is_document":false,"is_external_url":false,"is_video":false,"is_image":false,"web_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/i/8-fall-of-france-part-1-gcwNeNvlbqG/","json_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/i/gcwNeNvlbqG/json/","rss_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/i/gcwNeNvlbqG/rss/","guid":"gcwNeNvlbqG","status":"published","duration_hhmmss":"00:55:13","itunes:title":"Fall of France (Part 1)","itunes:episodeType":"full","itunes:episode":8,"date_published_short":"Mon Nov 04 2024","date_published_ms":1730718000000}}],"_microfeed":{"microfeed_version":"0.1.5","base_url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev","categories":[{"name":"Government"},{"name":"News","categories":[{"name":"Politics"}]}],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/rss/","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"drq_EefN4tR"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/json/","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"yeKuVP5L49n"},{"name":"Apple Podcasts","type":"apple podcasts","url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/royal-palace-podcast/id1755265474","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/apple.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"DudZMmJ6n4W"},{"name":"Spotify","type":"spotify","url":"https://open.spotify.com/show/4QdTNrUosXqtTPCpMc1tvG","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/spotify.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"QifIt8vMryw"},{"name":"Pocket Casts","type":"pocket casts","url":"https://pca.st/61kp7xt4","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/pocketcasts.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"qtBMsj6RWu-"},{"name":"Listen Notes","type":"listen notes","url":"https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/royal-palace-podcast-royal-palace-media-llc-_aMtCRDnQUN/","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/listennotes.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"Z9Z5ZcrBj6x"},{"name":"Castro","type":"castro","url":"https://castro.fm/podcast/8001764a-7139-4959-9647-9876f2b8efdc","image":"https://royal-palace-pod-dot-com.pages.dev/assets/brands/subscribe/castro.jpg","enabled":true,"editable":true,"id":"O223CnBCOjt"}],"description_text":"Podcast on French law and politics hosted by Patrick and Liam.","itunes:title":"Royal Palace Podcast","copyright":"©2025 Royal Palace Media LLC","itunes:type":"episodic","itunes:email":"rss@royalpalacepod.com","items_sort_order":"newest_first"}}