Centers of History

I'm Richard Centers, and this channel is where I work through the history of the Second World War — with a focus on the fighting in Europe and the Mediterranean, the people who lived through it, and the political story on either side of the war itself.

Expect videos on the campaigns of the European and Mediterranean theaters, from North Africa and Italy to the drive across Western Europe, alongside the home front — the ordinary lives, industry, and politics that kept the war effort running. I also dig into the political history that frames all of it: America and Europe in the restless years between the wars, and the slow slide into the Cold War once the shooting stopped.

I try to keep things accurate and clear without drowning you in footnotes, so whether you know your Anzio from your Ardennes or you're just getting curious, there's something here for you.

New videos regularly. If that sounds like your kind of thing, subscribe and stick around.