Episode 1.8 Antonio Salazar - The Gathering Storm

Green Tea with D Man

Tiny Portugal longed for respect and influence as she had demonstrated during her heyday in the Age of Exploration. Under Antonio Salazar's guiding hand, Portugal would prove to punch above her own weight as Germany and Italy attempted to woo her into the Axis orbit, and the British figured out they actually had to treat her with respect and an equal. This episode covers some of the diplomatic moves concerning Portugal between 1936 and August 1939, as the dark clouds formed in Europe and it was clear that a storm was gathering.