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06 Feb
Once they were provoked into war, the Americans outproduced the rest of the world quickly and by a huge margin; the company responsible for this, more than any other, was General Motors.
06 Feb
The 7th of December, 1941: the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii is attacked by 350 Japanese planes that sink four American battleships, destroy 188 aircraft, and kill more than 2,000 Americans.
06 Feb
Britain and France declare war when Hitler invades Poland; in May 1940, the Germans attack Holland and Belgium as a decoy. As the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe strike in force, the French seem trapped.
06 Feb
Six Horsa gliders dropped from the skies near Cabourg in a surprise attack to take Pegasus Bridge; securing the bridge was a crucial step in protecting the north flank invasion of D-Day.
06 Feb
At the outbreak of WWII in 1939, some of the first violence took the form of the bomber; gas masks, shelters, and the evacuation of children were all signs of awareness and fear of the bomber.
06 Feb
The 8th of May, 1945: celebrations erupt across the world as the war ends in Europe. It is Victory in Europe Day, but it has been a long and hard race to get here... and war still rages in the Pacific.
06 Feb
How great was the Nazi belief in the occult? Was Hitler behind it, or was this mostly Himmler's doing, and did Nazi generals believe in the occult and attend secret ceremonies?
06 Feb
Crash Test Dummies - what is the grisly past behind the development of car safety? Lasers - how can a beam of light blow up a ship?
06 Feb
How great was the Nazi belief in the occult? Was Hitler behind it, or was this mostly Himmler's doing, and did Nazi generals believe in the occult and attend secret ceremonies?
06 Feb
Historian Christopher Clark travels to Africa; his journey leads him to Egypt, Ethiopia, Tanzania with its breathtaking Serengeti National Park, and to Lamu Island off of the coast of Kenya.
06 Feb
June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.
06 Feb
In June 1914, the first steps towards war were made when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, from the house of Habsburg, was assassinated by Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
06 Feb
Britain and France declare war when Hitler invades Poland; in May 1940, the Germans attack Holland and Belgium as a decoy. As the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe strike in force, the French seem trapped.
06 Feb
In this epic Ottoman and Byzantine powerbase, Bettany visits the Besiktas Metro Station, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, Topkapi Palace, and Büyükada, one of the Princes' Islands in the Marmara Sea.
06 Feb
06 Feb
Christopher Clark's trip to Europe starts in Venice and follows the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela; he discovers castles in the Rhine Gorge and explores Paris and Kew Gardens in London.
06 Feb
We reveal the story of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the true face of Cleopatra, Egypt's most famous queen, and the legend of the controversial pharaoh Akhenaten.
06 Feb
How great was the Nazi belief in the occult? Was Hitler behind it, or was this mostly Himmler's doing, and did Nazi generals believe in the occult and attend secret ceremonies?
06 Feb
Historian Christopher Clark travels to Africa; his journey leads him to Egypt, Ethiopia, Tanzania with its breathtaking Serengeti National Park, and to Lamu Island off of the coast of Kenya.
06 Feb
June 1942: the most decisive naval-air battle in the Pacific started as a Japanese trap and ended as an American ambush, a totally unpredictable conflict made up of luck, code-breaking, and gambles.
06 Feb
In June 1914, the first steps towards war were made when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, from the house of Habsburg, was assassinated by Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
06 Feb
Britain and France declare war when Hitler invades Poland; in May 1940, the Germans attack Holland and Belgium as a decoy. As the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe strike in force, the French seem trapped.
06 Feb
Six Horsa gliders dropped from the skies near Cabourg in a surprise attack to take Pegasus Bridge; securing the bridge was a crucial step in protecting the north flank invasion of D-Day.
06 Feb
At the outbreak of WWII in 1939, some of the first violence took the form of the bomber; gas masks, shelters, and the evacuation of children were all signs of awareness and fear of the bomber.
06 Feb
The 8th of May, 1945: celebrations erupt across the world as the war ends in Europe. It is Victory in Europe Day, but it has been a long and hard race to get here... and war still rages in the Pacific.
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