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15 Dec
How could a nobody become a dictator and bring down a democracy in just a few years, what crucial events helped Hitler gain respectability and influence, and who were his supporters?
15 Dec
How did Hitler succeed in transforming a republic into a 'Führer state' in such a short time, how did the 'enforced conformity' of society take place, and how willingly did the Germans fall in line?
15 Dec
Hitler had outwardly emphasised his will for peace, yet he committed his top commanders once he came to power to a war of extermination that would secure the German Reich's supremacy in Europe.
15 Dec
We take a closer look at the creation of the state of Israel in 1948; how was it formed, who played a part, and what were the true motives of those involved?
15 Dec
Columbus' return voyage to the Americas began with bloodshed when he discovered that the Spanish left behind at Hispaniola were killed by the indigenous Taíno.
15 Dec
Vatican City has its own laws, police, and - unbelievably - its own ATMs that print out in Latin. It's a secret world of libraries, holy relics and artwork that does not allow access outsiders.
15 Dec
The tragic histories of the political dynasties of the Bhutto family in Pakistan and the Nehru-Gandhi family in India are often compared to that of America's Kennedy family.
15 Dec
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?
15 Dec
The subprime crisis has gone down in history as an American disaster, but the shockwave hit Europe hard too, triggering the worst recession in its history and jeopardising its union.
15 Dec
Dictators might seem all-powerful, but their position in reality depends on a network of individuals who benefit from the dictator being in power - and their support doesn't come cheap.
15 Dec
Dictators are charismatic, narcissistic and sadistic, but they most of all crave power; keeping a grip on power once you have it takes a mix of negotiation, coercion and force.
15 Dec
6000 years ago, Sumerians built the world's first cities in southern Iraq; the first Westerners to explore these ruins were inspired by Bible stories. What was the world of the Book of Genesis like?
15 Dec
Nineveh and Babylon were two superpowers of the ancient world, but they were the cities of sin for the writers of the Bible; why do they have such poor reputations in the Old Testament?
15 Dec
Retracing the steps of the Crusaders from a small town in France to the magnificent cities of the Holy Land, Dr Thomas Asbridge brings the human experience of the Crusades to life.
15 Dec
In July 1192, Richard the Lionheart was poised for a strike on Jerusalem; Saladin, meanwhile, readied his troops for an attack. Dr Thomas Asbridge looks beyond the legends of these medieval titans.
15 Dec
This final episode explains how 200 years of holy war were decided not in a pitched battle before Jerusalem, but by a failed campaign led by a French king later anointed a Catholic saint... in Egypt.
15 Dec
The invasion of Poland forces even resistant nations into declaring war. Chamberlain is replaced by Winston Churchill. Now hardly-remembered early naval encounters start to shape the war.
15 Dec
War explodes across Western Europe. The Germans' mobile armour, airborne troops and airpower on the battlefield makes their assault unstoppable. France is ready to fall to the Nazis.
15 Dec
Germany seeks to neutralise British strength from the air in the Battle of Britain. The Luftwaffe has been deterred but the Blitz begins. The Germans move to support their allies in North Africa.
15 Dec
The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.
15 Dec
Japanese troops occupy Southern Vietnam and Cambodia, but the day that changes the war comes on December 7th when Japanese aircraft attack the American Pacific Fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor.
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