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17 Dec
The Nazis had all but lost the war by March of 1945, but Hitler still sent throngs of soldiers to protect an isolated area of occupied Poland from oncoming forces. What was he trying to hide?
17 Dec
The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.
17 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.
17 Dec
Artefacts at an auction of Titanic memorabilia in the south of England prove that fascination with the Titanic shows no sign of waning over a century after the sinking of the ship.
17 Dec
The removal of some priceless artefacts at the Parthenon in Athens brought only trouble, and one of the world's most famous artists ended his life in France soon after finishing a doomed painting.
17 Dec
Can a 3,000-year-old solid gold hat really see into the future? How could a tiny metal cube have won the war for Hitler? How could an intricate and complex clock have solved a billion-pound problem?
17 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.
17 Dec
The name Rockefeller is synonymous with wealth, power, and American politics. Generation after generation has been marked by tragedy; is there a debt to pay for their money-motivated actions?
17 Dec
Giles Milton guides us round Normandy - the place where the D-Day invasion proved successful - from the gliders who went behind enemy lines to paratroopers who ambushed vital German generals.
17 Dec
Bettany travels to Azerbaijan, which sits between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountain range; it was a strategic position on the ancient Silk Roads that left a legacy of diverse cultures.
17 Dec
Chambord is the largest of the Loire castles; with 220,000 tons of stone needed for its construction, it is one of the most important building sites of the Renaissance.
17 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.
17 Dec
Dictatorships are almost universally unsustainable; a dictator's thirst for power invariably leads to greater and greater oppression, leaving a nation broken and so all dictatorships eventually fall.
17 Dec
The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.
17 Dec
World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.
17 Dec
Giles Milton guides us round Normandy - the place where the D-Day invasion proved successful - from the gliders who went behind enemy lines to paratroopers who ambushed vital German generals.
17 Dec
Chambord is the largest of the Loire castles; with 220,000 tons of stone needed for its construction, it is one of the most important building sites of the Renaissance.
17 Dec
Bettany travels to Azerbaijan, which sits between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountain range; it was a strategic position on the ancient Silk Roads that left a legacy of diverse cultures.
17 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.
17 Dec
Hitler and Stalin begin to shape the course of history. President Roosevelt attempts to raise his country out of the Depression, and the world teeters on the brink of yet another World War.
17 Dec
The war turns in favour of the Allies. Montgomery turns the tables on the Afrika Corps at El Alamein, the Japanese are defeated at Guadalcanal and the Germans are defeated at Stalingrad.
17 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.
17 Dec
Artefacts at an auction of Titanic memorabilia in the south of England prove that fascination with the Titanic shows no sign of waning over a century after the sinking of the ship.
17 Dec
World War II was a battle for supremacy at sea more than any other conflict before or since; in this episode, we explore how the secret weapons of naval warfare changed the tides of history.
17 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.
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