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13 Jun
February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.
13 Jun
The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.
13 Jun
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.
13 Jun
William the Conqueror becomes Duke of Normandy and attracts the wrath of envious barons; he has to fight his enemies to conquer an even larger land across the English Channel.
13 Jun
Commonly known as Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most emblematic monuments of Paris and France; its construction began in 1163 and lasted for two centuries.
13 Jun
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693; the state eventually pardoned those who died.
13 Jun
One of the richest men on Earth, Aristotle Onassis left a string of broken hearts in his wake, but no romance would catapult him into the limelight like his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy.
13 Jun
It is said that the Winchester family was haunted by the souls of those who were killed by the Winchester rifle. A series of personal misfortunes seemed to confirm the family was struck by a curse.
13 Jun
Bettany explores the artistic and cultural wonders of Jordan; a strategic crossing point for East and West, Jordan has been the centre of great civilisations throughout human history.
13 Jun
The Carthaginian Empire was a Mediterranean superpower that dominated trade and warfare, but Rome annihilated it in 146 B.C. / B.C.E; what led to its downfall?
13 Jun
A little-known 19th-century French artist embarks on an impossible 20-year odyssey to build the tallest statue in the world and erects it on US soil.
13 Jun
Commonly known as Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most emblematic monuments of Paris and France; its construction began in 1163 and lasted for two centuries.
13 Jun
WWII was a war in the skies; though the Treaty of Versailles had prevented the Germans from developing new weapons, they sponsored air clubs and pushed for supremacy in the air.
13 Jun
The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.
13 Jun
February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.
13 Jun
The Carthaginian Empire was a Mediterranean superpower that dominated trade and warfare, but Rome annihilated it in 146 B.C. / B.C.E; what led to its downfall?
13 Jun
Bettany explores the artistic and cultural wonders of Jordan; a strategic crossing point for East and West, Jordan has been the centre of great civilisations throughout human history.
13 Jun
Commonly known as Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral is one of the most emblematic monuments of Paris and France; its construction began in 1163 and lasted for two centuries.
13 Jun
A little-known 19th-century French artist embarks on an impossible 20-year odyssey to build the tallest statue in the world and erects it on US soil.
13 Jun
WWII was a war in the skies; though the Treaty of Versailles had prevented the Germans from developing new weapons, they sponsored air clubs and pushed for supremacy in the air.
13 Jun
February 1945: a quarter of all US Marines who died in WWII were killed in Iwo Jima; the Leathernecks were forced to re-think their tactics as one in three of them became a casualty.
13 Jun
The war in Europe is transformed when, on 22nd June 1941, Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa. The Nazi invasion of The Soviet Union has begun.
13 Jun
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.
13 Jun
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.
13 Jun
Newly-discovered secret files uncover the shocking extent of a Nazi drugs programme; from the start of WWII, the German blitzkrieg was fuelled by the powerful narcotic crystal meth.
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