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20 Dec
The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June 6th - Operation Overlord.
20 Dec
The Allies continue their eastward push from Normandy and close on the German border; in the east, the Soviet Union unleashes Operation Bagration, the greatest offensive of the war.
20 Dec
The Allies succeed in crossing the Rhine and fight their way through Germany as the Red Army finally forces Axis troops from Soviet territory and closes on the capital, Berlin.
20 Dec
Berlin falls and the war in Europe ends. Okinawa falls with terrible losses on both sides as each prepares for the invasion of the first of the major home islands - but a new weapon is unleashed.
20 Dec
20 Dec
The remains of 7,000 humans were discovered in the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, Malta's Neolithic temple; could the temple reveal the mystery of who they belonged to and what happened to its owners?
20 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.
20 Dec
The Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards Berlin.
20 Dec
The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June 6th - Operation Overlord.
20 Dec
The Third Reich was governed according to the Führerprinzip, but Hitler's rule would not have been possible without the support of the people and organisations that made his tyranny possible.
20 Dec
Architecture mattered a great deal to Adolf Hitler; his grandiose visions were not merely buildings, but symbols of a tyrannical vision intended to impose a sense of domination upon the the world.
20 Dec
In decoding Adolf Hitler's dictatorship, the question of why the all-powerful Führer needed a close and constantly available circle at his beck and call is one deserving of examination.
20 Dec
Was Adolf Hitler a master of war or a maker of war? His obsessive quest for territorial domination led to early triumphs, but his refusal to listen to his generals led to catastrophic failures.
20 Dec
From his troubled childhood in Austria to his meteoric rise as Führer of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler's ruthless personality and distorted worldview were shaped by his daily life.
20 Dec
To determine how Der Führer's secrets may have shaped the man behind the tyrant, we need to examine his troubled childhood and sociopathic personality.
20 Dec
The Allies plan how to break through Hitler's Atlantic Wall for years. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, responsible for one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WW2.
20 Dec
Hitler's audacious plan to turn the tide of the war; colourised archive depicts the Germans' opening salvo artillery barrage and George Patton's arrival in Bastogne to break the German siege.
20 Dec
As World War II drags on into another bitter winter, the Allies become desperate to end the conflict. Churchill turns to his formidable bomber force to break the deadlock.
20 Dec
Hitler's rise to power was a unique moment in history; Germany suffered a humiliating defeat in WWI and was crippled by massive war reparations. Hitler offers a scapegoat: the Jews.
20 Dec
The final hours of WW2 change the course of history; as the Americans inch closer to Japan, the Japanese fight with greater intensity. The question now is how to force capitulation.
20 Dec
How new discoveries and breakthroughs in the 20th and 21st centuries have offered more clues to the truth behind the legend of the Trojan War.
20 Dec
177 B.C. / B.C.E - when Romans cut their water supply, the Histri led by King Epulon chose to kill their families and themselves; the Histri had inhabited the Adriatic since 1500 B.C. / B.C.E.
20 Dec
The Knights Templar left a legacy both visible - with castles, villages, and abbeys - and invisible through long-lasting traditions claiming the survival of individuals belonging to the Order.
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