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30 Dec
After driving his father off the throne of Denmark, Sven Forkbeard resumes the traditional Viking activities that his father had abandoned for a time: bloody raids on England.
30 Dec
Sven dies suddenly less than five weeks after claiming the English throne; his son Cnut the Great believes he can succeed his father as king, but the English people decide otherwise.
30 Dec
Given the affectionate name 'Little Boots' by the troops of those Roman legions he marched with, Gaius's nickname name became feared and his reputation forever scarred by his terrorising behaviour.
30 Dec
He famously tinkered as Rome burnt, but the legend of Nero commonly accepted as true is pure myth; he was, however, responsible for some of the worst crimes committed by a Roman emperor.
30 Dec
The Moche flourished in the Andes mountains of Peru for 650 years (100-750 AD); through conquest and expansion, the 'Greeks of the Andes' quickly became the most important pre-Incan culture.
30 Dec
The Habsburgs were the most powerful family in Europe for centuries; why was their destiny so fatal, and were all their tribulations connected to some kind of curse?
30 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.
30 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.
30 Dec
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.
30 Dec
1940: France has fallen and Hitler orders Operation Sealion - the invasion of Great Britain - to commence, but first the Luftwaffe must defeat the RAF for seaborne landings to succeed.
30 Dec
When Japan's expansion in the Pacific reaches fever pitch, Roosevelt must act. Instead of having them back down by cutting off oil supplies, he pushes them to attack the US fleet in Pearl Harbor.
30 Dec
In the aftermath of Japan's attack at Pearl Harbor, the Navy moves in for a knockout blow. Japan's next strike is thrown into chaos when its plans are unearthed by an American codebreaker.
30 Dec
1942: Hitler pits the forces of the German Fatherland against those of the Soviet Motherland at Stalingrad. Stalin's fiercely patriotic army will fight the Nazis to the last drop of blood.
30 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.
30 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.
30 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.
30 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.
30 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.
30 Dec
After driving his father off the throne of Denmark, Sven Forkbeard resumes the traditional Viking activities that his father had abandoned for a time: bloody raids on England.
30 Dec
Sven dies suddenly less than five weeks after claiming the English throne; his son Cnut the Great believes he can succeed his father as king, but the English people decide otherwise.
30 Dec
In 1992, the Yugoslav army left the Croatian island of Vis abandoning 30 military facilities, an underground hospital, a submarine shelter and tunnels; after centuries of war, Vis embraced peace.
30 Dec
Given the affectionate name 'Little Boots' by the troops of those Roman legions he marched with, Gaius's nickname name became feared and his reputation forever scarred by his terrorising behaviour.
30 Dec
Amid Whitechapel's panic, the Star stirs antisemitic violence; as the killer strikes again, journalist Fred Best forges a letter from the murderer.
30 Dec
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