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09 Jan
The firebombing of Tokyo signalled the power of the B29 bomber, the development of which exceeded in cost the Manhattan Project that produced the A-bomb.
09 Jan
The war in Europe is transformed when Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa on the 22nd of June 1941; the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union has begun.
09 Jan
This episode explores moments of the war where Allied forces started to push back: the relief of Leningrad, the liberation of Paris, D-Day and the liberation of the Nazi extermination camps.
09 Jan
October 1944: the Allies face a major supply crisis - vital fuel and ammunition still has to be landed at the D-Day beaches. When the port of Antwerp is liberated, it seems the crisis might be over.
09 Jan
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.
09 Jan
J. Paul Getty was renowned for his wealth and frugality as well as his lack of empathy and compassion for his family. He would marry four times and sire five sons, but he died old and alone.
09 Jan
In February 1972, Nixon made a ground-breaking trip to China to meet Mao; China had been slowly opening up to the West while their partnership with the Soviets had been souring for years.
09 Jan
In the second millennium B.C. / B.C.E., the Minoans and Mycenaeans rose as Europe's first advanced civilisations; researchers show that they had more in common with the later Greeks than long assumed.
09 Jan
This episode traces Alexander's beginnings and reveals how a young prince shaped by ambition, myth, and powerful parents grew into a leader ready to challenge the world's greatest empire.
09 Jan
Romuald's Cave in Istria has 30,000-year-old paintings, discovered by Darko Komšo, that complement Slovenia's 60,000-year-old flute and Croatia's 33,000-year-old Neanderthal remains.
09 Jan
This episode explores moments of the war where Allied forces started to push back: the relief of Leningrad, the liberation of Paris, D-Day and the liberation of the Nazi extermination camps.
09 Jan
The war in Europe is transformed when Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa on the 22nd of June 1941; the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union has begun.
09 Jan
In February 1972, Nixon made a ground-breaking trip to China to meet Mao; China had been slowly opening up to the West while their partnership with the Soviets had been souring for years.
09 Jan
In the second millennium B.C. / B.C.E., the Minoans and Mycenaeans rose as Europe's first advanced civilisations; researchers show that they had more in common with the later Greeks than long assumed.
09 Jan
This episode traces Alexander's beginnings and reveals how a young prince shaped by ambition, myth, and powerful parents grew into a leader ready to challenge the world's greatest empire.
09 Jan
Romuald's Cave in Istria has 30,000-year-old paintings, discovered by Darko Komšo, that complement Slovenia's 60,000-year-old flute and Croatia's 33,000-year-old Neanderthal remains.
09 Jan
This episode explores moments of the war where Allied forces started to push back: the relief of Leningrad, the liberation of Paris, D-Day and the liberation of the Nazi extermination camps.
09 Jan
The war in Europe is transformed when Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa on the 22nd of June 1941; the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union has begun.
09 Jan
In February 1972, Nixon made a ground-breaking trip to China to meet Mao; China had been slowly opening up to the West while their partnership with the Soviets had been souring for years.
09 Jan
Thanks to exceptional excavations in four lost cities of the Mongol empire, archaeologists are revealing the visionary society created by Genghis Khan in the 13th century A.D. / C.E.
09 Jan
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.
09 Jan
This first episode charts Chinggis Khaan's childhood as an outcast living in harsh conditions on the barren landscape - before he rose up and united all of the nomadic communities across the steppe.
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