History of War
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
Einstein, Oppenheimer and the race to beat Hitler to the bomb. How a science project in the desert helped win a war
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BRUSHES WITH ARMAGEDDON
Humanity came close to self-annihilation with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Broken Arrows’ and other nuclear near misses
3 min |
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MAD DAWN
How technology transformed strategic thinking and military doctrine from the Cold War to the current day
3 min |
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LEYTE 1944 SINKING THE RISING SUN
One of the more difficult island campaigns in WWII's Pacific Theatre saw a brutal months-long fight that exhausted Japan’s military strength
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OPERATION MANNA
In late April 1945, millions of Dutch civilians were starving as Nazi retribution for the failed Operation Market Garden cut off supplies. eet as In response, Allied bombers launched a risky mission to air-drop food
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THE DEADLY RACE
How the road to peace led to an arms contest between the USA and USSR, with prototypes, proliferation and the world’s biggest bomb
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All About History UK
James Baldwin
This author, essayist, playwright, poet, activist and wit used his work to challenge prejudice.
9 min |
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All About History UK
Queen ANCIENT Lovers
Romance took many forms, even in the earliest civilisations
9 min |
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All About History UK
"HENRY V WAS THE PERFECT MEDIEVAL KING"
Historian Dan Jones discusses the kingship of Henry V and his passion for medieval history.
8 min |
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All About History UK
The Mother of a Nation
Uncover the life, art & mysterious legacy of Shin Saimdang
7 min |
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All About History UK
BATTLE OF EYLAU
PREUSSISCH EYLAU, EAST PRUSSIA (NOW BAGRATIONOVSK, KALININGRAD OBLAST, RUSSIA) 7-8 FEBRUARY 1807
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All About History UK
BRINGING MODERN ART TO THE PEOPLE
The director of Modern Art Oxford, Paul Hobson, tells us about one of the UK's top contemporary art institutions.
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All About History UK
JAPAN HAD INVADED INDIA?
In 1944, the war in South Asia reached a critical moment as Japanese offensives threatened Allied control of north-eastern India and beyond
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FLAWED FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES
Were the seeds of Civil War already written into the American Constitution?
10+ min |
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PLAYING With HISTORY
Game designers David Thompson and Dave Neale discuss turning the past into a tabletop experience.
5 min |
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History of War
THE FIVE STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP
Phillips O’Brien discusses how this quintet of national leaders impacted the course of the Second World War
9 min |
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THE RISE OF ALGERIAN RESISTANCE
How the anti-colonialist struggle around the globe helped inspire Algeria’s liberation movement to organise and fight back
3 min |
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History of War
DWIGHT W BIRDWELL
In the opening hours of the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive, this Specialist Five led his armoured cavalry detachment in repulsing a fierce communist assault against Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon
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ROOTS OF REVOLUTION
A century of French occupation led to a genocide in Algeria that provoked one of the bloodiest showdowns of the modern age
3 min |
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BATTLE OF ALGIERS
When the Front de libération nationale FLN) took its war to the streets of the capital, France’s military responded with merciless wrath
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Great Battles FLODDEN
On the morning of 9 September 1513, King James lV of Scotland stood atop Flodden Hill with what seemed an insurmountable advantage over the English. Yet by the day's end he would lay slain and his army shattered
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FERDINAND 'THE BLOODY'
Known for his brutal martial punishment and execution of his own men, Ferdinand Schérner’s ruthlessness was matched only by his devotion to Nazi ideology
10+ min |
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COUPS & CHAOS
How the French armed forces lost the war in Algeria and almost destroyed French democracy in the process
3 min |
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AIRBORNE UNDER SIEGE ARNHEM
For nine days the heroic 1st Airborne fought desperately, waiting vainly for relief that never came
10+ min |
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Best of British
Shining a Light
Tony O’Neil tunes into the history of the last manned lightvessel
4 min |
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Hever Forever
Claire Saul studies the newly refurbished Boleyn Apartment at Hever Castle & Gardens - a castle fit for a queen
3 min |
September 2024
Best of British
To Play the Queen
Chris Hallam looks back on the life of one of the UK’s best known lookalikes
5 min |
September 2024
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POOLING RESOURCES
Martin Handley looks at what life was like after the Vernons Girls
5 min |
September 2024
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THE FEW ON SCREEN
Steven Taylor looks at the Battle of Britain across film and TV
6 min |
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Table Service
Rachel Toy looks at the history of Ridgway Homemaker tableware
5 min |