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Back to SearchRussian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…
How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York society? Was Anna Chapman really an old fashioned Russian honeyt…
1 year, 2 months ago
Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis
Episode 533
The story of Wojtek - the bear who took on the Nazis - amidst the death and devastation of the Second World War, and more specifically Poland's heroi…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)
Episode 532
The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, which saw terrible scenes of abuse take place. Though long…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)
Episode 531
By the 11th of April 1939, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis were in the process of drawing up a plan of attack for Poland, the Poles having resisted German…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
Episode 530
Following the Munich agreement of September 1938, Nazi troops marched into Czechoslovakia and ruthlessly claimed it as a German protectorate. Still, …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)
Episode 529
On 17th September 1938, in Munich, one of the most extraordinary meetings in history took place. Neville Chamberlain launched an extraordinary and un…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)
Episode 528
Throughout the course of the 1930s, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party has overwhelmingly, terrifyingly seized power in Germany. Now, Hitler’s vile ambitions …
1 year, 3 months ago
Beethoven: Napoleon and the Music of War LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Episode 527
Ludwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the most famous figures in Western musical history. With his wil…
1 year, 3 months ago
Mozart: History's Greatest Prodigy LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall
Episode 526
In 1756 a musical prodigy was born in Salzburg, Austria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thanks to the efforts of his exacting father, Mozart's genius was e…
1 year, 3 months ago
Charlemagne: Emperor of the West (Part 3)
Episode 525
“And from that moment on, he was addressed as emperor and Augustus!”
The coronation of Charlemagne on Christmas Day 800 AD, is one of the landmark mom…
1 year, 3 months ago