Podcast Episodes

After Nuremberg

The 1950s in West Germany saw a sharp decline in Nazi war crimes investigations and trials. Instead, there were campaigns for amnesties and reductions of earlier sentences, many led by former high-le…

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Nuremberg: The Trial of Major War Criminals

Carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949, the Nuremberg trials were held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. The most widely-known of those trials was the Trial…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

The Boy Who Survived Auschwitz

Thomas Geve was just 15 years old when he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945. It was the third concentration camp he had survived. During the 22 months he was imprisone…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Endurance22: The Search for Shackleton's Shipwreck - New Season Coming to Dan Snow's History Hit!!

Have you heard? History Hit is going to the Antarctic!

Dan is joining an incredible expedition to locate the missing shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s vessel that was crushed by the ice and sank during…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Munich - The Edge of War: Reappraising Chamberlain

Join James from the Warfare Podcast, as he chats to the writer and cast of the new film 'Munich - the Edge of War'. Set in 1938, the movie follows Chamberlain's attempts to appease Hitler, desperate …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was a time in American history when the economy grew at its fastest rate in history. This had wide-reaching cultural and social effects, including a broadening tier of self-made millio…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Champagne Riots

Rebecca Gibb is a Master of Wine. A ninja who can sniff out a Merlot from a Margaux at 50 paces. In this archive episode, she talks to Dan about the riots that tore through the region of Champagne ju…

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1942: Churchill's Real Darkest Hour

Most people think that Britain's worst moment of the war was in 1940 when the nation stood up against the threat of German invasion. Yet, eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of defeat. In 19…

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Roe v. Wade: America's Landmark Ruling

On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law banning abortion, effectively legalising the procedure nationwide. The court held that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicit …

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Who Was Joan of Arc?

Joan of Arc is a name that’s instantly recognisable to most. A controversial figure in her own day, she has remained so ever since, often being adopted as a talisman of French nationalism.

But how muc…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago