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Special Report - Syria and the defeat of Assad
This is a special one off podcast episode on the key events of the last 24 hours in Syria, following the overthrow of the Assad regime.
Published on 1 year ago
Empiricism Part Three
In this episode we continue to explore the historical practices associated with empiricism, and we're reading from The Houses of History
Published on 1 year ago
The development of the Holocaust 1941-1942
The development of the Holocaust, from the mass murder of Soviet soldiers who the SS exploited for labour before killing, to the industrialised mass murder of Europe's Jews went through a series of c…
Published on 1 year ago
The economic consequences of Trump
Economists, journalists and commentators are currently producing vast amounts of content predicting what they believe lies in store for America and the world in 2025 and what the consequences of Trum…
Published on 1 year ago
AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 Part Ten
This is part ten of the Explaining History study course based on the AQA A level history module Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53.
In this episode we explore the power struggle between Stali…
Published on 1 year ago
Mao, Deng and the Sino Soviet Split
By the late 1950s ties between the USSR and China were weakening and there was mutual hostility and suspicion between the two powers. Deng Xiaoping in 1960 was involved in advancing China's role as a…
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Nazi economic plunder of western Europe and war production crises
In the aftermath of Germany's stunning victories in 1940, the countries of western Europe were economically exploited by Germany. From the level of individual soldiers who stole and purchased at fire…
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Approaches to history Part Five: Empiricism continued
In this episode we continue to explore the historical practices associated with empiricism, and we're reading from The Houses of History
Published on 1 year ago
American Lend Lease to the Soviet Union 1941-42
In 1941 the USSR was desperate for American war materiel from trucks to tanks to aircraft and grain but the intensity of German submarine and aircraft attacks on convoys sailing to the Soviet Arctic …
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AQA Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53 part 9
This is part nine of the Explaining History study course based on the AQA A level history module Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53.
In this episode we examine how the Russo-Polish War, the T…
Published on 1 year ago