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Terrorism, Anarchism and Russia's Intelligentsia
By the late 19th Century Russia was a rapid increase in acts of terrorism against the state, the assassination of government ministers, bombings of s…
12 years, 9 months ago
The German Revolution 1918
How did Germany's defeat in World War One lead to a revolution that swept away the Kaiser and result in the rise of a liberal socialist government? W…
12 years, 10 months ago
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl is credited with being the father of Zionism and the intellectual force behind the founding of the state of Israel, even though he died…
12 years, 10 months ago
Germans and the Holocaust
What did ordinary German people know or think about the genocide of the Jewish people? This podcast encourages students of Nazi Germany to move away …
12 years, 11 months ago
De-Nazification
How did Germany deal with the legacy of the Holocaust and Nazism? How did West and East German governments address the memory of crimes committed dur…
12 years, 11 months ago
The Battle Of The Atlantic
Both Britain and Germany had tried to starve each other into submission on the high seas in the First World War. The British were slow to adopt new t…
12 years, 11 months ago
Lend Lease
Why did Roosevelt agree to help arm Britain and France before America joined the war? How did his Arsenals of Democracy Speech affect the nation?What…
13 years, 1 month ago
The Marshall Plan
Why did the USA offer billions of dollars in aid to Europe in 1948? How did the USSR react to this?This podcast explores the dangers to liberal democ…
13 years, 1 month ago
The Truman Doctrine
When President Harry Truman announced a huge military aid package to Greece in 1947 it signalled a sea-change in America's stance in the growing Cold…
13 years, 2 months ago
Women, Children and Families after 1917
After 1917 there were radical changes to almost every walk of life, women, children and families all radically altered as service to the new Communis…
13 years, 3 months ago