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Back to Search173. The Korean War: Dividing the Peninsula
Season 9 Episode 24
The Korean War was a brutal affair. It is estimated that 3,000,000 people were killed in the conflict that absolutely devastated the Korean Peninsula…
1 year, 8 months ago
172. The Birth of North Korea
Season 9 Episode 23
Whilst we know the Korean Peninsula is split into two quite separate countries, North Korea and South Korea, that has not always been been the case. …
1 year, 8 months ago
171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta
Season 1 Episode 25
By 1943, the price of rice was beyond unaffordable for most in Bengal, and people were dying in the streets. Despite government censorship of letters…
1 year, 9 months ago
170. The Bengal Famine: A Disaster on the Horizon
Season 1 Episode 24
In 1942, in the midst of the Second World War, the British administration feared that Japanese forces would take India as part of their campaign. To …
1 year, 9 months ago
169. Freedom Fighters Betrayed: Colonising the Philippines
Season 9 Episode 22
By the end of the Spanish-US war, the Philippines was on the menu. Two battles played out simultaneously on the archipelago: and old and a new empire…
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168. Teddy Roosevelt Takes on the Old World
Season 9 Episode 21
In 1898, whilst his boss was on a break at the osteopath, Teddy Roosevelt basically started a war. A master of the press, he managed to whip up war f…
1 year, 9 months ago
167. Paradise Lost: The Taking of Hawaii
Season 9 Episode 20
On 7th July 1898, President McKinley formally annexed Hawaii, making it a colonial territory of the USA. It was not until 21st August, 1959, that it …
1 year, 9 months ago
166. How To Hide An Empire
Season 9 Episode 19
Not everyone agrees that the USA should be classed as an empire. But in the late 1800s, after white settlers had colonised western states, America tu…
1 year, 9 months ago
165. A Massacre at Dawn
Season 9 Episode 18
Arizona Territory, April 30, 1871. The canyon known as Aravaipa lies still in the predawn darkness, the only sounds to be heard in the early-morning …
1 year, 9 months ago
164. How the West was Won: The Truth Behind the Westerns
Season 9 Episode 17
A whole genre of movies is based on a relatively short period of nineteenth-century American history. But what is the real story behind battles betwe…
1 year, 9 months ago