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The Truman Doctrine 1947
In 1947 US President Harry Truman was forced to commit to the defence of Greece and Turkey against the possibility of communist victories in the Gree…
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The Fall of Singapore 1942
The island fortress of Singapore was meant to be an unassailable bastion of British imperial power in Asia. Its fall in February 1942 was the biggest…
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Ernest Bevin and Britain's World Role 1945-48
In 1945 a Labour Government swept to power at the end of the Second World War, it had an agenda of domestic social reform but considerable foreign po…
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Nazi Propaganda and the camp system 1933-39
By the end of the 1930s the Nazi regime had successfully directed public opinion in favour of the concentration camp system. As the decade wore on gr…
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Britain, France and Vietnam 1945-7
In the aftermath of the Second World War the British gave assistance and support to the French in their attempts to recolonise Vietnam. French coloni…
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Mao and 'Red Star over China' 1936
One book more than any other propelled Mao to global significance, 13 years before he seized power in China. It was called Red Star Over China and wa…
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The Fall of Malaya 1941
In December 1941, hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, a naval invasion of Malaya began. Poor planning and a collective denial on the p…
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Austria, Germany and popular attitudes in the July Crisis 1914
What did ordinary Austrians and Germans think, feel and believe during the July Crisis of 1914? This podcast explores how the murder of a widely disl…
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Soviet Occupation and Liberation 1945
How did everyone from German citizens to concentration camp survivors, war ravaged citizens of Poland and partisans across eastern Europe encounter t…
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Churchill's government and the Nazi invasion of the USSR 1941
In 1941, despite believing that thee USSR could not last against a Nazi invasion for more than a month, Churchill and his cabinet rejoiced at the new…
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