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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…
13 years 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…
13 years 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 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, 4 months ago
Stalin and Trotsky
Why did Trotsky, the hero of the Red Army and the most likely candidate to succeed Lenin, fail to become leader of the USSR after his death?How did S…
13 years, 4 months ago
The February Revolution
How did the February Revolution happen? Why did it escalate from a series of protests over food shortages to the abdication of the Czar and the estab…
13 years, 4 months ago
Russia's Aristocracy
Before the revolution, Russia's aristocrats played a key role in Russian society, and presented themselves in 1917 as an alternative to the Czar. The…
13 years, 4 months ago
Russia and the 1905 Revolution
Why did Russia explode into violence and anarchy in 1905? How the the Czar react? Russia's experience in 1905 set the stage for the revolution in 191…
13 years, 4 months ago