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The Zimmerman Telegram - the note that brought America into World War I
Season 1 Episode 37
In 1917, Germany was desperate to keep the United States out of World War I - even as they prepared to launch unrestricted submarine warfare on all s…
1 year, 1 month ago
William Walker and the Filibuster War
Season 1 Episode 36
In 1855, an American newspaperman, lawyer and doctor, William Walker, led a small, private army to Central America, and within a year, was recognized…
1 year, 1 month ago
Enheduanna: History's First Author
Season 1 Episode 35
Over 4,000 years ago, the high priestess Enheduanna put pen to clay and wrote the Exaltation of Inanna, making her the earliest known named author in…
1 year, 1 month ago
Captain Vernice Armour: The first African American female combat pilot
Season 1 Episode 34
In the early 2000's, Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour took to the skies piloting a Cobra heliocopter, defying the odds of everyone saying she can't. This is …
1 year, 1 month ago
1527 Sack of Rome
Season 1 Episode 33
In May of 1527, 20,000 mutinous soldiers of Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire descended on Rome. What would follow was the absolute devastation of t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Władysław Anders organizes a Polish Army in exile in WWII
Season 1 Episode 32
In the first months of WWII, millions of Polish citizens and soldiers were deported to the Soviet Union. As prisoners of war, hundreds of thousands p…
1 year, 1 month ago
Sidi Mubarak Bombay
Season 1 Episode 31
Sidi Mubarak Bombay grew up a slave - taken from his home in Africa to India. But that didn't stop him from being one of the most accomplished explor…
1 year, 1 month ago
Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army
Season 1 Episode 30
The year was 865 AD, and the largest viking army ever assembled landed on the shores of England. What ensued was 20 years of pillage and conquest tha…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Rosetta Stone is discovered in 1798
Season 1 Episode 29
On July 15, 1799, French soldiers discovered a large stone slab along the Nile Delta. They knew it was something special. But no one at the time real…
1 year, 1 month ago
Johnny Appleseed
Season 1 Episode 28
For five decades John Chapman wandered the American frontier, from Pennsylvania to Illinois, planting thousands of apple trees and changing the Ameri…
1 year, 1 month ago