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The Kyūjō Incident
Season 1 Episode 40
In August, 1945, the Japanese government was on the verge of surrendering to Allied forces - and ending WWII. But on the night of August 14-15, a gro…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Cod Wars
Season 1 Episode 39
From the 1950s through the 1970s, a David and Goliath story would play out across the North Atlantic. The United Kingdom and Iceland engaged in a vis…
1 year, 4 months ago
Bobbi Gibb - the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon
Season 1 Episode 38
On an April morning in Boston in 1966, despite being told she was physically incapable of running 20+ miles, Bobbi Gibb slipped into the crowd of 500…
1 year, 4 months ago
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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago