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REDEEM OFFERHistorian Richard van Emden, explains why we should give more attention to 1918 when studying the First World War. How close did Germany come to winning ...
Listen NowDan Snow takes an emotional journey through the key battlefields of the Western Front, from the memorial parks at the Somme to the formidable defences ...
Watch NowThe first shot fired by British forces in the First World War was fired by an African soldier in Africa. Historian David Olusoga presents three 1418 ...
Watch NowThis three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 to the declaration of ...
Watch NowMessines is among World War One's most iconic and dramatic battlefields; now for the first time in almost a century, the secrets long buried under ...
Watch NowMargaret MacMillan talks to her nephew Dan about her seminal book 'The War That Ended Peace: The Road To 1914'. They discuss the importance of ...
Watch NowGary Sheffield is Professor of War Studies, University of Wolverhampton, and a specialist on Britain at war 1914-45. He discusses the controversial figure of Douglas ...
Listen NowChina started out as a neutral country during the First World War. But by early 1917, one thousand Chinese men were on their way to the ...
Watch NowIn October 1918, 550 men of the United States 77th Division were cut off and surrounded by German forces in the Argonne forest.
Watch NowOscar-winning director Peter Jackson discusses his stunning new film They Shall Not Grow Old.
Watch Now14th November, 2018
Dan talks to Simon Jenkins about his new book, A Short History of Europe, and about Britain's in-out relationship with the continent of Europe as ...
Listen Now11th November, 2018
On Armistice Sunday, Dan talks to Dan Todman about remembrance, and the ways in which we think about the events of the First World War. ...
Listen Now11th November, 2018
What happened on the last morning of the First World War, in the hours before the guns fell silent at 11:00? Dan talks to Paul Reed ...
Listen Now10th November, 2018
Dan Visits the First World War Theatre Project, an Arts and HUmanities Research Council project, to hear about what plays made it past the censors ...
Listen Now9th November, 2018
Dan talks to Jesse Ransley from the Maritime Archaeological Trust about some of the many fascinating First World War shipwrecks to be found in the ...
Listen Now8th November, 2018
After the war, George V visited the Western Front in a small pilgrimage to pay homage to the dead. Charles Goodson-Wickes' grandfather, Frank Fox, travelled ...
Listen Now8th November, 2018
During the First World War, many Chinese came to work as labourers on the Western Front, but their story is rarely told. Dan talks to ...
Listen Now7th November, 2018
Dan talks to the producers of a new documentary about a battalion cut off during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Mark Fastoso and John King. You can ...
Listen Now6th November, 2018
Dan talks to academic ad Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas about how democracies decay, and what it looks like when they slide into authoritarian nationalism. ...
Listen Now5th November, 2018
Dan talks to Janet Booth, the grand-daughter of Harry Farr, who was shot for cowardice in October 1916. For one week, to commemorate the end of ...
Listen Now4th November, 2018
Dan talks to Joshua Matz an Attorney and expert in American constitutional law. For more exclusive documentaries and interviews visit HistoryHit.TV. Producer: Natt ...
Listen Now2nd November, 2018
Rob Heard created an incredibly-moving memorial to the Battle of the Somme. In the new podcast, Dan talks to him about his inspiration and what ...
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