Podcasts
The History Hit Network gives you access to a growing range of podcasts presented by and featuring historians at the forefront of research and debate.
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World Wars: The Siege of Leningrad
19 September 2020In 1941, Nazi Germany turned on its former ally, the Soviet Union. One of the strategic objectives of this operation, Barbarossa, was to conquer...
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Battle of Britain: What were the Germans thinking?
19 September 2020Victoria Taylor is an aviation historian who is just completing her PhD in the Luftwaffe and its politicisation under the Nazis. She talked to me...
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The Budapest Ghetto
19 September 2020Born in Budapest in July 1944, Agnes Grunwald-Spier resided in the Ghetto with her mother from November 1944 to January 1945. Having gained degrees...
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The United Nations at 75
18 September 2020In the aftermath of the Second World War, 850 delegates from 50 nations gathered in San Fransisco, determined to establish an organization which...
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The History of Unbelief
18 September 2020Dan delves into the history of unbelief - or rather, past people who didn't believe in God(s). He talks to Professor Tim Whitmarsh about Greek...
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What Really Happened on D-Day?
18 September 2020Giles Milton has been researching D-Day from a new perspective - that of the youngsters who were involved in the first wave of the offensive. For...
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Arnhem, Satire, Bartending and Drums
17 September 2020Comedian, historian, broadcaster Al Murray joins me on the podcast to discuss Arnhem. The British-Polish allied defeat at Arnhem took place in autumn...
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Jason and the Argonauts
17 September 2020This week's episode from the History Hit archive features the brilliant Tom Holland telling the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, an epic story of...
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Nazi Collaborator or Victim: Finding Klara
16 September 2020In the aftermath of World War Two, Clara – once a Nazi icon and heiress to the Falkenberg Iron Works – finds herself on the run, accused of...
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Historical Fiction: Nazi Collaborator or Victim? - Finding Klara
16 September 2020In the aftermath of World War Two, Clara – once a Nazi icon and heiress to the Falkenberg Iron Works – finds herself on the run, accused of...
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How and Why History: The United Nations at 75
16 September 2020In the aftermath of the Second World War, 850 delegates from 50 nations gathered in San Fransisco, determined to establish an organisation which...
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The Battle of Britain
15 September 2020In a moment of great danger to national survival, the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large scale attacks by the...
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The Battle of Britain: A Veteran's View
15 September 2020In this episode, Dan speaks to the late Wing Commander Thomas Neil, who fought in the Battle of Britain. Thomas joined the RAF Volunteer...
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Battle of Britain: Why the RAF Won
15 September 202080 years ago, in 15 September 1940, the Luftwaffe made a gigantic aerial assault on London in the belief that the Royal Air Force was down to its...
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Philopoemen: The Last Greek
14 September 2020In 209 BC, as the most powerful empires in the world brawled over the spoils of a fading Greece, Philopoemen had a vision to stop the anarchy and...
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Mayflower 400
14 September 2020I am joined on the podcast by a series of historians, writers and storytellers, to talk about the 400th anniversary of the journey of the Mayflower....
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The Ancients: Alexander the Great Through Persian Eyes
13 September 2020Conqueror. Destroyer. Convert. Legendary king. It's fair to say that Alexander the Great's relationship with ancient Persia was complicated. Despite...
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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
13 September 2020In this short episode, Dan visits Sarajevo on the trail of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and his assassin, Gavrilo Princip. It was their fatal...
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A Medieval Education
13 September 2020Eleanor Janega joined me on the pod to discuss the educational institutions of the medieval period. We talk about student riots in Paris, the role of...
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Alexander the Great: Through Persian Eyes
13 September 2020Conqueror. Destroyer. Convert. Legendary king. It's fair to say that Alexander the Great's relationship with ancient Persia was complicated. Despite...
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World Wars: Stalin's Danish Mystery
12 September 2020In the spring of 1945, the Allies liberated territory from German occupation. Whilst the British emancipated most of Denmark, Stalin’s Soviet...
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