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The Man Who Dropped the First Bomb on Iraq
29 March 202130 years ago Maj. Gen. Greg "the beast" Feest dropped a bomb from his F-117 stealth bomber destroying an Iraqi command bunker which began the air war...
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GCHQ: A History
29 March 2021In this episode of Warfare we hear about what was happening behind the closed doors of GCHQ during the 20th century, from somebody who has been given...
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Boudica: Britain's Warrior Queen
28 March 2021This episode from our sibling podcast The Ancients is all about that hero of British folklore; Boudica. Her leadership of the Iceni in an uprising...
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Music in Ancient Greece
28 March 2021Without recordings, and with notation and instruments long forgotten, how can we possibly know what music soundtracked Ancient Greek life? James...
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Icelandic Volcanoes and Us
27 March 2021This explosive episode is all about the effects of Icelandic volcanoes on us all. In 1783 a massive eruption of Lakagígar volcano nearly forced the...
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Origins of Nuclear Power
26 March 2021The existence of nuclear weapons holds their owners in a position of mutually assured destruction with one another, but how did it come to be this...
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The Suez Canal
26 March 2021The creation of the Suez Canal was the culmination of a dream stretching back to the pharaohs of connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, but why...
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Greek War of Independence
25 March 2021200 years ago the banner was raised which marked the beginning of the Greek War of Independence that would lead to their freedom from the Ottoman...
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The Rise of Cicero
25 March 2021Cicero is often considered to be one of the greatest orators of Ancient Rome. But how did he reach prominence in Roman politics? Why are his speeches...
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Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities with Bettany Hughes
24 March 2021In this episode from the back catalogue, Dr Bettany Hughes joins Dan to talk about her history of Istanbul which sits at the crossroads of Europe and...
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Heinrich Himmler: My Great-Uncle
24 March 2021Katrin Himmler's great-uncle was Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, and one of the principle architects of the Holocaust. Katrin has confronted her...
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One Normal Family, 300 Years of History
23 March 2021Every family has a history and delving into the history of one ordinary French family over three centuries provides a remarkable picture of deep...
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