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The Doolittle Raid
25 February 2021Today, we're talking about one of the great stories of American military history; The Doolittle Raid. In 1942 after the humiliation assault on Pearl...
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Petra: Rise of the Nabataeans
25 February 2021The assumption had once been that they were nomads until the Romans came. But more recent archaeological work in modern day Jordan is dispelling...
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Anti-government Violence in America
24 February 2021Leah Sottile joins me today to talk all about domestic terrorism and anti-government groups in the USA. In particular, we talk about the armed...
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Battle of Britain: Why The RAF Won
24 February 2021In 15 September 1940, the Luftwaffe made a gigantic aerial assault on London in the belief that the Royal Air Force was down to its last few...
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Remembering the Alamo with W. F. Strong
23 February 2021In this episode taken from our archive, I headed out to Texas in 2016 to discuss the Battle of the Alamo and what its legacy means for modern Texas....
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John of Gaunt: THE Royal Ancestor
22 February 2021Helen Carr joins me today to discuss John of Gaunt: son of Edward III, younger brother to the Black Prince, uncle of Richard II and father of Henry...
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Scapa Flow's Sunken German Battle Fleet
22 February 2021At the end of World War One, the Allies seized the German fleet and held it at Scapa Flow, in Orkney, until the terms of the Treaty of Versailles...
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In Conversation with David Baddiel
21 February 2021In this episode taken from our archive, David Baddiel talks to Dan about the Second World War, Trump's Mussolini-isms, and why Jim Callaghan makes...
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Lugdunum: The Biggest Battle in Roman History?
21 February 2021In 197 AD, the armies of Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus met at Lugdunum, on the site of present day Lyon. If we believe the numbers given in...
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Brexit History Showdown with Robert Tombs
20 February 2021Five years after the announcement of the Brexit referendum I am joined on the podcast by Robert Tombs, author of The Sovereign Isle: Britain In and...
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Vikings: River Kings
19 February 2021Today, I am joined by Cat Jarman bio-archaeologist and author of a new book all about how the Vikings spread east, often utilising the rivers of...
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William Stephenson: Declaring War on the Nazis
19 February 2021Henry Hemming talks to Dan Snow about the life of William Stephenson, a British operative who worked hard to pressure Roosevelt into declaring war on...
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