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The Battle of Arnhem with James Holland
25 September 2020This episode features interviews with two leading historians of the Second World War, James Holland and Paul Reed. They tell the story of the Battle...
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22:18
The Viking History of the Lofoten Archipelago
24 September 2020Dan Snow explores the Viking history of Lofoten, an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten is known for...
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37:07
The Battle of Salamis
24 September 2020We've had the Battle of Thermopylae with the brilliant Paul Cartledge; we've had the Battle of Artemisium with the great Owen Rees. And I'm...
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20:38
Krystyna Skarbek
23 September 2020Clare Mulley joined me on the podcast to talk about the extraordinary story of Krystyna Skarbek, who worked as a spy for the British Special...
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21:07
The Wola Massacre
23 September 2020In August 1944, when the Warsaw Uprising occurred, Axis troops were ordered to raze the Wola suburb to the ground and kill all of its inhabitants,...
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36:23
How and Why History: Alfred the Great
22 September 2020Ever since his reign in the 9th century, Alfred the Great has been celebrated as one of the most accomplished of our kings. A learned and...
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26:09
Pearl Harbour
22 September 2020In this episode, History Hit's Rob Weinberg asks the big questions about Sunday 7 December 1941, the day Japanese aircraft attacked the United States...
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25:36
V2 with Robert Harris
21 September 2020Robert Harris joined me on the podcast to talk about Nazi Germany and the story of the V2 rocket.
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19:58
The Light Ages
20 September 2020Seb Falk joined me to discuss the science in the Middle Ages, or, according to his new book, 'The Light Ages'. They gave us the first...
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49:19
The Rise of Constantine
20 September 2020The Emperor Constantine I, better known as Constantine the Great, is one of the most significant emperors in Roman history. His later Christian...
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22:40
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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22:39
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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