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THE LEADERS: Mussolini
14 March 2025Once a political heavyweight with dreams of a new Roman Empire, Mussolini's journey from a rebellious socialist youth to the fascist leader of...
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President Eisenhower: War on Soviets & Segregation
13 March 2025Dwight D. Eisenhower is a fixture in the lists of America's favourite Presidents. How did Eisenhower change America? How did the Cold War and...
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Final Days of Joan of Arc: Rise to Fame
13 March 2025(Part 1/2) So many things make Joan of Arc iconic. The fearless, crossdressing warrior saint who dies a martyr's death. Today Maddy begins a...
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How Did Samurai And Shinobi Fight Battles In Medieval Japan?
13 March 2025Chasing Shadows 4. Warfare
Assassin's Creed Shadows gives players the chance to experience history as two icons of medieval Japan: samurai...
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The Birth of New York City
13 March 2025Exactly 400 years ago, the Dutch West India Company built Fort Amsterdam on the southern tip of Manhattan island, a beacon of power and resilience...
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Obelisks
13 March 2025Ancient Egyptian obelisks stand as towering symbols of power and engineering brilliance, scattered across the world. But how were they built and...
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The Origins of Jim Crow
12 March 2025The Jim Crow era is one of the darkest periods in American history. The country was divided by laws, customs and etiquettes that demeaned African...
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Queen Isabella: She-Wolf of France
11 March 2025"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." When that woman is Queen Isabella; She-Wolf, the results are catastrophic.
As our series on the...
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The Dark History of London’s Drug World
11 March 2025Travel back to post-WW1 London, when sex, drugs and music was exploding in Soho... causing a national moral panic.
The drugs of choice?...
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The Confederacy: Life In The South
10 March 2025The Civil War consumed the Confederacy for its entire existence, draining it of supplies, food and people. In this second episode of our...
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Black Death: The Origin Story
10 March 2025The myth goes thus: the Black Death reached Christendom at the Siege of Caffa when Mongols catapulted diseased bodies over the walls. Where did we...
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Ireland's Witchcraft Trials
10 March 2025In 1711, a wave of terror gripped the Islandmagee peninsula in County Antrim. First there was the haunting and supernatural murder of a local...
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