French Guerrilla War & German Retaliation during the Franco-Prussian War 1870
History Documentaries The French increasing reliance on franc-tireurs, guerrilla style fighters, is causing brutal German retaliation and a spiral of[…]
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British Empire Crackdown in South Africa – Boer War 1899-1902 (Documentary)
2nd Boer War The 2nd Boer War saw the British Empire bring to bear the entire imperial might to put[…]
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Why Did The First World War Break Out? (July Crisis 1914 Documentary)
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo on the 28th of[…]
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World War Zero – The Russo Japanese War 1904-1905 (Documentary)
World War Zero The Russo-Japanese War is nicknamed World War Zero – it was a clash between two world powers[…]
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Russo-Japanese War is nicknamed World War Zero The Russo-Japanese War is nicknamed World War Zero – it was a clash[…]
Read moreHow They Figured Out Tank Warfare in 1917 (WW1 Documentary)
Germany and Britain about the use of the Tank The Battle of Cambrai 1917 didn’t have a clear winner, but[…]
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We Fired the Martini-Henry | Rifle of the Zulu War
The Martini-Henry Rifle We met up with Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in[…]
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Grote Mandrenke: The Great Drowning of Men
History Documentaries Today the news is full of reports about things like “bomb cyclones” and “atmospheric rivers,” but as terrifying[…]
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The History Guy: Best of Broken Arrows
History Documentaries Four classic The History Guy episodes about nuclear accidents. Credit The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
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The 1835 Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson
History Documentaries It is January 30th, and 188 years ago today the nation was shocked by the first known assassination[…]
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