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World History

  • Knights Templar: Lost Secrets Revealed (EN) - World History
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    Knights Templar: Lost Secrets Revealed (EN)

    World History: Historians find the Middle Ages a period shrouded in mystery. On the one hand, sources speak of greedy kings and corrupt popes who flourished during a time of widespread hunger, disease and servitude. On the other, nobler thoughts began to flourish. Le

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  • Biggest Blunders of WWII (EN) - World History
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    Biggest Blunders of WWII (EN)

    World History: In August 1940, Berlin was hit by British bombers. Hitler immediately ordered a series of gigantic air defences be built – each one more expensive than the city’s entire Olympic facilities – but they’re ineffective and resources are wasted. The

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  • Hell on the Eastern Front (EN) - World History
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    Hell on the Eastern Front (EN)

    World History: German tanks rolled unimpeded across the Russian steppes at the start of Hitler’s campaign against the Soviet Union. But in 1943, the so-called Slavic “untermensch” (subhumans) gain the initiative and transform the country into a hell for Hitler’s in

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  • Heroes and Villains (EN) - World History
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    Heroes and Villains (EN)

    World History: With Europe overrun by Hitler’s thundering war machine, Churchill is the only head of state with the courage to stand up to the Führer. The British Prime Minister’s iron will makes him a role model in Great Britain and across the continent. Church

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  • Unsolved Mysteries of WWII (EN) - World History
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    Unsolved Mysteries of WWII (EN)

    World History: Nazi propaganda presented Adolf Hitler as ascetic, solitary and a brilliant Führer. Only a few knew the real man behind World War II. His mystery has fuelled numerous conspiracy theories – like why Hitler’s own decisions were sometimes was so stra

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  • A World at War (EN) - World History
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    A World at War (EN)

    World History: On 9th August, 1945, American pilot Charles W Sweeney threw a nuclear bomb over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. 43 seconds later, his deadly cargo exploded in the air over the port city and turned the thriving city centre into a molten ruin. Up to 70,000

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  • The Rise of the Third Reich (EN) - World History
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    The Rise of the Third Reich (EN)

    World History: The name Adolf Hitler – even half a century after the fall of the Third Reich – continues to evoke disgust, contempt and astonishment. How was it possible for an amateur painter to seduce an entire people? How could he – from an insignificant party

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  • Incredible Weapons (EN) - World History
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    Incredible Weapons (EN)

    World History: Luftwaffe pilots fear one weapon more than any other: British Spitfires. Powerful Rolls Royce engines and an ingenious design make the plane fast and manoeuvrable. In 1940, Spitfires and their fearless pilots resist Hitler’s attempts to bomb Britain t

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  • Inside the Third Reich (EN) - World History
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    Inside the Third Reich (EN)

    World History: Germany in the early 1930s is falling apart. The population is disillusioned, poverty is spreading, and unemployment is everywhere. Many Germans see Adolf Hitler as the only man who can pull the country out of crisis. The Nazi leader’s promise of bre

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  • Fall of the Third Reich (EN) - World History
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    Fall of the Third Reich (EN)

    World History: Adolf Hitler ruled Germany for 12 years. As the Third Reich began to collapse in on itself in the spring of 1945, the Führer took up residence in Berlin. By the middle of April he’d entrenched himself in a bunker deep beneath the capital, as the Sov

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  • Nazi Mysteries (EN) - World History
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    Nazi Mysteries (EN)

    World History: World War II is the best described, most catalogued event in history. Thousands of books, hundreds of thousands of articles, and an abundance of documentaries and lectures describe the horrors of war, the battle strategies and, not least, the heroes who

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  • Pacific War (EN) - World History
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    Pacific War (EN)

    World History: On the morning of Sunday 7th December, 1941, 183 Japanese aircraft fly across the quiet American naval base of Pearl Harbor. After a few minutes, oil stocks and airfields are in flames, and several of the United States’ largest battleships are heading

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  • Death in the Trenches (EN) - World History
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    Death in the Trenches (EN)

    World History: The showdown should have been a brief affair, where the German Empire put its neighbours in their place. Encouraged by the spirit of adventure thousands of young men volunteered to defend the nation’s honour. On the other hand, in France, Britain and

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  • The Third Reich (EN) - World History
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    The Third Reich (EN)

    World History: In 1933 Adolf Hitler seizes power after seducing the German people with lavish promises of restoring order, prosperity and the Greater German Reich to its former glories. He then goes to on exploit other Western European powers’ fear of confrontation t

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