The Thing Begins | Part 3

Get ready to unpack the exciting untold history of heroes who saved America in some of its darkest hours. Subscribe NOW to America’s Forgotten Heroes on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and everywhere you listen to podcasts so you don’t miss an episode! America's Forgotten Heroes on Apple ...  Afficher plus

Get ready to unpack the exciting untold history of heroes who saved America in some of its darkest hours. Subscribe NOW to America’s Forgotten Heroes on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and everywhere you listen to podcasts so you don’t miss an episode!  America's Forgotten Heroes on Appl ...  Afficher plus

Stalin’s regime hits the rocks when Adolf Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa and invades Russia. Nazi tanks plough towards Moscow in a devastating advance. Stalin’s legacy is forged in this fight to the death. In his final years, the strongman succumbs to cardiac problems. His ...  Afficher plus

World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia—and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple the ...  Afficher plus

If Edith Sheffer‘s excellent Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain (Oxford UP, 2011) has a single lesson, it’s that dividing a country is not as easy as you might think. You don’t just draw a line and tell people that it’s now the “border,” for in order f ...  Afficher plus

The are few 20th century figures as perplexing as Josef Stalin. Historians widely agree that Stalin was responsible for the deaths of some 20 million human beings. Despite that his legacy has remained the topic of serious debate. This is because the history of his regime was acti ...  Afficher plus