The Nazi Massacre at Rumbula

The history of whaling is complicated. At its height in the 18th and 19th centuries, whaling was a global enterprise built on perilous voyages, long seasons at sea, and a fierce chase for oil and baleen that illuminated streets and homes and lubricated the industrial revolution. ...  Show more

Teenage peasant, visionary commander, convicted heretic, national saint - Joan of Arc's life reads like a legend. Today, Dan digs past that legend to understand who Joan really was, and why her story still provokes devotion, debate and reinvention 6 centuries later.Produced by Ma ...  Show more

How much did Britain and its allies know about the Holocaust? Could the Bengal Famine of 1943 have been helped? And was Elizabeth I really the Virgin Queen? 

Lynsey Calver is a history teacher, and in this episode, she helps us to fill in some of the ga ...

Known as the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel was one of Germany's greatest military leaders. Having soared through the ranks after numerous victories during the First World War, he became an integral part of the Axis command, and he was one of the few who held Hitler's ear. But how did ...  Show more

Dentro de la siniestra historia del nazismo, estos dos instrumentos criminales fueron la perfecta expresión de la ideología asesina del régimen del Führer. Escucha el segundo episodio de este especial: 'Los nazis y el Holocausto'. Suscríbete a MUY HISTORIA con un descuento del 50 ...  Show more

La Wehrmacht tenía órdenes de actuar con ferocidad contra la población rusa, pero Hitler subestimó la capacidad de resistencia del pueblo soviético y del ejército rojo. Escucha el quinto episodio de este especial: 'Los nazis y el Holocausto'. Suscríbete a MUY HISTORIA en https:// ...  Show more