238. Ireland’s Fight For Freedom: The Easter Rising (Ep 1)

238. Ireland’s Fight For Freedom: The Easter ...

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325. India’s Greatest Rebellion: The Siege of Lucknow (Part 4)

An entire city turns on the British and revolts in unison. 3000 East India Company soldiers and civilians in Lucknow are under siege in one compound, hiding in tunnels and surrounded by snipers. But who will break first the besieger the besieged? In Episode 4 of the series, Willi ...  Show more

324. India’s Greatest Rebellion: Massacre and Revenge in Kanpur (Part 3)

In one of the darkest chapters of the 1857 uprising, brutal massacres are met with revenge brutal massacres as the rebellion reaches the East India Company garrison town of Kanpur or “Cawnpore”. Who was General Wheeler and why was the entrenchment he built so fragile? How were th ...  Show more

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