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Paul Murton experiences island life. He explores the eastern outposts of Shetland – Papa Stour, Whalsay and the Out Skerries. Part 3 of 6.
It is the most striking event in the Hundred Year War. How did the city of Orleans manage to resist for 7 months before being delivered from the English in just a few days by Joan of Arc, the liberator of Orleans? Part 3 of 4.
In Nazi-occupied France - Otto Abetz (Hitler’s ambassador in Paris) and Fernand de Brinon (ambassador of the Vichy government) pushed Franco-German collaboration. A regime operated through terror and oppression but also through cooperation and seduction.
In the aftermath of his defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler knows he must deliver a knockout blow to regain the initiative against his nemesis, Stalin. As his physical and mental abilities start to wane, Hitler prepares for battle at the bulge in the lines at Kursk with powerful new tanks backed up by some of the best troops of the war. Part 4 of 10.
An early 21st-century world where once again innovation, disruption, and displacement are forces across the planet. America's Great Lakes, with an abundance of coal, iron ore, and lots of water, fuelled an unparalleled industrial revolution. Part 1 of 2.