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Dan Snow鈥檚 History Hit Episodes

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    The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

    The liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

  2. THE LEADERS: Stalin

    Was WWII actually Stalin's War?

  3. THE LEADERS: Roosevelt

    How instrumental was Roosevelt in the Allied victory?

  4. THE LEADERS: Mussolini

    A deep dive into the the founder of Italian Fascism.

  5. THE LEADERS: Hitler

    Could Germany have won the war if not for Hitler's hubris?

  6. THE LEADERS: Hirohito

    Was Hirohito really as passive as history has painted him?

  7. THE LEADERS: Churchill

    Does Churchill deserve the legacy he has?

  8. The Greeks vs Persia: The War that Changed the Ancient World

    The Persian and Greek conflicts that reshaped the ancient world.

  9. The Greatest Knight Who Ever Lived: William the Marshal

    The story of the greatest knight who ever lived.

  10. The Glorious Revolution

    How did the Glorious Revolution change British history?

  11. The Germans Who Rebelled Against the Nazis

    The true story of the Solf Circle, who risked everything to oppose the Nazis from within.

  12. The English Civil War: Roundheads vs Cavaliers

    Roundheads and Cavaliers meet on the battlefield, and eventually arrive at a shaky truce.

  13. The English Civil War: Rising Tensions

    Why did subtle religious and political differences plunge England into civil war?

  14. The Einstein Murders

    Why did the Nazis wage a vicious vendetta against the Einsteins?

  15. The Death of Hitler

    How did Adolf Hitler's final days play out?

  16. The Colosseum

    Dan unravels the dramatic story of the Colosseum.

  17. The Bronze Age Collapse

    Around 3,200 years ago, a vast, interconnected civilisation suddenly collapsed.

  18. The Bombing of Guernica

    Dan explores the bombardment that inspired the famous Picasso painting

  19. The Black Death

    The tale of a deadly pandemic, bizarre cures, and a continent in crisis鈥�

  20. The Battle of the Bulge

    The story of one of WWII's most crucial battles, the Battle of the Bulge.

  21. The Battle of Jutland

    This was the main naval battle of World War I between the British and German fleets

  22. The Battle of Hastings

    Dan tells the dramatic story of 1066.

  23. The Battle of Bannockburn

    How did the Battle of Bannockburn change the course of English-Scottish history?

  24. The Assassination of JFK

    A moment-by-moment account of the assassination that shocked the world.

  25. The Acropolis

    We explore how the Acropolis became the ultimate symbol of Ancient Greece.

  26. Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

    The story of Little Bighorn, one of the most dramatic clashes in American history.

  27. Shackleton鈥檚 Endurance Expedition

    An extraordinary story of survival in Antarctica

  28. Saint Petersburg: Putin's Hometown

    Dan and Sinclair McKay take us through the turbulent history of Saint Petersburg.

  29. Rudolf Hoss: The Commandant of Auschwitz

    The history of the man who pioneered Zyklon B and the industrialisation of the Holocaust

  30. Rommel's Defeat in North Africa

    How did the the desert war against Rommel impact the course of WW2?

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