Season 4 (2024)

Search and Destroy: Vietnam War Tactics 1965-1967
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January 5, 2024 • 24m

In 1965, tens of thousands of US troops are heading for war in Vietnam. Backed up by B-52 bombers, helicopters and napalm, many e...Read more

The Deadliest Job Of WW2? - US Bomber Crews 1943
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January 19, 2024 • 25m

Fall 1943, Allied bombers are ramping up their daytime raids of Nazi German cities and industry. The bomber crews of the US 8th Ai...Read more

Why Germany Lost the Battle of the Atlantic
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February 2, 2024 • 19m

In March 1943, German U-boats are on the attack – they sink 108 Allied vessels that month alone. Some Allied officials fear a Ger...Read more

Why the US Lost the Tet Offensive
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February 16, 2024 • 28m

After years of boots on the ground and bloody combat in Vietnam, US officials are publicly confident. The strategy of eliminating ...Read more

Why the Allies Lost The Battle of France
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March 1, 2024 • 29m

In May 1940, Nazi Germany attacks in the West. The Allied armies of France, Britain, Belgium, and the Netherlands have more men, g...Read more

Britain's Weird Vietnam War
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March 15, 2024 • 18m

Fall 1945: the Second World War is over, but there is fresh fighting in Vietnam. Now, former enemies become allies as British-Indi...Read more

1943: Turning Point of WW2 in Europe
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March 22, 2024 • 2h 1m

The so-called forgotten year of WW2 sees the Allies push the Germans out of North Africa, Sicily, part of Italy, the Atlantic, and...Read more

Nixon's Vietnam War: Why the US Left Vietnam
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April 19, 2024 • 25m

With violent anti-war protests at home and discipline problems on US bases, President Nixon promises to withdraw American troops f...Read more

Who Really Won the Korean War?
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May 17, 2024 • 48m

Only five years after the end of WW2, the major nations of the world are once again up in arms. A global UN coalition and an emerg...Read more

How Did Israel End Up With Gaza and the West Bank? Six-Day War 1967
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June 5, 2024 • 23m

In just six days in 1967 Israel managed to decisively defeat Egypt, Jordan and Syria in the Six Day War. In the process they expan...Read more

Why the US Lost the Vietnam War
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June 21, 2024 • 24m

In late April 1975, dramatic images from Saigon are beamed across the world. North Vietnamese troops proclaimed final victory. Jus...Read more

Bio-Weapons in WW2: Japan's Revenge for Doolittle Raid
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July 5, 2024 • 25m

During Japan's war against South-East Asia during the Second World War, China was one of the earliest battlefields. The nationalis...Read more

The Indochina War 1945-1954
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July 19, 2024 • 58m

The Indochina War is a pivotal conflict in the Cold War emerging from the end of the Second World War. When the former imperial po...Read more

Could Germany Invade Britain in WW2? (Operation Sea Lion)
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August 2, 2024 • 28m

Summer 1940. The United Kingdom is gripped by the fear of a German invasion. Even if the Luftwaffe secures the sky over Britain, c...Read more

Forgotten Armies of the Vietnam War: Australia, Korea, China, USSR
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August 16, 2024 • 19m

The Vietnam War is mainly remembered as a conflict between the Vietnamese and the United States. But both sides received direct an...Read more

Desert Storm: Mission Accomplished or Missed Opportunity?
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September 6, 2024 • 31m

When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in the summer of 1990, he didn't anticipate a massive international backslash and unanimous Sec...Read more

Laos and Cambodia: Forgotten Fronts of the Vietnam War
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September 20, 2024 • 28m

Despite its name, the Vietnam War is not confined to the territory of North or South Vietnam. As the US and North Vietnamese escal...Read more

CIA Coup For Oil? - The 1953 Iran Coup
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October 4, 2024 • 19m

In 1953, Iran is at a crossroads. After decades of interference by foreign powers eager to exploit its oil reserves, the governmen...Read more

Winter War 1939-40 - Soviet Invasion of Finland
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October 18, 2024 • 24m

November 1939. Germany and the Soviet Union have conquered Poland, and Germany is at war with France and Britain. Moscow is free t...Read more

The Vietnam War 1955-1975
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November 1, 2024 • 2h 43m

When the US enters the Vietnam War, it’s confident in its military might, but it soon finds itself struggling with an underestimat...Read more

Battle of Saipan 1944: Total War in the Pacific
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November 15, 2024 • 34m

In June 1944, an armada of warships and landing craft is getting ready for D-Day. Thousands of American soldiers are about to atta...Read more

Downfall: The Battle of Berlin 1945
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December 6, 2024 • 24m

April 1945. After nearly six years of war, the Red Army stands massed on the banks of the Oder River in eastern Germany. The Nazi ...Read more