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How Rasputin Destroyed the Romanovs with Anthony Beevor
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Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world.
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- How Rasputin Destroyed the Romanovs with Anthony Beevor · 45 min · Jakso 1858How did a Siberian mystic catalyse the downfall of the 300-year-old Russian Empire? In an era defined by brutal industrialisation and the butchery of World War I, Russia's…
- A Deep Dive on Submarines · 51 min · Jakso 1857For centuries, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the deep sea. The history of submarines is one of extraordinary invention, daring exploration and deadly warfare…
- WWI's Stalingrad: The Siege of Przemyśl · 58 min · Jakso 1855Bread cut with sawdust. Horses boiled to the bone. Men trading pet dogs and mice for scraps. In the brutal winter of 1914 to 1915, the grand Austro-Hungarian fortress of…
- The Rise of Peter The Great · 47 min · Jakso 1854In 1698, a 6’8” Russian giant went on a bender through an English gentleman’s estate. He trashed portraits, burned furniture and drunkenly rammed wheelbarrows through a…
- Medieval Ghost Stories · 28 min · Jakso 1853Ghost stories have haunted conversations since ancient times, from the Mesopotamians to the Romans to the Vikings. The medieval period was particularly awash with ghost stories…
- Charles de Gaulle: The Man Who Rebuilt France · 1 h 15 min · Jakso 1852In June 1940, France was collapsing. Paris was in enemy hands, the government had fled, and Marshal Pétain was preparing to surrender. Into that chaos stepped a lanky, rigid…
- The Myths vs Reality of Mummification · 44 min · Jakso 1850From the elaborate burial rituals of Ancient Egypt to Victorian mummy unwrapping parties, mummification has fascinated humanity for centuries. But what is mummification really…
- The Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot's Reign of Terror · 1 h 0 min · Jakso 1849When the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh in April, 1975, they immediately declared 'Year Zero' - a ruthless ideological crusade to reset history, and forge Pol Pot's vision…
- The Real History Behind the Illuminati · 45 min · Jakso 1848Obviously, a secret sect doesn't control global events - despite what the internet says. But the myth of a shadowy cabal of elites grew out of a very real secret order, and one…
- The October Revolution · 48 min · Jakso 1847On the night of October 10th, 1917, a revolutionary disguised as a priest slipped into an apartment in Petrograd and browbeat his comrades into an armed insurrection. The…
- John Dudley: Tudor England's Wicked Duke · 43 min · Jakso 1845Henry VIII is dead and England has replaced him with a boy king. But the one really pulling the strings of power behind the young and inexperienced Edward VI is one of Tudor…
- The Yakuza · 49 min · Jakso 1844They projected themselves as fearless protectors bound by a code of chivalry, yet in their wake they left trails of bloody street duels and ritualised finger-chopping. From…
- The Cuban Missile Crisis Explained · 58 min · Jakso 1843The nuclear close calls, rogue commanders, silent standoffs and split-second decisions that nearly resulted in nuclear armageddon… In this episode, Dan breaks down the…
- Britain's Deadliest Arctic Expedition · 50 min · Jakso 1842In 1913, a celebrity explorer led an ambitious expedition into the frozen Arctic - and straight into disaster. From the ensuing catastrophe emerged three incredible stories: a…
- The 'Scandalous' Life of Marie Antoinette · 54 min · Jakso 1840They called her a treasonous nymphomaniac who bankrupted France for diamonds and cake. The revolutionaries didn't just execute Marie Antoinette - they waged a brutal smear…
- The Rise and Fall of the Ming Dynasty · 56 min · Jakso 1839At its height, Ming China was one of the most powerful states on Earth. Its cities bustled with merchants and scholars, its goods travelled across continents, and its treasure…
- Knights vs Ottomans: The Great Siege of Malta · 29 min · Jakso 1838The fate of the Mediterranean hung in the balance during this bloody battle between the Knights of St John and the armies of Suleyman the Magnificent in the summer of 1565. The…
- The KGB Double Agent Who Stopped Armageddon with Ben McIntyre · 41 min · Jakso 1837This is an extraordinary story of espionage, betrayal and an unlikely friendship between spies on opposite sides - and of a man who risked his life and shaped the course of…
- The Battle of Stamford Bridge Explained · 32 min · Jakso 1835Dan explains how England’s last great Viking invasion met its brutal end. At Stamford Bridge in September 1066, King Harold Godwinson’s army faced Harald Hardrada, the most…
- The Battle of New York Explained · 1 h 42 min · Jakso 1834Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Hudson, the East River - today, these are the very heart and soul of New York City. But in 1776, they were the battlefield on which the American…
- The Rise & Fall of Babylon · 49 min · Jakso 1833Babylon has a PR problem, and it's 2,600 years in the making. The Bible remembers it as the ultimate city of sin, the place that crushed Jerusalem and dragged the Jewish people…
- Templar's Tunnels, HMS Victory and Troy: History's Best Historical Sites with Dan Jones · 33 min · Jakso 1832The two great Dans of history - Dan Snow and Dan Jones - team up to explore the stories behind some of the world's best historical sites. Dan Jones explains the mysteries of the…
- The Brutal History of The First Warplanes · 51 min · Jakso 1830Flying aces, flaming wreckage and deadly dogfights in the skies defined the First World War’s brutal air war. From fragile reconnaissance planes to lethal fighter aircraft…
- Medieval Krakow · 1 h 2 min · Jakso 1829In the Middle Ages, Krakow was one of Central Europe’s greatest cities: a thriving crossroads of kings, merchants and legends, crowned by a royal castle and haunted by tales of…
- Was Henry VIII England's Most Evil King? · 49 min · Jakso 1828This is the turbulent reign of that infamous Tudor monarch, Henry VIII. His spectacularly complicated love life, break with Rome, political executions and ruthless pursuit of…
- The Making of Osama bin Laden · 1 h 7 min · Jakso 1827A deep dive into the rise and fall of Osama bin Laden, from his affluent childhood in Saudi Arabia to his assassination during the biggest manhunt in modern history. For this…
- Marco Polo and The Court of the Great Kublai Khan · 37 min · Jakso 1825No throne on Earth came close to rivalling it. The court of Kublai Khan stood at the centre of an empire that threw every other power of its age into shadow. Vast and wealthy…
- The Naval Revolution: Triumph and Disaster · 37 min · Jakso 1824A deafening impact, a shattered destroyer, and a legacy that completely revolutionised warfare at sea. When HMS Tiger sank beneath the waves one dark night in 1908, over half of…
- The Fall of the Ancient Maya · 55 min · Jakso 1823What happens when a civilisation at its peak begins to fail? Historians have long been fascinated by the Maya Collapse in the 9th century: why the great cities of Mesoamerica…
- The Rise of the Ancient Maya · 58 min · Jakso 1822For more than 3,000 years, the Maya built one of the Ancient world's greatest civilisations. They raised towering pyramids in the rainforest, mastered the environment and…
- Was Caesar's invasion of Britain a disaster? · 34 min · Jakso 1820Today, we trace Julius Caesar’s dramatic invasions into Britain - two bold expeditions that tested Rome’s reach at the very edge of the known world. Ships were battered by…
- The Blitz Beyond London · 43 min · Jakso 1819Newcastle, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff - all of these places and more were bombed during the Blitz. From the devastated shipyards of Tyneside to the bombed-out docks of…
- A Short History of The Airport · 48 min · Jakso 1818It’s where our ancient instincts to travel, to trade, to reunite with family and explore meet modern technology and innovation. From muddy airfields to gleaming cathedrals of…
- The Mycenaean World · 40 min · Jakso 1817Before 1200 BC, the ancient world was more connected than you'd ever imagine. Egyptian pharaohs, Hittite emperors and Mycenaean warrior-kings trading gifts, forging alliances and…
- BONUS: The Complete Map of the Odyssey · 52 min · Jakso 1815A special video podcast where Dan charts the course of Odysseus through the Mediterranean as he investigates the true places that could have inspired the Odyssey. Using his new…
- The Real St George and the Dragon · 30 min · Jakso 1814He wasn't an English knight, but actually a Roman soldier, and the dragon didn't appear until centuries later in the medieval period. So what is the origin of the Saint George…
- The Real History Behind The Odyssey · 53 min · Jakso 1813Is there any truth in the Odyssey, and what does it all mean? We know it's a story where a man convenes with monsters and gods, ghosts and mythological beings, but the Odyssey…
- A Day in the Life of a Gladiator · 36 min · Jakso 1812Step into the roaring arena of ancient Rome, where every sunrise could be a gladiator's last... From brutal training and hard-won fame to the thunderous spectacle that captivated…
- What Happens in The Odyssey? · 1 h 9 min · Jakso 1811Dan narrates his own epic retelling of the Odyssey - following Odysseus' route around the Mediterranean. He tells the story of the many trials and tribulations the Greek hero…
- The Birth of America Explained · 56 min · Jakso 1809Born from revolution, this bold vision of liberty toppled the old order and reshaped the course of democracy. Today, we discover how a few powerful ideas changed history forever…
- Agrippina the Younger: Rome's Most Notorious Empress · 51 min · Jakso 1805Agrippina the Younger was one of the most powerful players in Roman history: a ruthless political operator who clawed her way to co-rule the empire, only to be murdered by the…
- Life in the Trenches · 39 min · Jakso 1806What was life really like in the trenches of the First World War? In this episode, we step into the mud of the Western Front to hear about the horrors that soldiers faced; from…
- Spain vs Portugal: The Spice Race · 38 min · Jakso 1807What happens when tiny volcanic islands become the most valuable real estate on Earth? In the 16th century, Portugal and Spain launched a deadly race to control the global spice…
- Why Did The Roman Empire Collapse? · 53 min · Jakso 1803How does an empire spanning three continents and half a millennium fall apart? In the final episode of our series on the Roman Empire, we're joined by Professor Peter Heather to…
- The Origins of the Tank · 52 min · Jakso 1802How did century-old 'landships' developed from agricultural tractors evolve into the armoured giants of the modern battlefield? Today, we trace the lineage of the tank, from its…
- Mary Beard on Ruling the Roman Empire · 52 min · Jakso 1801What did it take to rule an empire that was never meant to have an emperor? In this second episode of our series on the Roman Empire, we're joined by classicist Mary Beard to…
- Harald Hardrada · 50 min · Jakso 1800Exile, mercenary, Viking king. Harald Hardrada, 'Thunderbolt of the North', fought his way from Norway to Byzantium, from the streets of Constantinople to the battlefields of…
- The Rise of the Roman Empire · 40 min · Jakso 1798How did a cluster of Iron Age huts grow into one of history's greatest civilisations? In the first episode of our series on the Roman Empire, we're joined by Dr Simon Elliott to…
- The Great Fire of London · 31 min · Jakso 1797In the early hours of September 2, 1666, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's house in Pudding Lane. In five days, that small fire would devastate the…
- SAS Hijacked A Fascist Train To Liberate A Concentration Camp · 49 min · Jakso 1796Today, we uncover a forgotten SAS mission straight out of a war thriller: an elite unit jumps the chain of command and hijacks a 'pirate train', turning it into a weapon against…
