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Britain’s Great War episode 2 – The War Machine

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 19, 2020 / By HDclump

Britain’s Great War episode 2 – The War Machine: In the second part of his landmark series on how the First World War affected the lives of the British people, Jeremy Paxman describes the crisis facing the country as it becomes clear it is fatally unprepared to fight a modern industrial war. Now the whole population is enlisted to turn the country into a war machine; women fill the factories to make bombs and bullets, men are forced to fight at the front, and conscientious objectors are threatened with the firing squad and striking shipbuilders with jail. Even […]

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Britain’s Great War episode 1 – War Comes to Britain

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 18, 2020 / By HDclump

Britain’s Great War episode 1 – War Comes to Britain: Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the dramatic early stages of the war, from stunned disbelief to the mass recruitment of volunteer soldiers. Fear of invasion grips the country, Boy Scouts guard bridges, and spies are suspected everywhere. For the first time, British civilians are fired on by enemy ships and bombed from the air. Paxman meets a 105-year-old eyewitness to the shelling of Hartlepool, who describes how she thought the Germans had landed. Total war has come to Britain. Britain’s Great War episode 1 – War

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Voyages of Discovery episode 5 – Hanging by a Thread

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 17, 2020 / By HDclump

Voyages of Discovery episode 5 – Hanging by a Thread: Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of the USS Squalus submarine which became stranded on the bottom of the Atlantic in 1937. No one had ever been saved from a stricken sub beneath the ocean before, but maverick designer Charles Momsen, who had been ignored by the navy top brass, was suddenly called into action to bring up the crew. Rose meets the last living survivor from the sub and one of the men, now 103, who helped save him. The rescue kick-started a whole new era of

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Voyages of Discovery episode 4 – The Figure of the Earth

History, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / June 16, 2020 / By HDclump

Voyages of Discovery episode 4 – The Figure of the Earth: Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen who couldnt stand each other, yet set off on an eight-year scientific mission in one of the most hostile places on the planet. Their plan, to settle an international row by measuring the shape of the planet, took them to the disease-ridden rain-forests and oxygen-starved peaks of the Ecuadorian Andes. Rose follows in the footsteps of the 18th-century explorers who were complete innocents abroad and had no idea of the horrors they were letting themselves in for. Despite

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Voyages of Discovery episode 3 – Ice King

History, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / June 12, 2020 / By HDclump

Voyages of Discovery episode 3 – Ice King: Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of his hero Fridjtof Nansen who, in 1892, announced a daring plan to be first to the North Pole, an idea considered so off-the-wall that no scientist would volunteer to join him on a venture they believed was nothing short of suicide. He allowed his ship to become stuck in the crushing pack ice, hoping it would drift to the Pole, and then set off on foot across the frozen wastes. Nansen became the forefather of polar exploration, inventing practical techniques that today allow

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Voyages of Discovery episode 2 – The Making of Captain Cook

History, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / June 11, 2020 / By HDclump

Voyages of Discovery episode 2 – The Making of Captain Cook: Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of one of the greatest ever sea adventures, which transformed Captain James Cook into a national hero and dramatically changed the course of history. Two and a half centuries later, Captain Cook is still a household name, but his achievements are often misunderstood, contrary to popular perception, he did not discover New Zealand and Australia. Intrepid Rose follows his journey down under and uncovers the real story of Captain Cook. Voyages of Discovery episode 2 – The Making of Captain

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Voyages of Discovery episode 1 – Circumnavigation

History, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / June 10, 2020 / By HDclump

Voyages of Discovery episode 1 – Circumnavigation: Explorer Paul Rose reveals the real story behind the first ever circumnavigation of the world. Ferdinand Magellan set out 500 years ago to find the westward route to the riches of the Spice Islands. But, contrary to popular perception, he never reached them. Rose explains the dramatic sequence of events that led his scurvy-riddled crew to continue around the world without him. The incredible expedition was laced with bloody mutiny and murder, but its achievement was to fundamentally change the lives of the generations that followed, influencing life even today.

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The Greeks episode 3 – Chasing Greatness

History / 3 minutes of reading / June 5, 2020 / By HDclump

The Greeks episode 3 – Chasing Greatness: They were an extraordinary people born of white rock and blue sea. They invented democracy, distilled logic and reason, wrote plays to plumb the deepest recesses of the soul, and captured the perfection of the human form in athletics and art. Quite simply, the Greeks created our world. Today, of course, Greece conjures very different images: civic unrest, financial meltdowns, long ATM lines. But, as its ancient history attests, strife and discord are often incubators for greatness. Delve into groundbreaking new explorations of the ancient Greeks’ journey across time in this

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The Greeks episode 2 – The Good Strife

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 4, 2020 / By HDclump

The Greeks episode 2 – The Good Strife: Delve into groundbreaking new explorations of the ancient Greeks’ journey across time in this three-part series. Explore history as the ancient Greeks emerge from the first dark ages to compose timeless epics, compete in the original Olympic Games, conjure early theories of nature, and construct the world’s first democracy. The Greeks episode 2 – The Good Strife Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (c. AD 600). Immediately

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The Greeks episode 1 – Cavemen to Kings

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 3, 2020 / By HDclump

The Greeks episode 1 – Cavemen to Kings: Uncover the origin story of Western civilization, as the early Greeks rise from nothing and change everything – laying the groundwork for a revolution in human thought. Delve into groundbreaking new explorations of the ancient Greeks’ journey across time in this three-part series. The Greeks episode 1 – Cavemen to Kings Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (c. AD 600). Immediately following this period was the beginning

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Adolf Hitler the Itinerary episode 2 – The War Leader

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 2, 2020 / By HDclump

Adolf Hitler the Itinerary episode 2 – The War Leader: Harald Sandner continues his study of Adolf Hitler as he seizes control of Germany and plunges the European continent into the bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen. Harald meticulously notes every success and failure as the world’s powers come together to put an end to this chapter in history. For 25 years, Harald Sandner, a history enthusiast, has traced the Fuhrer’s itinerary from his childhood to the end of his life. Adolf Hitler the Itinerary episode 2 – The War Leader Adolf Hitler was a

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Adolf Hitler the Itinerary episode 1 – Assent of a Criminal

History / 2 minutes of reading / June 1, 2020 / By HDclump

Adolf Hitler the Itinerary episode 1 – Assent of a Criminal: For 25 years, Harald Sandner, a history enthusiast, has traced the Fuhrer’s itinerary from his childhood to the end of his life. Harald Sandner, a history enthusiast, has traced Adolf Hitler’s early life. From his childhood home, through his relationship with his family, the challenges he endured as a young man, and the home he made for himself in the German military. Follow the world’s greatest murderer’s rise to power. Adolf Hitler the Itinerary episode 1 – Assent of a Criminal Adolf Hitler was a

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