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1989: The Year that Made the Modern World episode 1

History / 2 minutes of reading / August 14, 2019 / By HDclump

1989: The Year that Made the Modern World episode 1: A year of revolution around the world; Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s new policies lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall; a government crackdown follows protests in Beinjing’s Tiananmen Square; a power shift sweeps across Eastern Europe. A chronicle of the most consequential events of 1989, which saw the rise of radicalism, the intensification of tabloid news culture, the birth of the internet, and diverse voices gaining unprecedented traction. 1989: The Year that Made the Modern World episode 1 – From Communism to Terrorism The Soviet–Afghan […]

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The Invasion – The Outbreak of World War II

History / 2 minutes of reading / August 7, 2019 / By HDclump

The Invasion – The Outbreak of World War II: On 1 September 1939, Hitler started the most fatal war in world history. With the invasion of Poland, he did not only aim at destroying the military force of the neighboring country but also at depriving its people of their livelihood. The German-Polish two-part series reconstructs how the Fuhrer triggered a chain of events sparking a global conflagration. It also includes selected interviews with Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda who witnessed the attack, when they were children. The Invasion – The Outbreak of World War II – Part 1: The

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The Genius of Marie Curie

Science / 2 minutes of reading / August 6, 2019 / By HDclump

The Genius of Marie Curie – The Woman Who Lit up the World: over 80 years after her death, Marie Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing – a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. They were fascinated because she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and is still the only person to have won two Nobels in two different sciences. But while the bare bones of her scientific life, the obstacles she had to overcome, the years of painstaking

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The Pacific War in Color episode 8

History / 2 minutes of reading / August 1, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 8: By the summer of 1945, the Allies are reducing Japan to ashes, but there’s no sign of surrender. While a ground invasion seems imminent, a casualty estimate of U.S. soldiers in the hundreds of thousands leads President Truman to a decision that will not only end the war, but forever change the course of warfare. Color combat footage and witness accounts of the atomic bombings provide rare insights into the final days of the Pacific War. The Pacific War was unlike any military conflict before it in terms of its scale,

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The Pacific War in Color episode 7

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 31, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 7: The Allies celebrate the end of the war in Europe, but the Pacific War rages on. Okinawa, the last stop in the island-hopping campaign to the Japanese mainland, is absolute havoc, with Japan sending an unprecedented wave of kamikaze attacks to destroy Allied warships. Meanwhile, Australians liberate Indonesians from three years of oppressive Japanese occupation in Borneo. Witness the final battles of the Second World War, captured with rare behind the scenes film and color combat footage. The Pacific War in Color episode 7 The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation

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The Pacific War in Color episode 6

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 29, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 6: Japan feels the pressure coming from all fronts in 1945–ships from the sea, boots on the ground, and fire from the sky. The Japanese Empire has been weakened, but there is no sign of surrender. Through rarely seen color combat footage and frontline stories, witness the American invasions of Peleliu, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima, in addition to the war’s first organized kamikaze attacks and the deadly raid on Tokyo. The Pacific War in Color episode 6 The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the United States

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The Pacific War in Color episode 5

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 24, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 5: By the summer of 1944, America increasingly controlled the seas and skies of the Pacific, but the fighting on land remained bloody and brutal. As U.S. forces battled for two islands at once, Japan used ingenious dug-in bunkers and caves to make them pay for every inch of ground. Discover America’s strategic and personal motivations behind their simultaneous invasions of Tinian and Guam and witness their far less successful plan to strike Japan from India and China with the new, troubled aircraft, the B-29. The Pacific War in Color episode

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The Pacific War in Color episode 4

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 22, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 4: After a disastrous start, Admiral Chester Nimitz’s island-hopping campaign across the Central Pacific has gained momentum and led his men to their largest and most important target yet: Saipan in the Mariana Islands. The nearly month-long battle on this island featured mountain sieges, Banzai attacks, white-knuckled dogfights, and escalating tensions between the U.S. Army and Marines. Color combat footage and testimony from the soldiers who were there bring this seminal moment of the Pacific War to life. The Pacific War was unlike any military conflict before it in terms of its

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The Pacific War in Color episode 3

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 21, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 3: Under the command of Admiral Nimitz in 1943, America advances towards Japan, engaging in a new series of island-hopping invasions through the Central Pacific. But a ferocious and inauspicious start at the Tarawa atoll forces war strategists to redesign their plan from top to bottom, sparking new innovations and breaking new barriers. With color combat footage and accounts from those who experienced the fight firsthand, this is an intimate look at some of the costliest and most critical battles of World War II. The Pacific War in Color episode 3

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The Pacific War in Color episode 2

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 19, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 2: six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the shockwaves of war have flooded into every corner of the Pacific, from Alaska to parts of China to New Guinea. U.S. soldiers head into unfamiliar worlds thousands of miles from home, encountering steamy island jungles, bitter arctic cold, and an unrelenting enemy. Through rare personal films and color combat footage, witness early Allied victories–in the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, and at Midway–that turned the tide of the war. The Pacific War in Color episode 2 – Shockwaves The Pacific War was

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The Pacific War in Color episode 1

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 18, 2019 / By HDclump

The Pacific War in Color episode 1 : The Pacific War was unlike any military conflict before it in terms of its scale, scope, and savagery. Witness the massive attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima and Nagasaki that bookended the war, along with the ferocious battles in between–ones waged on tiny islands and remote atolls and fought by soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors. With color combat footage and accounts from those who experienced the fight firsthand, we reveal the brutal reality of life on the frontline during the battle for the Pacific. The Pacific War in Color

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The Irish Revolution episode 3 – The Spirit of Freedom

History / 2 minutes of reading / July 17, 2019 / By HDclump

The Irish Revolution episode 3 : A look at how the British government sought a political solution in 1921 when much of the countryside became ungovernable as rebels escalated armed attacks. Marking the centenary of the Irish War of Independence, a major documentary project narrated by Cillian Murphy. Revealing the extraordinary story of how against all odds and armed with little more than idealism, blind faith and courage, a small group of rebels forced Britain, the world’s most powerful nation, to withdraw after centuries of conquest and misrule, this is a landmark production for audiences throughout the world.

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