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Browse our archive of HistoryExtra podcasts on war and military history, from Nelson’s demise at Trafalgar to the role of Indian soldiers in World War One...
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MembershipaudioAztec warfare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Caroline Dodds Pennock considers how warfare came to be a pivotal part of Aztec society, considering superstitious traditions, sacrifices and brutal methods of attack
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MembershipaudioThe Britons who rebuilt postwar Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Daniel Cowling describes the challenges facing the British occupiers of a shattered nation from 1945-49
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MembershipaudioHow Kissinger transformed the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Rana Mitter considers the life and legacy of one of the US' most influential – and contentious – diplomats, Henry Kissinger
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MembershipaudioWar, peace & cherry trees: finding hope after WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Naoko Abe introduces three remarkable men who took a stand against some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War
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MembershipaudioResistance in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Halik Kochanski shares the stories of the people across Nazi-occupied Europe who resisted the Germans during the Second World War
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MembershipaudioHistorical echoes of the Ukraine war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Serhii Plokhy discusses the historical backdrop that helps make sense of the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine
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MembershipaudioThe hell of the Pacific War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Saul David describes the horrors of the long campaign to defeat Japan in the Second World War, through the eyes of a company of US Marines
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MembershipaudioThe Iraq War, 20 years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Gordon Corera discusses the causes and consequences of the Iraq War, and how we should reflect on it two decades later
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MembershipaudioThe Second Barons’ War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Nicholas Vincent responds to your questions on the revolt against Henry III, led by the formidable Simon de Montfort
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MembershipaudioThe first Vietnam War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Christopher Goscha explores the conflict between the French empire and Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnamese army that followed WW2
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MembershipaudioThe Franco-Prussian war: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Rachel Chrastil answers listener questions on a conflict that scarred the 19th century and had enormous consequences for the 20th
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MembershipaudioBooks and war: from James Bond to leaflet bombing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Andrew Pettegree examines some of the ways in which literary culture has evolved and been utilised during times of conflict – from the daring adventures of James Bond to the censorship of Winston Churchill's works in WW2 prisoner of war camps
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MembershipaudioFearless female voices of the Spanish Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Sarah Watling shines a light on the remarkable women who joined the fight against General Franco – from political firebrands to bestselling authors
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MembershipaudioThe Seven Years’ War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Jeremy Black responds to listener questions on the 18th-century conflict that convulsed the globe and helped turn Britain into a world superpower
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MembershipaudioThe Crimean War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Professor Andrew Lambert answers listener questions about the conflict of 1853-1856 and the ways in which it shaped European history for decades
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MembershipaudioThe Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: war without end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Elisabeth Leake charts the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, revealing how the ensuing occupation and internal conflict shaped the modern nation
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MembershipaudioStasi poets: creative writing & the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Philip Oltermann tells the strange story of the poetry group run by the East German Ministry for State Security
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MembershipaudioCold war mind games. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Martin Sixsmith explores the role of psychology in the Cold War, from paranoia and propaganda to unpredictable leaders
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MembershipaudioBritain’s only war crimes trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Mike Anderson and Neil Hanson discuss the 1999 prosecution of a former Nazi collaborator – Britain’s only war crimes trial
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MembershipaudioAmerica’s Cold War culture boom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
From artistic experimentation to an explosion in pop music, Louis Menand looks at American art and ideas between 1945-65
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MembershipaudioWar in the air: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Paul Beaver answers listeners questions on military aviation – from early innovations to flying aces and dogfights
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MembershipaudioThe Falklands War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Helen Parr answers listener questions on the conflict that erupted between Britain and Argentina 40 years ago
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MembershipaudioThe Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Mike Rapport tackles listener questions about the 19th-century conflicts that tore Europe apart and had repercussions across the globe
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MembershipaudioNixon in China: the trip that changed the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Rana Mitter discusses US president Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip to China – a visit that changed the course of the Cold War
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