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First World War

First World War podcast episodes

Soldiers of the English infantry in France, running out of their trenches at the signal to assault.

The ultimate First World War quiz

Second World War

Second World War podcast episodes

Two men dressed in military uniform stand behind a barbed wire, looking into the camera. One wears a bandage around his head, covering one eye

Five things you (probably) didn’t know about the First World War

The First Crusade: the war that transformed the medieval world | A HistoryExtra podcast series

On 27 January 1943, ARP wardens attend the funeral of victims killed in a daylight bombing raid — including several children and teachers. Such scenes were tragically common during the Second World War, as civilian areas remained vulnerable to Luftwaffe attacks despite improved air defences.

Second World War

Why were these British Second World War burials draped with Nazi flags?

General History

War and military history podcast episodes

A silhouette of troops of the 1st Australian Division during the First World War.

First World War

QuizHow much do you know about WW1?

Second World War

A painting of Napoleon.

Napoleonic Wars podcast episodes

Civil War podcast episodes

This 7th-century BC relief from the palaces of Nineveh shows Assyrian king Ashurbanipal hunting lions — a dramatic symbol of strength and kingship in ancient Mesopotamia.

General ancient history

On ancient battlefields, the world's oldest civilisations turned beloved pets into weapons of war

Women's history podcast episodes

Black and white photo of Lancaster bombers in the Battle of Britain.

The ultimate Second World War quiz

A woman dressed in a grey top and a green and orange bandana holds a black and white photograph of a young man against her chin. She stands in front of a plain, yellow wall

The Srebrenica massacre: the worst atrocity committed on European soil since the Second World War

A photo of a group of pyramids against a clear blue sky.

General ancient history

Wanderlust: Bettany Hughes on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Michael Wood on the Bangladesh Liberation War“From Africa to the Indian subcontinent, imperialism has left a trail of damage”

Recent HistoryExtra podcasts

Was Carême a spy? The true story of the world’s first celebrity chef

Is the Eastern Front the forgotten theatre of World War One?

Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

The shot that sparked the First World War

French Resistance fighters sabotaging the Marseille-Paris railway in Romanèche (Saône-et-Loire), on August 30, 1944.

The French resistance during the Second World War

The Narmer Palette

“The first historical document in the world”: what exactly is on the Narmer Palette?

Vikings podcast episodes

Oleg Gordievsky

Oleg Gordievsky: the double agent who changed the course of the Cold War

Montage of famous assassinations, including Gandhi and JFK.

General History

50 assassinations that changed the world

Our top 15 Everything You Wanted To Know About HistoryExtra podcast episodes

Norse god of war and All-father, Odin, next to Germanic princess Brunhild

General History

Fierce and furious: who are the most powerful gods of war throughout world history?

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The First CrusadeInside the war that transformed the medieval world