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First World War

First World War podcast episodes

A group of soldiers playing football during the First World War.

First World War

The First World War’s Christmas truce is a heartwarming story – but it never happened

A tank crossing trenches at the battle of Cabrai during the First World War.

First World War

The First World War’s deadliest battle was stalling, but everything changed when Little Willie arrived

Second World War

Beyond the podcast: Nuremberg

On 27 May 1954, Sir Winston Churchill addresses a meeting of the Women’s Conservative Association. Nearly a decade after leading Britain through the Second World War, the prime minister remained a commanding figure in British politics and public life.

Second World War

It was Operation Unthinkable: Churchill's "impossible" plan to start World War 3

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

The ultimate First World War quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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?

A montage of moments and faces from history.

General History

What are the best history podcasts? These picks are the perfect way step into the past

a pastel coloured illustration shows two hands reaching towards two steaming cups of tea. In the background there is a cherry blossom tree and two landscapes, one of China and the other of England

Michael Wood on China's immense suffering in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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?

A black and white photograph of a man and a woman close together. The man has his arms around the woman and they are both in stage dress: her in a long dress and him with a ruff and feathered hat

Keep calm and carry on singing: why Britons fell in love with opera during World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beyond the podcastMagna Carta

Second World War

General History

Beyond the Podcast

Civil War podcast episodes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Napoleon.

Napoleonic Wars podcast episodes

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in an ornate gown with elaborate headdress, ruffled collar, and symbolic decorations.

Elizabeth I | Podcast series

Beyond the podcast: Pompeii

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

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

The ultimate Second World War quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women's history podcast episodes

Beyond the podcast: Jane Austen

Beyond the podcastElizabeth I

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. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

This late 15th-century illustration shows crusader forces besieging Damascus during the ill-fated Second Crusade in 1148. The armies of King Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Emperor Conrad III of Germany, and King Louis VII of France converge on the city, only for the campaign to collapse in defeat. Likely produced in Bruges for a chronicle of the Crusades, the image reflects how later medieval artists interpreted one of the crusading movement’s most damaging failures.

Who won the crusades? The causes, death toll, and number of medieval holy wars explained