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The Rest Is History Episodes

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    The Irish Civil War: The Killing of Michael Collins (Part 2)

    The build up to, and death of the Irish Revolutionary leader: Michael Collins

  2. The Irish Civil War: The Assassination of Sir Henry Wilson (Part 1)

    The shocking murder of Sir Henry Wilson.

  3. The Great Northern War: The Battle for the Baltic (Part 1)

    The origins of the Great Northern War, which reshaped Europe forever

  4. The Great Northern War: Slaughter on the Steppes (Part 3)

    The cataclysmic Battle of Poltova in the tumultuous reign of Peter The Great.

  5. The Great Northern War: Revenge of the Cossacks (Part 2)

    Peter the Great establishes Moscow, as his struggle with Charles XII intensifies...

  6. The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (Part 4)

    The tragic, murderous climax of the life and reign of Peter the Great.

  7. The Golden Age of Japan: Sex Secrets of the Imperial Court (Part 2)

    A journey into the heart if imperial japan, and the women who wielded their power there

  8. The Golden Age of Japan: (Part 1)

    A window into the alien Heian court of Imperial Japan, and the world's first novel.

  9. The French Revolution: War to the Death (Part 2)

    Join Tom and Dominic in part two of season two as they explore France's wars with Europe.

  10. The French Revolution: The Shadow of the Guillotine (Part 3)

    The French Revolution reshaped execution, leading to the invention of the guillotine.

  11. The French Revolution: The September Massacres (Part 1)

    The second phase of the french revolution reaches its bloody climax

  12. The French Revolution: The Monarchy Falls (Part 3)

    France takes on Russia and the monarchy is finally abolished.

  13. The French Revolution: The Marseillaise, Song of War (Part 5)

    The origins of *La Marseillaise* and why it became a powerful anthem of the Revolution.

  14. The French Revolution: The First Feminist (Part 2)

    The remarkable women of the French Revolution

  15. The French Revolution: The Execution of the King (Part 4)

    The culmination of the French Revolution: The execution of the king

  16. The French Revolution: Massacre at the Palace (Part 4)

    Marie Antoinette and her family face great danger as revolutionaries storm the Tuileries.

  17. The French Revolution: Bloodbath in Paris (Part 1)

    Paris boils with revolution as crowds demand Louis XVI's removal; violence erupts.

  18. The First World War: The Submarine Strikes (Part 3)

    Join Dominic and Tom as they launch into one of the most cataclysmic events of WW1.

  19. The First World War: The Spy Who Took on the Germans (Part 4)

    The British nurse who become a key player in the Belgian Resistance to German occupation

  20. The First World War: The Miracle on the Marne (Part 3)

    Dominic and Tom discuss one of the most astounding clashes of WW1...

  21. The First World War: The Massacre of the Innocents (Part 4)

    Dominic and Tom discuss the terrible Battle of Ypres

  22. The First World War: The Invasion of Belgium (Part 1)

    How did the outbreak of the First World War unfold?

  23. The First World War: The Eastern Front Explodes (Part 5)

    The First World War explodes on the Eastern Front

  24. The First World War: The Battle of the Frontiers (Part 2)

    The bloody Battle of the Frontiers

  25. The First World War: Italy’s Doomed Campaign (Part 2)

    How did Italy enter the First World War alongside the Allies in 1915?

  26. The First World War: Downfall of the Habsburgs (Part 6)

    The fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...

  27. The First World War: Churchill’s Calamity (Part 6)

    After Gallipoli has descended into a bloodbath, why do the British pour in more troops?

  28. The First World War: Blood in the Trenches (Part 1)

    Join Dominic and Tom as they plunge back into the First World War

  29. The Fight of the Century

    The history behind England's greatest and most violent boxing contest

  30. The Fall of the Incas: The Last Emperor (Part 6)

    What atrocities would unfold in the final phase of this brutal conquest?

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