Dan Snow's History Hit
History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring all these stories to life and more in a daily dose of history. Join Dan as he digs into the past to make sense of the headlines and get up close to the biggest discoveries being made around the world today, as they happen.If you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can email us at ds.hh@historyhit.com, we'd love to hear from you!...more
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1. The Royal Navy's Darkest Night & The Origins of Longitude
May 15,2024 33:13 -
3. Marshal Pétain: Hero or Traitor?
May 12,2024 40:19 -
4. Merlin, The Occult and British Politics
May 08,2024 30:10 -
5. The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
May 07,2024 37:22 -
6. Why Are We Drawn to Dictators?
May 06,2024 49:14 -
7. The Atomic Bomb & Civil War Cigars: Greatest 'What Ifs' from History
May 05,2024 29:28 -
8. The Original Kamikaze: The Mongol Invasions of Japan
Apr 30,2024 29:44 -
9. The Kamikaze Hunters
Apr 29,2024 30:21 -
10. The Kamikaze Pilots
Apr 28,2024 28:46 -
11. Rwandan Genocide Explained
Apr 24,2024 48:26 -
12. Did Immigration Really Cause the Fall of Rome?
Nov 10,2021 39:55 -
13. Pontius Pilate
Apr 23,2024 46:10 -
14. The Battle of Crécy
Apr 22,2024 31:27 -
15. Iran & Israel: From Allies to Enemies
Apr 21,2024 38:55 -
16. The Battle of El-Alamein Explained
Apr 17,2024 41:58 -
18. The Trial of Charles I
Apr 15,2024 44:55 -
19. What is Zionism?
Apr 14,2024 44:08 -
20. The Legacy of Rome
Sep 04,2023 23:24 -
22. HMS Wager: Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Apr 08,2024 54:24 -
23. Nazis, the CIA & Psychedelics
Apr 07,2024 25:33 -
24. The Mary Celeste: Ghost Ship
Apr 03,2024 37:52 -
25. Kensington Palace: Serving the Royal Court
Apr 01,2024 28:11 -
26. George Washington
Apr 01,2024 38:11 -
27. The Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved?
Mar 31,2024 29:13 -
28. 2. The British Empire: The Raj and Indian Independence
Mar 28,2024 58:36 -
29. 1. The British Empire: Mughals & the East India Company
Mar 27,2024 40:54 -
30. D.B. Cooper & the 70s Hijacking Craze
Mar 26,2024 41:40 -
31. The Real Shogun: The English Navigator Who Became a Samurai
Mar 24,2024 55:45 -
32. Atlantis
Mar 21,2024 22:16 -
33. Persia: Rise of the Sasanians
Mar 20,2024 51:34 -
34. Warfare in Ancient Greece
Mar 18,2024 49:15 -
35. Boudica: Queen of the Iceni
Mar 13,2024 42:04 -
36. Infiltrating the IRA: Murder & Espionage in Northern Ireland
Mar 12,2024 47:49 -
37. The Financial Crashes that Changed the World
Mar 11,2024 39:53 -
38. Oppenheimer vs Einstein
Mar 11,2024 44:23 -
39. 4. Machu Picchu: The Fall of the Inca Empire
Mar 07,2024 29:22 -
40. 3. Machu Picchu: Inca Gods and Human Sacrifices
Mar 06,2024 44:02 -
41. 2. Machu Picchu: The Rise of the Inca Empire
Mar 05,2024 39:00 -
42. 1. Machu Picchu: The 'Lost City'
Mar 04,2024 42:45 -
43. History of Gulags
Feb 29,2024 29:13 -
44. New Series! Machu Picchu Coming 4th March
Feb 28,2024 01:00 -
45. How to Survive in Tudor England
Feb 28,2024 36:24 -
46. Atatürk: Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Feb 27,2024 33:56 -
47. Abraham Lincoln
Feb 26,2024 41:27 -
48. Britain's Secret Expedition to Antarctica
Feb 21,2024 36:11 -
49. Harold Godwinson: The Last Anglo-Saxon King
Feb 20,2024 34:20 -
50. Greek Myths: The Furies
Feb 20,2024 20:26 -
51. The Last Gay Men Executed in Britain
Feb 18,2024 25:03 -
52. Life and Death in Greco-Roman Egypt
Feb 14,2024 34:02 -
53. Rameses The Great
Feb 14,2024 22:28 -
54. The Great Pyramid of Giza
Feb 13,2024 28:08 -
55. The Origins of Ancient Egypt
Feb 12,2024 29:42 -
56. Who are the Houthis?
Feb 08,2024 48:24 -
57. The Real King Arthur
Feb 06,2024 01:18:52 -
58. The City of Alexandria
Feb 06,2024 31:10 -
59. WWII: The Allied Invasion of Italy
Feb 04,2024 31:56 -
60. Prohibition
Feb 01,2024 42:06 -
61. The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
Jan 31,2024 31:52 -
62. First Polynesians
Jan 30,2024 38:35 -
63. Masters of the Air: WWII's Bloody 100th Bombers
Jan 28,2024 39:59 -
64. The Vandals
Jan 25,2024 49:58 -
65. One Life: The 'British Schindler' Nicky Winton & The Kindertransport
Jan 24,2024 43:25 -
66. The Taj Mahal
Jan 23,2024 29:31 -
67. The Life and Death of Vladimir Lenin
Jan 22,2024 36:46 -
68. The Battle of Little Bighorn
Jan 17,2024 34:35 -
69. What if Hitler Had Invaded Britain?
Jan 17,2024 42:33 -
70. Lawrence of Arabia
Jan 16,2024 59:29 -
71. Mike Sadler: The Last SAS Soldier
Jan 15,2024 46:44 -
72. Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate
Jan 11,2024 29:30 -
73. The Plague of Athens
Jan 10,2024 25:48 -
74. 3. Thomas Cochrane: From Disgrace to Freedom Fighter
Jan 03,2024 51:02 -
75. 2. Thomas Cochrane: The Battle of Basque Roads
Jan 03,2024 50:16 -
76. The WW2 Witch Trial of Hellish Nell
Jan 04,2024 38:21 -
77. 1. Thomas Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander
Jan 03,2024 39:06 -
78. Fall of the Aztec Empire
Jan 01,2024 39:28 -
79. England & Portugal: The Oldest Alliance in the World
Dec 27,2023 39:37 -
80. Pythagoras' Utopia
Dec 23,2023 28:58 -
81. Georgian Christmas
Dec 21,2023 34:41 -
82. The Middle Ages in 5 Facts
Dec 20,2023 40:11 -
83. Saint Nicholas
Dec 19,2023 24:45 -
84. Fighting Hitler's U-Boats
Dec 18,2023 42:39 -
85. The Boston Tea Party
Dec 14,2023 56:27 -
86. Sara Forbes Bonetta: Queen Victoria's African God-Daughter
Dec 12,2023 35:14 -
87. The Tower of London's Most Notorious Prisoners
Dec 11,2023 37:07 -
88. Mother Shipton: Tudor Prophetess of England's Doom
Dec 07,2023 36:04 -
89. A Guide to Ancient Egypt
Dec 06,2023 41:32 -
90. Medieval Baghdad
Dec 05,2023 24:12 -
91. What Really Happened to the Princes in the Tower?
Dec 04,2023 33:45 -
92. Tutankhamun's 'Curse' & Other History Mysteries
Nov 30,2023 36:36 -
93. The 'Elgin' Marbles
Nov 29,2023 34:10 -
94. Hades: King of the Underworld
Nov 28,2023 56:45 -
95. Rasputin
Nov 26,2023 22:17 -
96. 4. Napoleon: The Myth
Nov 23,2023 39:01 -
97. 3. Napoleon: The Lover
Nov 22,2023 46:05 -
98. 2. Napoleon: The Commander
Nov 21,2023 43:14 -
99. 1. Napoleon: The Early Years
Nov 20,2023 26:49 -
100. COMING SOON! Napoleon Mini-Series
Nov 16,2023 00:59 -
101. The Belfast Blitz
Nov 16,2023 29:00 -
102. Habsburg Inbreeding with Dr. Adam Rutherford
Nov 17,2023 34:39 -
103. Napoleon's Greatest Battles with Ridley Scott
Nov 14,2023 37:33 -
104. Remembrance Day: Searching for My Father the WWII Pilot
Nov 13,2023 30:11 -
105. 3. Hitler's Third Reich
Nov 08,2023 47:51 -
106. 2. The Rise of Hitler
Nov 07,2023 52:02 -
107. 1. Hitler's Early Years
Nov 06,2023 42:46 -
108. Pocahontas: The True Story
Nov 06,2023 32:01 -
109. Hunting Pablo Escobar
Nov 03,2023 29:44 -
110. Babylon
Nov 03,2023 34:12 -
111. The Salem Witch Trials
Nov 03,2023 33:01 -
112. James Beckwourth, Conquering the American Frontier
Nov 03,2023 31:39 -
113. Tutankhamun: The Valley of the Kings - Signal Award Gold!
Nov 03,2023 35:32 -
114. Reburying the Dead of America's Revolutionary War
Nov 03,2023 32:04 -
115. The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
Nov 03,2023 49:58 -
116. The Arab- Israeli War: Yom Kippur War 1973
Nov 03,2023 39:29 -
117. WWII Britain's 'Missing' Sailors
Nov 03,2023 25:11 -
118. Israel, Gaza and the West Bank: A History
Nov 03,2023 01:04:54 -
119. HMS Terror: Cursed Arctic Expedition
Nov 03,2023 51:16 -
120. Scottish Kings' Sex Lives
Nov 03,2023 47:10 -
121. Alexander The Great: The Siege of Tyre
Nov 03,2023 22:24 -
122. Alexander The Great
Oct 07,2023 53:44 -
123. England's Greatest Monarchs with David Mitchell
Oct 04,2023 34:54 -
124. Achilles
Oct 03,2023 40:20 -
125. Captain Cook
Oct 01,2023 01:21:55 -
126. Roman Emperors with Mary Beard
Sep 27,2023 33:38 -
127. Witches of St Osyth
Sep 26,2023 57:04 -
128. The Bones of Anglo Saxon England
Sep 24,2023 27:14 -
129. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Sep 20,2023 45:17 -
130. President Thomas Jefferson
Sep 19,2023 42:07 -
131. My Great-Grandfather's War: Lt-Gen Thomas Snow & The Somme
Sep 18,2023 48:00 -
132. The Origins of the Popes
Sep 17,2023 40:23 -
133. Wars of the Roses: Jack Cade’s Rebellion Explained
Sep 13,2023 37:13 -
134. The Great Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782
Sep 12,2023 27:47 -
135. The Knights Templar
Sep 11,2023 39:42 -
136. The Nazi Massacre at Rumbula
Sep 10,2023 39:10 -
137. Europe's 1848 Revolutions
Sep 08,2023 33:25 -
138. Chichén Itzá
Sep 06,2023 50:56 -
139. Marco Polo
Sep 05,2023 27:37 -
140. The Gunpowder Plot
Nov 05,2021 44:45 -
141. Rise of the Tudors
Sep 03,2023 50:39 -
142. Secret Origins of the SAS
Aug 30,2023 29:38 -
143. Ivan the Terrible
Aug 29,2023 36:25 -
144. Charlie Chaplin
Aug 28,2023 46:25 -
145. How Brutish were our Ancestors?
Aug 27,2023 40:19 -
146. WWII Britain: The Home Guard's Silent Assassins
Aug 23,2023 49:56 -
147. Chairman Mao
Aug 22,2023 43:13 -
148. Elizabeth I's War with Ireland
Aug 21,2023 37:41 -
149. The Ancient Greek Computer: The Antikythera Mechanism
Aug 20,2023 28:54 -
150. Battle of Gettysburg
Aug 16,2023 39:43 -
151. The Rise of the Taliban
Aug 15,2023 25:28 -
152. Scottish Clans
Aug 14,2023 26:24 -
153. Archimedes and the Siege of Syracuse
Aug 12,2023 44:04 -
154. Surviving Hitler and Stalin
Aug 09,2023 37:45 -
155. Genghis Khan
Aug 08,2023 34:48 -
156. Attila The Hun
Aug 07,2023 30:15 -
157. The Great Train Robbery
Aug 06,2023 56:25 -
158. Ragnar Lothbrok: Viking Legend
Aug 02,2023 50:54 -
159. History's Greatest Commanders
Aug 01,2023 01:05:36 -
160. Good King Wenceslaus
Jul 31,2023 34:17 -
161. North vs South: How Korea Was Divided
Jul 30,2023 37:39 -
162. Oppenheimer: What If America Never Dropped the Atomic Bomb?
Jul 26,2023 43:51 -
163. The Fall of Mussolini
Jul 25,2023 39:01 -
164. Warrior Women: Boudicca to Ukrainian Snipers
Jul 24,2023 44:24 -
165. Nazi's Most Wanted: Assassin Hannie Schaft
Jul 23,2023 28:55 -
166. Oppenheimer
Jul 19,2023 33:21 -
167. Black Boxes: Recording Airplanes' Final Moments
Jul 18,2023 32:11 -
168. Prigozhin: The Fate of Russian ‘Favourites’
Jul 17,2023 26:40 -
169. Napoleon
Jul 16,2023 38:19 -
170. The Picts: Scourge of Rome
Jul 12,2023 42:11 -
171. Russia & USA: The 100-Year Cold War
Jul 11,2023 25:50 -
172. The North Pole Scandal
Jul 10,2023 24:59 -
173. Operation Mincemeat
Jul 09,2023 38:02 -
174. The Battle of Kursk
Jul 05,2023 47:48 -
175. The Creation of the NHS
Jul 04,2023 30:45 -
176. California Gold Rush
Jul 03,2023 39:26 -
177. The First Day of The Somme
Jul 02,2023 48:12 -
178. Toto Koopman: Socialite, Vogue Model and WWII Spy
Jun 28,2023 28:34 -
179. Great Fire of London
Jun 27,2023 42:05 -
180. Wagner vs Putin: A History of Russian Coups
Jun 26,2023 24:40 -
181. The 20th Century Arms Race
Jun 25,2023 31:19 -
182. The Windrush Generation & Scandal
Jun 21,2023 30:58 -
183. The Titanic Wreck
Jun 20,2023 17:42 -
184. George VI and Elizabeth, Queen Mother
Jun 19,2023 19:45 -
185. The Stonewall Uprising
Jun 18,2023 26:01 -
186. Origins of Scottish Independence
Jun 14,2023 44:51 -
187. Wreck, Scandal & Mutiny on HMS Wager
Jun 13,2023 27:01 -
188. Ukraine's Dam Destroyed: Water as a Weapon
Jun 12,2023 33:17 -
189. Chevalier: France's Revolutionary Maestro
Jun 11,2023 20:35 -
190. The British Empire
Jun 07,2023 25:02 -
191. Hiding Anne Frank
Jun 06,2023 16:56 -
192. D-Day: Britain and America's 'Special Relationship'
Jun 05,2023 26:29 -
193. The Ejector Seat
Jun 04,2023 28:07 -
194. Love and Lust in WWII
May 31,2023 22:35 -
195. Murder in the Roman World
May 30,2023 41:39 -
196. Why Empires Fall
May 29,2023 41:22 -
197. How the Mongols Changed the World
May 28,2023 19:26 -
198. 5. Story of England: Modern Warfare
May 25,2023 01:05:40 -
199. 4. Story of England: Industrial Revolution
May 24,2023 58:42 -
200. 3. Story of England: Tudor Feuds, Explorers and Fanatics
May 23,2023 52:04
Dan Snow's History Hit
History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring all these stories to life and more in a daily dose of history. Join Dan as he digs into the past to make sense of the headlines and get up close to the biggest discoveries being made around the world today, as they happen.If you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can email us at ds.hh@historyhit.com, we'd love to hear from you!
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