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On June 6, 1944, a combined Allied force carried out the largest amphibious invasion in history. They were led by an American.What was General Eisenho...
We've asked some of our favorite historians for their number one moment from these 250 years of the United States' History. For this episode, we're ho...
He's one of the most famous serial killers in American history... but how much of H.H Holmes' gruesome crimes were sensationalised by the press at the...
Have you ever wondered how Harlem got its name? There are countless remnants of the Dutch colony on Manhattan island. But when did it end? And why?Don...
The Siege of Vicksburg was a pivotal turning point in the Civil War. Should the Union capture the stronghold, the South's hold on the Mississippi woul...
In 1775, revolutionaries went to war against the British. Seeking independence from colonial ties, they fought more than 150 battles over eight years....
Just twenty years after independence, the United States fought a lesser-known war against the Barbary States of North Africa... some use the term 'Cor...
This is one of the deadliest conflicts in North American History. But who was King Philip? What started the war? And how did it change history?Don is...
In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in a deal that reshaped the map of North America... but what did that moment mean for the peop...
From being locked up in the Tower of London to founding the 5th most populous state in the country, and the city at the heart of the Revolution, today...
It was Robert E. Lee's greatest strategic triumph but it came at a heavy cost - the loss of his talismanic leader and friend Stonewall Jackson among t...
What if we told you that puritans were actually sex-crazed? Well maybe not crazed but definitely not opposed to it.What if we told you that, actually,...
During the Revolutionary War a vital web of intelligence was established, with General Washington at its head. Operating through coded letters, hidden...
Geronimo's name is famous across the world: the Apache warrior who led a resistance movement against the United States out in the South West for years...
From fur traders to rulers of the New York social scene - how did the Astors rise to the top? What did it mean to be 'Old Money' in the Gilded Age? An...
Shays’ Rebellion has long been taught as a dangerous uprising, one that risked shaking the newly founded United States of America. But by tracing the...
What was it like to live on Alcatraz? And was it possible to escape? In this episode, Don speaks to a historian with the unique experience of growing...
Driven from the United States, the Mormons journeyed West to build a new society in the desert- one that would challenge the political, economic, and...
