The Rest: History for Sleep
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Fighter Aces: How Pilots Became Sky Legends
Oct 15, 20265 min
How Japan Shocked Russia at Tsushima
Oct 14, 20264 min
Why Iwo Jima Was a Turning Point
Oct 14, 20268 min
How the KGB and CIA Battled Worldwide
Oct 13, 20265 min
How Leningrad Survived 900 Days of Starvation
Oct 13, 20265 min
Trafalgar: How Nelson Won His Greatest Victory
Oct 12, 20265 min
El Alamein: How the Desert War Turned Against Rommel
Oct 12, 20265 min
WWI Trenches: How Soldiers Survived Hell on Earth
Oct 12, 20265 min
Battle of the Nile: How Nelson Stranded Napoleon’s Army
Oct 11, 20265 min
How the Terror State Was Enforced
Oct 11, 20265 min
How Snipers Control Entire Battlefields With One Shot
Oct 11, 20265 min
Short War, Long Consequences
Oct 10, 20265 min
Swiss Pikemen: How Farmers Became Europe’s Shock Infantry
Oct 10, 20264 min
How Ancient Armies Captured Fortified Cities
Oct 10, 20265 min
How Aircraft Carriers Took Over the Seas
Oct 9, 20265 min
Samurai: How Japan’s Warrior Class Lived and Fought
Oct 9, 20264 min
SAS vs SEALs vs Spetsnaz: Which Elite Force Is Toughest?
Oct 9, 20265 min
Submarine Warfare: How Silent Killers Changed Naval Battles
Oct 8, 20265 min
How Spetsnaz Operated Behind Enemy Lines
Oct 8, 20265 min
The Defeat That Ended Napoleon
Oct 8, 20266 min
French Foreign Legion: How an Army of Exiles Became Legendary
Oct 7, 20265 min
Crusades: How Christians and Muslims Fought Brutal Holy Wars
Oct 7, 20265 min
Romanovs: Collapse at Maximum Speed
Oct 7, 20265 min
How Yugoslavia Collapsed Into Chaos and Civil War
Oct 6, 20268 min
How the Mamluks Seized Power From Their Own Rulers
Oct 6, 20264 min
How Ninjas Actually Used Espionage and Sabotage
Oct 6, 20264 min
How Spetsnaz Operated Behind Enemy Lines
Oct 5, 20268 min
Vienna’s Crucial Defense in 1529
Oct 5, 20265 min
Redcoats: How British Infantry Won an Empire
Oct 4, 20265 min
How Napoleon’s Marshals Executed His Battle Plans
Oct 4, 20267 min
How Egypt and Syria Nearly Overran Israel in 1973
Oct 4, 20268 min
How Saddam Seized Power Through Brutal Purges
Oct 3, 20268 min
How Spanish Tercios Dominated 1500s Battlefields
Oct 3, 20265 min
Napoleon’s Egypt Campaign Created His Persona
Oct 3, 20265 min
French Foreign Legion: How an Army of Exiles Became Legendary
Oct 2, 20268 min
Gulf War 1991: How the US Won in 100 Hours
Oct 2, 20267 min
How Alexander’s Phalanx Crushed His Enemies
Oct 1, 20264 min
Janissaries: How Enslaved Boys Became Elite Soldiers
Oct 1, 20265 min
How Britain Fought a War 8,000 Miles Away in the Falklands
Sep 30, 202616 min
Ivan the Terrible’s Legacy of Fear
Sep 30, 20265 min
Napoleon Built an Empire Through Victory
Sep 30, 20265 min
Northern Ireland: How The Troubles Turned Streets Into War Zones
Sep 29, 20269 min
Tamerlane’s Wars That Shaped a Continent
Sep 29, 20266 min
The Desert Campaign That Broke an Empire
Sep 29, 20264 min
Iran–Iraq War: How Eight Years of Slaughter Changed Nothing
Sep 28, 20268 min
Six-Day War: How Israel Won Before Its Enemies Could Blink
Sep 28, 20267 min
Austerlitz Was Napoleon’s Defining Moment
Sep 28, 20265 min
MacArthur vs Truman: How a General Lost His Command
Sep 27, 20267 min
Stalin Controlled Outcomes Before Elections
Sep 27, 20265 min
Forging Germany Through War
Sep 27, 20266 min