Step Back History
Why is there no American Left Wing Party?
If there’s one thing you hear over and over again in the American political discourse, it’s socialism as a word to represent generic badness. And America indeed doesn’t appear to have a left-wing party in their political system. Many...
Soliloquy
The One Nation That Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons
Nations that develop nuclear weapons often do so as a deterrent to any would-be attacker; it is a significant investment and so these nations, especially the smaller nations on the nuclear list, are threatened by nations surrounding...
Kult America
The Battle Scars of Berlin
In this episode of Kult America, we explore Berlin's untouched battle scars and hunt for remaining elements of the second world war, such as national eagles and swastika's. Various locations of the city are still covered in bullet holes...
AllTime 10s
10 Superweapons Currently Being Built
Freeze rays, invisible tanks and nanobots. These may sound like they belong in a sci-fi movie or a Bond villain's shopping list. But they're all real technologies being worked on right now. To know more about these weapons and more:...
Jabzy
First Suicide Bombers - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the First Suicide Bombers
The Telegraph
Dispatch: Obliterated school targeted by Russian bombs four times, killing 20 | Ukraine
The Telegraph's Political and Defence Correspondent, Danielle Sheridan, reports from the city of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, where a school has been targeted repeatedly by Russian bombs. The clean-up continues in the war-torn Chernihiv...
Jabzy
Early Air Assaults - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Early Air Assaults
Jabzy
Kazakhstan's Nuclear Problem - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Kazakhstan's Nuclear Problem
Curated Video
Hand Grenades: Types and Operation
Hand grenades are small bombs that function like firecrackers. They are filled with gunpowder or explosive filler and a fuse. Hand grenades are activated via a mechanical device rather than requiring a person to light them with a match....
The March of Time
1944: CAROLINE ISLANDS BOMBING: VS Squadron of B-24 Liberator bombers of the Seventh Air Force (7th Air Force) & Thirteenth Air Force (13th Air Force) flying, dropping bombs over Truk Islands, explosions, heavy smoke. WWII, Pacific Front
MOT 1944: CAROLINE ISLANDS BOMBING: VS Squadron of B-24 Liberator bombers of the Seventh Air Force (7th Air Force) & Thirteenth Air Force (13th Air Force) flying, dropping bombs over Truk Islands, explosions, heavy smoke. WWII, Pacific...
The March of Time
1952: USAF JETS
MOT 1952: USAF JETS: AERIAL F-85 'Sabre' fighter jets in line, pulling away, CU Throttle joystick w/ gloved hand, four rockets firing from aircraft, plane on ground exploding. VS F-85 'Sabre' in flight, firing rockets, bombs, low pass...
Schooling Online
Nailing Non-fiction: I Am Malala - Part 2 Summary: The Valley of Death (Chapters 9-15)
Pakistan’s beautiful Swat Valley transforms into ‘the Valley of Death’ when the Taliban move in. When Pakistan’s army finally makes a stand against the Taliban, the people of Swat Valley are caught between two warring giants. It’s not...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
How to Use Humor in a Speech Opening
How to you use humor in a speech or presentation opening (Part 2 of 5). Many options exist to grab your audience's attention when public speaking but I do not recommend telling punchline jokes. Unless you are a truly hilarious person,...
Step Back History
Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?
In August of 1945, we as a species entered into a new age. In many ways we achieved technological miracles orders of magnitude greater than our ancestors could ever imagine. We are also now living in the only period in our species’...
Independent Producers
Hiroshima's Legacy of Doubt
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan ended World War II in 1945. At the time, Americans were happy the war was over and some people even wanted to drop more atomic bombs. This radio story describes how Americans’...
Curated Video
Castle Bravo: The Largest Nuclear Explosion in US History
In 1954, the US Government conducted a series of secret nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands. The idyllic coral island Bikini Atoll became the epicentre of the largest nuclear test disaster in US history. The affects of radiation...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Inventions from War: The Cold War
Learn about inventions that were created during the Cold War, such as the Internet and different kinds of military equipment.
Press Association
'We have lost everything' - Britons fleeing Lebanon say an entire family was wiped out in airstrike
Britons fleeing Lebanon have been arriving at Healthrow Airport this morning and describing the destruction in the country following the latest round of Israeli airstrikes.
Abbas Chamseddin and his wife Sana travelled to London with...
Press Association
Israeli strikes killed five members of my family, says mother returning to UK
A British woman returning to the UK from Lebanon said Israeli air strikes have killed five members of her family, including a young engineer 10 days before her wedding.
Sana Chamseddin clutched her son in her arms in Heathrow Airport on...
Press Association
Crowds out in Dublin to mark 50 years since Dublin bombs
A ceremony was held in Dublin on Friday to mark 50 years since the three bombs exploded in Dublin city and one in Monaghan town on May 17 1974.
Aidan Shields, who lost his mother Maureen in the Dublin bomb in 1974 said he had to...
Press Association
Residents protest outside LBC following David Lammy's comments on Gaza refugee camp airstrike
More than 35 pro-Palestine gathered outside LBC radio on Sunday morning in opposition to David Lammy's comments last week that an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza could be “legally justified".
The protest, organised by...
Bloomberg
Israel Latest: Military Urges Evacuation From Gaza
The Israeli army has urged Palestinian civilians in Gaza City to move south and told the United Nations to evacuate its staff from nearby areas, warning of significant military activity in the area in the coming days. Oliver Crook...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets gather to listen to the radio in their camp. Meetings with officers. France, 1944
Clip 5 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. All cadets are in the Head of School...
Bridgeman Arts
US planes loaded with bombs. Eddie Rickenbacker drops bombs over German lines, France, 1918
US planes loaded with bombs. Eddie Rickenbacker drops bombs over German lines, France, 1918