Reading Through History
History Brief: The Rise of Imperial Japan
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World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History
Europe's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the broad strokes of how the war...
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WWI's Civilians, the Homefront, and an Uneasy Peace: Crash Course European History
World War I was a total war for millions of people in Europe. Many men were enlisted in the fighting, but the war work had implications for the daily lives of a huge number of Europeans. Women entered the workforce in huge numbers, and...
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Battle of Carpi: Prelude to the War of the Spanish Succession
New ReviewThis video provides a detailed account of the complex geopolitical maneuvering and military strategies surrounding the War of the Spanish Succession. Focused on the Battle of Carpi, it highlights the intense conflict between the French...
Epic History TV
Napoleon's Bloodiest Day: Borodino 1812
In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from France as well as Poland, Germany, Italy and several other allied states. The campaign that followed saw the Russians use scorched earth...
Epic History TV
World War One: 1914
World War One - 1914' is the first in a five-part series covering the Great War. This episode covers the rival alliances that dominated Europe in the build-up to war, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, and the fatal gunshots by...
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World War 1 (Remastered Edition) - Manny Man Does History
When Imperialism implodes, or explodes… depends on what way you look at it.
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World War II
Those who take the U.S. Citizenship Test must understand the reasons behind the United States’ involvement in World War II, why the U.S. was initially neutral, and what happened as a result of Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in...
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Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History
In 19th century Europe, with nation building well under way, thoughts turned outward, toward empire. This week, we're looking at how Europeans expanded into Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the 1800s. You'll learn about China and the...
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The 17th Century Crisis: Crash Course European History
The 17th Century in Europe was pretty rough in a lot of ways. The Thirty Years War involved a lot of countries, and a lot of battles, and it was terrible for everyone involved, as wars have aa historical tendency to be. At the same time,...
Jabzy
The Kaiser's Plan to Ally with the United States and China
The Kaiser's Plan to Ally with the United States and China
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The 442nd: The Most Decorated Regiment of the Second World War
Despite the racism they faced, the bravery and heroism of the Japanese American 442nd Regiment Combat Team made them one of the most decorated units in United States history.
Jabzy
Free Cities and Forts - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Free Cities and Forts
Big Think
When America polices the world, everybody loses | Jeffrey Sachs
America treats the world like a board game. That's a problem. - Make no mistake, says Jeffrey Sachs, America is an empire. The end of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles put the United States on a trajectory to exercise political...
Mr. Beat
Why Don't the U.S., Myanmar, and Liberia Use the Metric System?
The story of the metric system begins in Belgium, where this dude, Simon Stevin came up with the idea.The British philosopher John Wilkins expanded on Stevin's idea and helped promote it further, but it wasn't until the French Revolution...
Gresham College
The Christian Singer: Charlemagne and Beyond - Professor Christopher Page
In the year 754 the first pope ever to cross the Alps came to a small chapel in what is now northern France and prostrated himself before the king of the Franks, beseeching him for military aid. The pope came with singers from the Roman...
Gresham College
China: New Nation, New Art, 1911-1932 - Professor Craig Clunas
As the imperial system collapsed in China, the New Culture Movement focused debate on new categories of modernity and tradition. This lecture was part of the 2017 Being Human Festival. For more information about the festival, please...
Gresham College
Is there a One-Way Conversation Between Western & Chinese Art?
A Question from Prof. Craig Clunas' lecture on 'China: New Nation, New Art, 1911-1932' As the imperial system collapsed in China, the ‘New Culture Movement’ focused debate on new categories of ‘modernity’ and ‘tradition’. For artists, it...
Gresham College
Iain Macleod and Decolonisation - Professor Vernon Bogdanor
Iain Macleod was, with Joseph Chamberlain, one of two great Colonial Secretaries of the 20th century. In the early 1960s, he ensured the rapid ending of Britain's African empire. This allowed Britain to avoid the imperial traumas which...
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From Trinidad to Serve the Empire (1916)
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Colonial recruits from Trinidad meet the Lord Mayor of London during WWI. These Trinidadian soldiers are only a handful of the 15,600 men of the British West Indies Regiment who served in WWI....
The Guardian
Bolivia outraged after President Evo Morales' plane diverted
Bolivia outraged after President Evo Morales' plane diverted Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Bolivian officals condemn the grounding of President Evo Morales' plane in Vienna. France and Portugal prevented the...
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Life in the Trenches During World War I
American soldiers who fought in the trenches of World War I were told they were going into a great adventure to fight for democracy. But new technology, from machine guns to poison gas, made this war more terrible than any previous war....