Tunnel, Traitor, King, Gold (2/2)
It was the most audacious plan of the West in the Cold War, to tunnel beneath the boundary between East and West and steal information from the Soviet's own telephone line. In this concluding episode,...
26 Juli 20211h 2min
Tunnel, Traitor, King, Gold
Discover one of the most audacious and incredible forgotten tales from the Cold War. A story following the CIA and British SIS as they attempt to understand the intentions of the Soviets and gain an u...
12 Juli 202148min
No Man's Land 1945: The Republic of Schwarzenberg
The Second World War is over yet East has not met West everywhere. Nestled in the Ore mountains a region centred around the town of Schwarzenberg remains strangely empty of Allied Occupying Forces. It...
10 Maj 202150min
In the Shadow of the Swastika: May Day and the Quashing of the Unions
May Day, famously the day of the international worker. It was a day used by Unions and by the parties, especially in Germany, to unite their workers in putting down tools as a demonstration of interna...
26 Apr 20211h 9min
The Reichstag: The Coming Storm - 04
In this, the final episode of The Reichstag for now, the German parliament building lays smouldering but the persecution of those considered enemies of Hitler and the NSDAP continues. How does Hitler ...
12 Apr 202156min
The Reichstag: Retribution - 03
The Reichstag is in flames. Inside the burning parliament Hitler, Göring, Goebbels and von Papen gather together on a balcony overlooking the fire and discuss how to go forward. At the Brandenburger T...
29 Mars 202144min
The Reichstag: Fire! - 02
A cold night in Berlin turns into a night that will change the course of the 20th century itself. A young theology student wandering home from his studies at the Staatsbibliothek on Unter den Linden w...
15 Mars 202142min
The Reichstag: Fanning Flames - 01
Welcome to the new series by Achtung! History and Simon J. James. This time we take a look at the Reichstag, the German parliament building famous for the fire that gutted the building on the 27th of ...
1 Mars 202149min
