Dan Snow's History Hit
By History Hit
History! The most exciting and important things that have ever happened on the planet. Powerful kings, warrior queens, nomads, empires and expeditions. Historian Dan Snow and his expert guests bring all these stories to life and more in a daily dose of history. Join Dan as he digs into the past to make sense of the headlines and get up close to the biggest discoveries being made around the world today, as they happen.
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Latest episode
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The Royal Navy's Darkest Night & The Origins of Longitude
How catastrophe spurred advancements in navigation and the quest to solve the problem of longitude. -
Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt: The Impossible Alliance that Won WWII
How a crack team of diplomats secretly travelled to Moscow to negotiate with the intractable Stalin. -
Twelve Caesars with Mary Beard
How the Roman Empire was really ruled and how their legacy still lives with us today. -
Marshal Pétain: Hero or Traitor?
How Marshal Pétain went from the hero of Verdun to the traitor of Vichy. -
Merlin, The Occult and British Politics
A potted history of magic and magical advisors from the Middle Ages to the Victorians. -
The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
Matt Lewis explores the Capetians’ dramatic rule and legacy on France with Prof. Justine Firnhaber-Baker. -
Why Are We Drawn to Dictators?
Is liberal democracy facing an existential crisis? -
The Atomic Bomb & Civil War Cigars: Greatest 'What Ifs' from History
How have randomness and chance shaped history? -
The Battle of Okinawa
Saul David provides a fascinating rundown of one of the last battles of the Second World War. -
The Original Kamikaze: The Mongol Invasions of Japan
The divine storms that turned the tide in favour of feudal Japan.