United Kingdom History

The Luftwaffe Fa 223 Dragon – First Helicopter to Reach Production Status

First Helicopter It was the first helicopter in aviation history to reach production status. In fact, its performance was so[…]

Opium War The international trade disaster that led to the first and second opium war. Two wars that humiliated an[…]

U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force Colonel Troy Pananon, Commander of the 100th Air Refueling Wing, sends greetings to the[…]

Not Destroying the Radar In this video I talk about Radar during the Battle of Britain and whether the Luftwaffe[…]

Disbanding Tanks The British Army could scrap all its TANKS under a cost-cutting and modernization plan that would see it[…]

Life and Death Struggle Presented by Professor David Reynolds. Historian Professor David Reynolds reassesses Stalin’s role in the life and[…]

Hitler in Colour Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler’s rise to power to[…]

American Civil War The American Civil War was a defining event in US history, but its effects were hardly isolated[…]

Stalin’s Role Presented by Professor David Reynolds. Historian Professor David Reynolds reassesses Stalin’s role in the life and death struggle[…]

Army Bases in Great Britain During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of[…]

How the West Helped Hitler With the increasing aggression of Italy, Japan, and Germany in the 1930s, the League of[…]

Angels One Five (1952) The story of an RAF fighter squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.

Iconic British Aircraft The Harrier and VSTOL is the focus of this episode. How and why was the first jump[…]

Norwegian Fishing Village A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and[…]

Plan for an invasion of Canada It may seem hard to believe, but in the vacuum of uncertain of geopolitics[…]