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The Rest: History for Sleep — 120 episodes

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Warsaw Uprising: How a City Fought the Nazis Alone

2

How Leningrad Survived 900 Days of Starvation

3

El Alamein: How the Desert War Turned Against Rommel

4

How the Soviets Crushed Germany’s Tanks at Kursk

5

How Europe United Against Napoleon at Leipzig

6

Battle of the Nile: How Nelson Stranded Napoleon’s Army

7

How Japan Shocked Russia at Tsushima

8

Trafalgar: How Nelson Won His Greatest Victory

9

How the KGB and CIA Battled Worldwide

10

How WWII Spy Agencies Fought in the Shadows

11

Enigma: How Codebreakers Cracked Hitler’s Secrets

12

How Snipers Control Entire Battlefields With One Shot

13

Fighter Aces: How Pilots Became Sky Legends

14

How Aircraft Carriers Took Over the Seas

15

Submarine Warfare: How Silent Killers Changed Naval Battles

16

How Tanks Evolved From Crawling Boxes to Modern Beasts

17

WWI Trenches: How Soldiers Survived Hell on Earth

18

How Gunpowder Ended the Age of Castles

19

Medieval Sieges: How Castles Actually Fell

20

How Ancient Armies Captured Fortified Cities

21

SAS vs SEALs vs Spetsnaz: Which Elite Force Is Toughest?

22

How Spetsnaz Operated Behind Enemy Lines

23

French Foreign Legion: How an Army of Exiles Became Legendary

24

How Napoleon’s Marshals Executed His Battle Plans

25

How Ninjas Actually Used Espionage and Sabotage

26

Redcoats: How British Infantry Won an Empire

27

Samurai: How Japan’s Warrior Class Lived and Fought

28

How Spanish Tercios Dominated 1500s Battlefields

29

How Longbows Shattered Knightly Warfare

30

Swiss Pikemen: How Farmers Became Europe’s Shock Infantry

31

Crusades: How Christians and Muslims Fought Brutal Holy Wars

32

How the Mamluks Seized Power From Their Own Rulers

33

How Alexander’s Phalanx Crushed His Enemies

34

Janissaries: How Enslaved Boys Became Elite Soldiers

35

How Spetsnaz Operated Behind Enemy Lines

36

French Foreign Legion: How an Army of Exiles Became Legendary

37

How Napoleon’s Marshals Executed His Battle Plans

38

How the Berlin Wall Rose — and Why It Fell

39

Milosevic: How One Man Turned Nationalism Into War

40

How Yugoslavia Collapsed Into Chaos and Civil War

41

Northern Ireland: How The Troubles Turned Streets Into War Zones

42

How Britain Fought a War 8,000 Miles Away in the Falklands

43

Gulf War 1991: How the US Won in 100 Hours

44

How Saddam Seized Power Through Brutal Purges

45

Iran–Iraq War: How Eight Years of Slaughter Changed Nothing

46

How Egypt and Syria Nearly Overran Israel in 1973

47

Six-Day War: How Israel Won Before Its Enemies Could Blink

48

How the Suez Crisis Exposed the End of an Empire

49

Castro’s Cuba: How a Small Island Defied the US

50

How Che Guevara Tried and Failed to Export Revolution

51

Templar Influence and Ultimate Downfall

52

Afghan Jihad: How Mujahideen Fighters Crippled a Superpower

53

How the Soviets Invaded Afghanistan — and Why They Failed

54

How the Great Leap Forward Triggered Mass Famine

55

Richard & Saladin: The Final Crusade Showdown

56

How 1066 Recast England’s Identity

57

Vikings Become Kings and State Founders

58

The Viking King’s Broken Dream of England

59

Battle of Tours: Europe’s Decisive Battle

60

How Charlemagne Forged Power Across Europe

61

Roman Legacy Ends with 1453 Conquest

62

Mongol Invasions Stopped by Violent Typhoons

63

The Greek Victory That Shaped Civilization

64

Genghis Khan’s Mastery of Mobility in War

65

Alexander’s Fastest Route to Supremacy

66

Spartacus Defies the Roman Legions

67

How Caesar Replaced the Republic With Rule

68

Hannibal Turns the Tide at Cannae

69

Thermopylae: The Real Spartan Sacrifice

70

The Power Structure of Rome’s Armies

71

Paul the Apostle: Rise of a Missionary

72

Mao's Victory: How Peasants Won China's Civil War

73

MacArthur vs Truman: How a General Lost His Command

74

Japan’s Surrender Explained Simply

75

How the Atomic Bomb Was Kept Off the Radar

76

Manila 1945 Urban Combat Explained

77

The Final Collapse of Hitler’s Rule

78

Nuremberg Trials Ended Legal Immunity

79

The Underground Nazi Exodus

80

Nazi Hunters Relentlessly Pursued Justice

81

How Trains Solved the Genocide Problem

82

The Terror That Controlled Prague

83

Goebbels and the Rise of Media Manipulation

84

When Management Became Murder

85

The Waffen-SS Recruitment Myth

86

How Marines Held Guadalcanal

87

How Okinawa Became a War of Attrition

88

Why Iwo Jima Was a Turning Point

89

How Midway Changed the Pacific Forever

90

How Pearl Harbor Changed the War

91

A War Fought on Sand and Supply

92

Kursk Ended Germany’s Eastern Ambitions

93

Stalingrad and the Collapse of Nazi Morale

94

The Invasion That Exhausted Nazi Germany

95

Hitler’s First Major Defeat

96

The Risky Dunkirk Evacuation Explained

97

How Planning Enabled Fast Victories

98

How Two Enemies Made a Deal

99

How Power Was Handed to Hitler

100

The Failed Rebellion That Backfired

101

Why Hitler Wasn’t Stopped Early

102

The War That Prepared Europe

103

How the Terror State Was Enforced

104

Stalin Controlled Outcomes Before Elections

105

From Protest to Power: Lenin 1917

106

Short War, Long Consequences

107

Romanovs: Collapse at Maximum Speed

108

Forging Germany Through War

109

The Desert Campaign That Broke an Empire

110

How Prussia Designed a War State

111

The Defeat That Ended Napoleon

112

Napoleon’s Defeat Started in Russia

113

Austerlitz Was Napoleon’s Defining Moment

114

Napoleon’s Egypt Campaign Created His Persona

115

Napoleon Built an Empire Through Victory

116

Peter the Great’s Ruthless Remaking of Russia

117

Ivan the Terrible’s Legacy of Fear

118

Vienna’s Crucial Defense in 1529

119

Tamerlane’s Wars That Shaped a Continent

120

Mongol Invasion Ends Baghdad’s Brilliance