Simple History

Season 2020 2020
TV-G

  • 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 5m
  • 6h 50m (82 episodes)
  • United States
  • Documentary
Simple History visualizes the past, bringing history to life through animation. Witness how people lived throughout history: their culture, developments in technology, epic battles and events. Explore what it was like to be in the trenches of the First World War, a plundering pirate in the Caribbean or a factory worker in the Industrial Revolution!
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82 episodes

Season Premiere

2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

2020x01 Petardier - The Most Dangerous Job in History?

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Season Premiere

2020x01 Petardier - The Most Dangerous Job in History?

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2020-01-10T05:00:00Z

2020x02 The Man Who Didn't Shoot Hitler (1918)

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2020x02 The Man Who Didn't Shoot Hitler (1918)

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2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

2020x03 British Runner (World War I)

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2020x03 British Runner (World War I)

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2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

2020x04 The Great Leap Forward (1958-62)

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2020x04 The Great Leap Forward (1958-62)

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2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

2020x05 M1 Garand Rifle

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2020x05 M1 Garand Rifle

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2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

2020x06 How Did these Warriors Continue to Fight when Shot?

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2020x06 How Did these Warriors Continue to Fight when Shot?

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2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

2020x07 The Soldiers who played Football in Battle (Strange Stories)

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2020x07 The Soldiers who played Football in Battle (Strange Stories)

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2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

2020x08 How to Survive the Spanish Flu (1918-20)

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2020x08 How to Survive the Spanish Flu (1918-20)

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2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

2020x09 Last Ditch Axis Weapons

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2020x09 Last Ditch Axis Weapons

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2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

2020x10 Battle of Bunker Hill (The American Revolution)

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2020x10 Battle of Bunker Hill (The American Revolution)

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2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

2020x11 What Killed more People than WWI in 1918?

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2020x11 What Killed more People than WWI in 1918?

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2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

2020x12 Why YOU Wouldn't want to be the 10th Roman soldier!

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2020x12 Why YOU Wouldn't want to be the 10th Roman soldier!

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2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

2020x13 The Monk that Burned Himself to Death (The Vietnam war)

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2020x13 The Monk that Burned Himself to Death (The Vietnam war)

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2020-03-21T04:00:00Z

2020x14 The President that Kept Reading a Speech after being Shot

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2020x14 The President that Kept Reading a Speech after being Shot

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2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

2020x15 Rationing in WWII (British Homefront)

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2020x15 Rationing in WWII (British Homefront)

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2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

2020x16 The Russian Sniper who killed 242 Enemy Soldiers

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2020x16 The Russian Sniper who killed 242 Enemy Soldiers

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2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

2020x17 Why were Korean Soldiers so Feared in the Vietnam War ?

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2020x17 Why were Korean Soldiers so Feared in the Vietnam War ?

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2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

2020x18 English Longbowman (Medieval Archer)

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2020x18 English Longbowman (Medieval Archer)

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2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

2020x19 Improvised Samurai Weapons: the Kiseru (Pipe)

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2020x19 Improvised Samurai Weapons: the Kiseru (Pipe)

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2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

2020x20 The Siege of Jadotville (155 Irish soldiers VS 4,000 Katangese troops)

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2020x20 The Siege of Jadotville (155 Irish soldiers VS 4,000 Katangese troops)

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2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

2020x21 How did this Convict escape Prison using Miso Soup? (Strange Stories)

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2020x21 How did this Convict escape Prison using Miso Soup? (Strange Stories)

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2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

2020x22 British Infantry vs German Infantry (1940)

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2020x22 British Infantry vs German Infantry (1940)

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2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

2020x23 Spetsnaz (Soviet Afghanistan war)

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2020x23 Spetsnaz (Soviet Afghanistan war)

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2020-05-22T04:00:00Z

2020x24 This U.S. Pilot shot Down an American plane and got the Kill, Why?

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2020x24 This U.S. Pilot shot Down an American plane and got the Kill, Why?

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2020-05-16T04:00:00Z

2020x25 The Yakuza - Mafia of Japan

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2020x25 The Yakuza - Mafia of Japan

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2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

2020x26 The Corinthian Helmet (Ancient Greece)

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2020x26 The Corinthian Helmet (Ancient Greece)

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2020-06-07T04:00:00Z

2020x27 The Ancient Greek Olympics (776 BC-393 AD)

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2020x27 The Ancient Greek Olympics (776 BC-393 AD)

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2020x28 The Socket Bayonet

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2020x28 The Socket Bayonet

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2020x29 The Paratrooper who fought with an Umbrella and a Bowler Hat

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2020x29 The Paratrooper who fought with an Umbrella and a Bowler Hat

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2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

2020x30 How to Survive the Vietnam War

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2020x30 How to Survive the Vietnam War

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2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

2020x31 Tiger Tank 131 (Special ep)

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2020x31 Tiger Tank 131 (Special ep)

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2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

2020x32 The Stolen Tank Rampage! (1995)

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2020x32 The Stolen Tank Rampage! (1995)

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2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

2020x33 The Importance Of The River Nile in Ancient Egypt

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2020x33 The Importance Of The River Nile in Ancient Egypt

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2020-06-14T04:00:00Z

2020x34 How did Neanderthals Hunt Woolly Mammoths?

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2020x34 How did Neanderthals Hunt Woolly Mammoths?

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2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

2020x35 The Stewardess who fell 33,000 feet and Survived! (Flight 367)

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2020x35 The Stewardess who fell 33,000 feet and Survived! (Flight 367)

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2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

2020x36 Chain Shot (Deadly Weapon)

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2020x36 Chain Shot (Deadly Weapon)

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2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

2020x37 Janissary (Elite Ottoman Infantry Unit)

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2020x37 Janissary (Elite Ottoman Infantry Unit)

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2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

2020x38 Why were sailors so unhealthy?

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2020x38 Why were sailors so unhealthy?

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2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

2020x39 EOD Blast Suit (Juggernaut)

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2020x39 EOD Blast Suit (Juggernaut)

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2020-08-10T04:00:00Z

2020x40 The German POWs Forced to walk in Minefields after WWII (Denmark, 1945-46)

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2020x40 The German POWs Forced to walk in Minefields after WWII (Denmark, 1945-46)

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2020x41 U-Boats (World War II)

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2020x41 U-Boats (World War II)

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2020x42 Buccaneers

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2020x42 Buccaneers

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2020x43 This Type of Bullet Caused an Entire Uprising!

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2020x43 This Type of Bullet Caused an Entire Uprising!

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2020x44 The Giant German Soldier in World War II (Strange Stories)

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2020x44 The Giant German Soldier in World War II (Strange Stories)

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2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

2020x45 The Yama-Ichi Yakuza War (1986-89)

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2020x45 The Yama-Ichi Yakuza War (1986-89)

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2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

2020x46 The Crypteia, Secret Police of Sparta

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2020x46 The Crypteia, Secret Police of Sparta

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2020-09-05T04:00:00Z

2020x47 Shurikens (Ninja Throwing Stars)

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2020x47 Shurikens (Ninja Throwing Stars)

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2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

2020x48 Hull-Down Position (Military Tactic)

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2020x48 Hull-Down Position (Military Tactic)

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2020x49 The Fighter Ace who Downed 11 planes in a Single Day

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2020x49 The Fighter Ace who Downed 11 planes in a Single Day

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2020x50 The London Beer Flood of 1814 (Strange Stories)

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2020x50 The London Beer Flood of 1814 (Strange Stories)

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2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

2020x51 Red Army Assault Sappers (World War II)

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2020x51 Red Army Assault Sappers (World War II)

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2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

2020x52 Watch Towers

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2020x52 Watch Towers

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2020x53 The Americans that fought for Germany in World war II

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2020x53 The Americans that fought for Germany in World war II

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2020-10-03T04:00:00Z

2020x54 The Breaking Wheel (Horrible Punishments in History)

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2020x54 The Breaking Wheel (Horrible Punishments in History)

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2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

2020x55 The Ghillie Suit (Sniper Tech)

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2020x55 The Ghillie Suit (Sniper Tech)

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2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

2020x56 The Countess that Bathed in the Blood of her Victims!

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2020x56 The Countess that Bathed in the Blood of her Victims!

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2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

2020x57 The MIAS Mini Tank (Strangest Tanks in History)

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2020x57 The MIAS Mini Tank (Strangest Tanks in History)

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2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

2020x58 The Heroic One Man Last Stand that was Caught on Camera

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2020x58 The Heroic One Man Last Stand that was Caught on Camera

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2020x59 The Winged Hussars

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2020x59 The Winged Hussars

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2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

2020x60 The Cursed Ship of World War II

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2020x60 The Cursed Ship of World War II

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2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

2020x61 What was the best U.S. Military Unit in WWII?

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2020x61 What was the best U.S. Military Unit in WWII?

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2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

2020x62 Who were the Richest People in History?

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2020x62 Who were the Richest People in History?

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2020-11-07T05:00:00Z

2020x63 A Land Fit for Heroes? The Treatment of WWI Veterans in Great Britain

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2020x63 A Land Fit for Heroes? The Treatment of WWI Veterans in Great Britain

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2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

2020x64 A Commando Revenge Mission, in Disguise as Women

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2020x64 A Commando Revenge Mission, in Disguise as Women

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2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

2020x65 The Ratte - The Biggest Tank Ever Designed

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2020x65 The Ratte - The Biggest Tank Ever Designed

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2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

2020x66 Sea Kamikaze (WWII Military Tactic)

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2020x66 Sea Kamikaze (WWII Military Tactic)

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2020x67 The Vorkuta Gulag - Hellhole of the USSR

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2020x67 The Vorkuta Gulag - Hellhole of the USSR

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2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

2020x68 What was inside this tunnel, that killed 520 passengers?

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2020x68 What was inside this tunnel, that killed 520 passengers?

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2020x69 'White Feather' The Marine Sniper Who Shot through an Enemy’s own Rifle Scope

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2020x69 'White Feather' The Marine Sniper Who Shot through an Enemy’s own Rifle Scope

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2020x70 Sentry Duty (World War I)

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2020x70 Sentry Duty (World War I)

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2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

2020x71 The Chernobyl Liquidators

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2020x71 The Chernobyl Liquidators

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2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

2020x72 How the Mafia and U.S. Military Collaborated in WWII

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2020x72 How the Mafia and U.S. Military Collaborated in WWII

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2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

2020x73 The Rarest Guns of World War II

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2020x73 The Rarest Guns of World War II

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2020-12-06T05:00:00Z

2020x74 The Altyn Helmet (Armored Spetsnaz Soldiers)

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2020x74 The Altyn Helmet (Armored Spetsnaz Soldiers)

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2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

2020x75 The Dentist who Fought an Entire BANZAI Charge Single-handedly (1 Man vs 98)

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2020x75 The Dentist who Fought an Entire BANZAI Charge Single-handedly (1 Man vs 98)

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2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

2020x76 Helmet Graffiti in the Vietnam War

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2020x76 Helmet Graffiti in the Vietnam War

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2020x77 The Tsar Tank - The Strangest Tank Ever?

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2020x77 The Tsar Tank - The Strangest Tank Ever?

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2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

2020x78 The Defense of Fort Vaux (1916, World War I)

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2020x78 The Defense of Fort Vaux (1916, World War I)

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2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

2020x79 How did the Germans keep fighting the Allies after WW2?

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2020x79 How did the Germans keep fighting the Allies after WW2?

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2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

2020x80 The Japanese Army VS deadly Crocodiles in WWII (Ramree Island Massacre)

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2020x80 The Japanese Army VS deadly Crocodiles in WWII (Ramree Island Massacre)

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2020x81 Taking a Mortar to the leg, this Marine kept fighting

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2020x81 Taking a Mortar to the leg, this Marine kept fighting

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2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

2020x82 The AC130 that Could Land in a Small Soccer Stadium

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2020x82 The AC130 that Could Land in a Small Soccer Stadium

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