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History Uncovered

Season 1 2018

  • 2018-06-05T18:45:00Z on Arte
  • 52m
  • 3h 28m (4 episodes)
  • France
  • French
  • Documentary, War
Myths die hard and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this iron law. We still live today with preconceived ideas that we take as gospel truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima made Japan surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was ultimately a necessary evil to modernize China. Certainly, these judgments contain an element of veracity; but, too summary to be faithful, they betray historical reality, the complexity of which they deny. What if the truth is slightly different? By exploring the great national or transnational mythologies, this entirely archival-based series revisits the history of the 20th century through a new angle.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2018-06-05T18:45:00Z

1x01 Hitler, A Military Genius?

Series Premiere

1x01 Hitler, A Military Genius?

  • 2018-06-05T18:45:00Z52m

In the catalogue of common beliefs about World War II, the idea that Hitler was a military genius has endured. He is believed to have conquered all of Continental Europe. However, this is a myth.

It's long been without doubt: the Marshall Plan saved Europe from the misery and chaos instilled by World War II. But this is, in fact, a myth. Many specialists have long questioned its utility.

For most of our contemporaries, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the reason for Japan's surrender. However, this notion omits the role of a key player: the Red Army.

Season Finale

2018-06-26T18:45:00Z

1x04 Mao, Founder Of Modern China?

Season Finale

1x04 Mao, Founder Of Modern China?

  • 2018-06-26T18:45:00Z52m

Mao brought China out of its standstill and into the ranks of the great powers of the world. In other terms, Mao is China, and China is Mao. But this is, in fact, a myth.

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