Dan Snow’s History Hit Episodes Available now
Why Isn't Canada the 51st State?
Dan explains the many times Canada has resisted joining the USA since 1775.
The Siege of Malta: Knights Hospitaller vs The Ottomans
The savage siege that pitted the Ottoman Empire against the Knights Hospitaller.
Iwo Jima: WWII in the Pacific
80 years ago, American Marines won a costly victory on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima.
The English Civil War: Roundheads vs Cavaliers
Roundheads and Cavaliers meet on the battlefield, and eventually arrive at a shaky truce.
The English Civil War: Rising Tensions
Why did subtle religious and political differences plunge England into civil war?
Rudolf Hoss: The Commandant of Auschwitz
The history of the man who pioneered Zyklon B and the industrialisation of the Holocaust
A History of Auschwitz
A history of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camp system.
How WWI Inspired The Lord of the Rings
How did the First World War shape Middle-earth?
Charlemagne
The story of Charlemagne, the Frankish king who changed Europe forever.
Roald Amundsen
Stephen tells us all about this fascinating man who died as mysteriously as he had lived.
