Cold War Armageddon
Cold War Armageddon
Cold War Armageddon
Cold War Armageddon
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Despite the efforts Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to repress rebellions springing up across the Soviet Union it was inevitable that it would dissolve.
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Cold War Armageddon
The Soviet Union is About to Collapse
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In the first direct confrontation between Cuban and American forces, the US quickly pours troops and weapons into the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada to smash their brief Marxist experiment propped by Cuba.
03:19
Cold War Armageddon
The US Abruptly Ends Grenada's Flirtation with Marxism
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North Vietnam closes in on South Vietnam causing a mass exodus.
03:12
Cold War Armageddon
The Last Days Before the Fall of Saigon
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As tensions mount during the Cuban Missile Crisis the senior officers on board a Soviet sub damaged by a US destroyer make a decision that determines the fate of mankind.
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Cold War Armageddon
Averting Nuclear War By a 1 to 2 Vote Aboard a Soviet Submarine
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During a particularly tense period of the Cold War NATO forces are constantly on alert and ready to attack the communists with nuclear weapons and ready to attempt to repulse attacks on NATO member states.
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Cold War Armageddon
On Standby To Annihilate or Be Annihilated
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Led by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Senator Joseph McCarthy efforts are made to root out Communist sympathizers in the United States, efforts which take on the form of public show trials.
03:07
Cold War Armageddon
Our Domestic War Against Communists
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As the threat posed by the Soviet Union increases and Communism expands throughout Europe the United States initiates a series of atomic bomb tests known as Operation Crossroads in the Bikini Atoll.
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Cold War Armageddon
Testing Atom Bombs as The Iron Curtain Descends Over Europe
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Egypt's Greatest Mysteries
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Rameses II and His Mansion of Millions of Years
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02:56
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Belzoni Versus Drovetti at Luxor
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French scholar Jean-François Champollion attempts to decipher the ancient Egyptian mystery of hieroglyphs by taking a linguistic rather than symbolic approach to the riddle.
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Breaking the Code of Hieroglyphs
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In 19th century Egypt Champollion discovers that nature and daily life influenced and inspired ancient hieroglyphs.
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Nature Reveals Inspiration for Glyphs
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As part of their plans for expansion into and domination of the Soviet Union the Nazi hierarchy create the Einsatzgruppe, death squads that are tasked with clearing territory of Jews and Communists for settlement by Germans.
02:17
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Einsatzgruppe Creation and Strategy
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During the Nuremberg Trials former SS officers explain how the Einsatzgruppen procured and employed their gas vans.
02:07
Nazi Death Squads
Gas Van Revelations at the Nuremberg Trials
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After the defeat at Stalingrad Nazi Germany initiates Aktion 1005, an attempt to eliminate evidence of the mass killings perpetrated by the Einsatzgruppen because of concerns about the repercussions once the war was over.
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The Nazi Coverup
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AHC Presents Military Mondays
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Veterans and footage from the invasion of Normandy provide the details as to just how treacherous the initial landings and fierce the German defenses were their with underwater mines, 88-milimeter artillery rounds and machine gun emplacements.
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03:12
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Saved By an Unexpected Friend in a Ditch in Normandy
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A formidable German defense in Caen forces the Allies to unleash a massive aerial bombardment on the key city, with both the enemy and allies forced to seek cover.
03:42
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Massive Allied Bombing of Caen Hits Both Friend and Foe
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