11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

1: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia | Twentieth Century History

A schools feature about the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, who turned Russia into an industrial powerho...

2: Make Germany Pay | Twentieth Century History

A schools feature about how the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany in the 1920s after their defeat in World War One.

3: Boom and Bust | Twentieth Century History

History programme for schools narrated by John Tidmarsh. Today's programme looks at the 1920s, a prosperous time in the United S...

4: Hitler's Germany 1933-36 | Twentieth Century History

History programme for schools looking at Germany under Adolf Hitler's rule during the period of 1933 to 1936.

5: Roosevelt and the New Deal | Twentieth Century History

President F.D. Roosevelt attempted to solve America's economic problems in the 1930s with the New Deal. With the he...

6: Why Appeasement? | Twentieth Century History

A look back at at the inter war years and the events leading up to the Second World War. The programme also examines the dipl...

7: Britain Alone | Twentieth Century History

Programme looks at how Britain fought Germany alone after the fall of Europe in June 1940.

8: Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima | Twentieth Century History

On 7th December 1941, Japanese planes bombed the US fleet at Pearl Harbour. Programme looks at what caused Japan to...

9: The Road to Berlin | Twentieth Century History

1943-45 - the final years of the Second World War lead to the defeat of Hitler's Germany and the problems of post-war Europe.

10: India: The Brightest Jewel | Twentieth Century History

Programme covers events in India from the 1930s to Independence and Partition in 1947.

11: The Cold War Confrontation | Twentieth Century History

The Berlin blockade of 1948-49 and the Korean War 1950-53.

12: Mr Kennedy and Mr Khruschev | Twentieth Century History

The contest between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1963 leading to the Cuban Missile Cri...

13: One Man's Revolution: Mao Tse-Tung | Twentieth Century History

Mao Tse Tung's 42-year leadership of the Chinese Communist Party changed the face of China, the world's mo...

14: Israel and the Arab States | Twentieth Century History

Schools history programme narrated by John Tidmarsh, looking at Palestine in the 1930s and the relationship betwee...