Timeline - World History Documentaries

Forensic geologist Scott Wolter uncovers a mysterious link between the ancient serpent mounds of Scotland and North America. Was there a secret global priesthood sharing knowledge thousands of years before Columbus? You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by signing up here: https://bit.ly/4pyExynThis channel...

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Did ancient Polynesians reach California centuries before Columbus? Is there a lost Egyptian city hidden within the prohibited zones of the Grand Canyon? Forensic geologist Scott Wolter travels from Hawaii to the American Southwest to investigate "out-of-place" artifacts that defy conventional history.You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get an exclusive release every week by...

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Before it became the setting for the hit series 'Downton Abbey', Lord and Lady Carnarvon opened the doors of Highclere Castle, their stunning lakeside country house, for a documentary all about the running of their rambling estate in Hampshire. Documentary first broadcast in 1996. It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5uYou can find more from us on:https://www.facebook.com/timelineWHhttps://www.instagram.com/timelineWHThis channel is part of the Little Dot Studios Network...

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In 1942, determined to prove that France was leading the fight against Nazism, General de Gaulle offered Stalin a squadron of French pilots to fight on the Soviet front. That regiment, known as Normandy-Niémen, were legendary, winning 273 aerial victories. But the men paid a heavy price. 43 pilots were killed during combat.Using archives, reconstructions and 3D animations, we tell the heroic story of the French pilots who fought with the red star painted on their planes. It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching now https://bit.ly/45CPh5u<b...

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In this investigative documentary, we go beyond the history books to uncover the Knights of the Golden Circle, a shadowy Confederate secret society. Using forensic geology and ground-penetrating radar, we explore hidden tunnels and decoded ciphers to reveal a plot aimed at more than just murder—the creation of a global Confederate empire fueled by millions in buried gold. This is the untold story of the American Civil War's greatest mystery.You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of...

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Prince Charles Edward was Queen Victoria's favourite grandson. In 1900, the sixteen-year-old Prince was the only viable British contender for the hugely wealthy Dukedom of Saxe Coburg and Gotha in Germany. Ordered to go by Queen Victoria, he took the title and was transformed from a British Prince into a German Duke - Herzog Carl Eduard. The course of his life was altered in ways neither he nor Queen Victoria could have ever imagined.At the outbreak of the First World War, Prince Charles Edward had no option but to fight for Germany against the country of his...

This is an extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in 1612 in the trial of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours; thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged. Although the events in this film may date back four hundred years, its issues resonate today as much as ever - when to believe our children, and how, in times of crisis, fear of...

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On a crisp day in Dallas, 1963, the world changed forever. This documentary explores the life and death of President John F. Kennedy, from his World War 2 service to the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We investigate the man behind the trigger, Lee Harvey Oswald, tracing his journey from the US Marines to the Soviet Union and back to the Texas School Book Depository. Witness the minute-by-minute timeline of the assassination, the hunt for the killer, and the shocking moment Jack Ruby silenced the truth on live television.You can now become a History Hit member...

The man behind the blueprint for the holocaust - Reinhard Heydrich - was nicknamed ‘The Hangman’. He ruled occupied Czechoslovakia with a rod of iron and thought himself untouchable. But in London, a top-secret hit squad had different ideas and marked him for execution. After five months planning, in December 1941, secret assassins staged a daring roadside ambush, in the heart of Prague in broad daylight. Heydrich died of his wounds eight days later. The mass-murderer was gone, but the revenge was swift as hundreds died at the hands of German soldiers. Was this Nazi hunt worth it?You...

Take an epic, chronological journey through a century of military aviation and the historic British airfields that shaped the world. From the rudimentary grass strips of WW1—where pioneers fought terrifying German Zeppelins—to the industrial might of WW2 featuring the legendary Lancaster bomber and Barnes Wallace's audacious engineering.You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.Get...

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