Dan Snow's History Hit
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Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

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Historian Dan Snow journeys across the globe to tell the stories of history's defining moments. From the Colosseum in Rome to the Great Wall of China, the battlefields of Waterloo to the Tomb of Tutankhamun, join Dan as he explores the how and why of the greatest monuments, battles, heroes, villains and events that have shaped our world. New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays with bonus subscriber only episodes every other Friday. You can get in touch with us at ds.hh@historyhit.com (mailto:ds.hh@historyhit.com) A podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts The Ancients, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

What this show covers

military historyPolitical historyPolitical powerCold WarAncient HistoryArchaeologyHomerAncient GreeceRussian RevolutionLenin1917BolsheviksEdward VILady Jane GreyJohn Dudley

What listeners will find here

How Lenin’s October gamble became the coup that reshaped the 20th century
The episode examines the October Revolution through the tense final days before the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917. With historian Victor Sebestyen, it follows the chain of events that brought Lenin and his party to control one of the world’s largest nations.
The man behind Edward VI: villain, fixer, or Tudor saviour?
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, emerges here as the force behind the boy king Edward VI after Henry VIII’s death. Dan Snow and Professor Suzannah Lipscomb examine his ruthless reputation, his role in stabilising England, and the gamble that ended in his fall.
How the yakuza reinvented itself across 400 years of Japanese history
The yakuza traces Japan’s organised crime syndicates from 17th-century dispossessed samurai and street muggers to powerful bosses with political reach. Andrew Rankin explores how a self-styled code of chivalry coexisted with violence, ritual, and remarkable institutional survival.
How the Cuban Missile Crisis came terrifyingly close to nuclear war
The Cuban Missile Crisis takes center stage as Dan unpacks the nuclear close calls, rogue commanders, silent standoffs, and split-second decisions that nearly led to Doomsday. The episode focuses on how individual heroism and sheer luck helped avert catastrophe.
A doomed 1913 Arctic mission unravels into survival, mutiny and murder
Britain's deadliest Arctic expedition begins in 1913 with a celebrity explorer chasing glory and ends in catastrophe. Dan Snow speaks with Giles Milton about three intertwined survival stories, from a 700-mile trek across sea ice to an Inuit mother's fight to endure on a remote island.

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