Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

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

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.

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#1838
Yesterday · 28 min
Knights vs Ottomans: The Great Siege of Malta
The fate of the Mediterranean hung in the balance during this bloody battle between the Knights of St John and the armies of Suleyman the Magnificent in the summer of 1565.
#1837
Monday · 41 min
The KGB Double Agent Who Stopped Armageddon with Ben McIntyre
The spy who risked his life and shaped the course of history, for a deeply personal and unlikely reason.
#1835
September 10 · 31 min
The Battle of Stamford Bridge Explained
How England’s last great Viking invasion met its brutal end.
#1834
September 7 · 1 hr 42 min
The Battle of New York Explained
The battlefield on which the American Revolution nearly died.
#1833
September 3 · 48 min
The Rise & Fall of Babylon
Babylon has a PR problem, and it's 2,600 years in the making.
#1832
August 31 · 32 min
Templar's Tunnels, HMS Victory and Troy: History's Best Historical Sites with Dan Jones
The stories behind some of the world's best historical sites.
#1830
August 27 · 50 min
The Brutal History of The First Warplanes
Flying aces, flaming wreckage and deadly dogfights in the skies.
#1829
August 24 · 1 hr 2 min
Medieval Krakow
How invasion, destruction and remarkable resilience forged one of Europe’s most magnificent cities.
#1828
August 20 · 48 min
Was Henry VIII England's Most Evil King?
This is the turbulent reign of that infamous Tudor monarch.
#1827
August 17 · 1 hr 7 min
The Making of Osama bin Laden
A deep dive into the rise and fall of the world's most infamous Jihadist.
#1825
August 13 · 36 min
Marco Polo and The Court of the Great Kublai Khan
The court of Kublai Khan stood at the centre of an empire that threw every other power of its age into shadow. Yet one young Venetian made the staggering 4-year journey, and wrote down everything that he saw. His name was Marco Polo.
#1824
August 10 · 36 min
The Naval Revolution: Triumph and Disaster
A deafening impact, a shattered destroyer, and a legacy that completely revolutionised warfare at sea.
#1823
August 6 · 54 min
The Fall of the Ancient Maya
What happens when a civilisation at its peak begins to fail?
#1822
August 3 · 57 min
The Rise of the Ancient Maya
Dan travels to the remote jungles of Belize to trace the remarkable story of the Maya.
#1820
July 30 · 34 min
Was Caesar's invasion of Britain a disaster?
Two bold expeditions that tested Rome’s reach at the very edge of the known world.
#1819
July 27 · 42 min
The Blitz Beyond London
Newcastle, Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff - examining the air war beyond the capital.
#1818
July 23 · 48 min
A Short History of The Airport
This weird and wonderful place that tells the story of the modern world.
#1817
July 20 · 40 min
The Mycenaean World
The real diplomacy behind Homer's epics and the catastrophes that erased Mycenaean civilisation.
#1815
July 17 · 51 min
BONUS: The Complete Map of the Odyssey
Dan charts the course of Odysseus through the Mediterranean.
#1814
July 16 · 30 min
The Real St George and the Dragon
Explore the history of dragons and the stories of dragon slayers throughout history.

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