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Colonialism

The period of history where European nations explored, conquered, settled, and exploited large areas of the world.

Portrait of Toussaint Louverture, foreground and painting 'The Battle at San Domingo' by January Suchodolski, background
Toussaint Louverture and the birth of Haiti

Battles

The Munich agreement: 'Peace for our time'?

Colonialism

The Battle of Isandlwana painted by Charles Edwin Fripp, background and Zulu king, Cetshwayo, forground, painted by Karl Rudolf Sohn
The Battle of Isandlwana and the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

Battles

Actor Sam Neill presents a voyage following in the wake of one of Britain’s greatest explorers
Navigating Pacific history with Sam Neill

Captain Cooks Pacific with Sam Neill

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Colonialism

Statue of Lakshmi Bai (right) and the Assault of Delhi (left)
Lakshmi Bai and the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Battles

Churchill and Gandhi's epic rivalry

Colonialism

Captain Cook – a God or a Devil?

Captain Cooks Pacific with Sam Neill

Mahatma Gandhi and left Gandhi leading the Salt March, 1930
Gandhi's Salt March, the tax protest that changed Indian history

Colonialism

Mohawk soldiers serving in the Canadian Corps during WW1
How the British Empire made WW1 possible

WW2 Treasure Hunters

If it wasn't for WW2, how would we remember Churchill's legacy?

Hitler

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