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Great Communist Monuments of Europe

From the newly independent countries of the former nation of Yugoslavia, hosts Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro and Neil Gibson travel

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80th Anniversary of Battle of Crete

Pilot Guides Greece, Greece and the Greek Islands, History

In May 1941, 14,000 German paratroopers supported by nearly a thousand aircraft were dropped on the island in a unique blitzkrieg operation. An airborne invasion of this scale would never be repeated. Several thousand elite paratroopers, the pride of the Nazi Luftwaffe strikeforce, were killed and hundreds of planes lost in 10 days of fierce fighting

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Ottomans Versus Venetians: The Battle For Crete

The island of Crete resides at the crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean. Its long and vivid history has seen the

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Ottomans Versus Christians: Battle For The Mediterranean (3-part Series)

Masters of the Mediterranean Clash Of Civilisations Empire Builders

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Ultimate Blitzkrieg – The WW2 Battle of Crete

From the Romans to the Raj, the Ottomans to the Incas, great empires have come and gone through the ages; but all have left behind extraordinary legacies, monuments, inventions and innovations that were so revolutionary that they changed the course of history.