History Shorts

Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you probably never heard of. All in the little time you probably do not have.

History
276
Zeppelins Over London
8 min
277
Paul Revere (Where are they now?)
11 min
278
Conversations: David Sears
22 min
279
Japan's Last Soldier
8 min
280
Bat Bombs
8 min
281
Cherry Blossoms at Night
8 min
282
Killing Tojo
8 min
283
Conversations: Clare Mulley
15 min
284
BONUS: Interview with a D-Day Veteran
32 min
285
Double Life of Josephine Baker
8 min
286
Nazi Prisoner on the Run
8 min
287
The White Rose Movement
8 min
288
Jeep: The Little Truck that Could
9 min
289
Conversations: H.W. Brands
10 min
290
Wall Street Under Attack!
7 min
291
Nero's Party House
7 min
292
The Father of History
7 min
293
The Hammurabi Way
7 min
294
Conversations: Edward J. Larson
15 min
295
Aliens Over Texas
8 min
296
Nazi Bureaucracy
7 min
297
Virginia Breaks Up With Virginia
7 min
298
Edgar Allan Poe's Bad Reputation
7 min
299
Conversations: Rick Beyer
19 min
300
Alexander's Missing Body
8 min