Witness History Episodes Available now
The Baltic chain protest
How millions of people in the Baltic states held hands to protest against Soviet rule
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Soviet Union and its allies invade Czechoslovakia and crush the Prague Spring
Coup against Gorbachev
In 1991, a coup attempt against President Gorbachev hastened the end of the Soviet Union.
The death of poet Federico Garcia Lorca
Why was the great poet Lorca murdered at the start of the Spanish Civil War?
The 1953 Iran coup
The US-backed coup which brought the Shah of Iran to power in 1953
India's Partition - Part Two
When India gained independence it was split into two new countries - India and Pakistan
India's Partition - Part One
When India gained independence it was split into two new countries, India and Pakistan
The Kursk disaster
It's exactly 10 years since the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents sea.
Battle of Britain
An RAF pilot remembers his part in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940.
The invasion of Kuwait
The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi tanks and troops in August 1990
