Witness History Episodes Available now
The invention of the modern ventilator
How a polio epidemic in Denmark in 1952 led to the invention of the modern ventilator
Scoring a victory for women's rights in Turkey
How Turkish campaigners forced a radical change in the law on crimes against women
Beirut's Hotel War
How the Lebanese Civil War came to Beirut's luxury hotel district in 1975.
Bremen’s Elephant Statue
How the German city addressed its colonial past by rededicating a famous monument
Radar and World War Two
How British women operated secret radar technology during World War Two
The American who put women's rights in the Japanese constitution
How Beate Sirota Gordon got wording on gender equality into Japan's post-war constitution
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
Atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
The battle of Midway
How a huge naval battle between aircraft carriers changed the war in the Pacific
The internment of Japanese Americans
During World War Two thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
A first-hand account of the surprise strike on a US naval base in December 1941.
