Witness History Episodes Available now
The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War
The story of North Vietnam’s underground tunnel network in South Vietnam
Surviving the fall of Saigon in 1975
When South Vietnam fell, most people couldn’t escape
Doi Moi: Vietnam's economic miracle
Radical reforms introduced in 1986 lifted millions out of poverty
Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal
In April 1944, a German fleet sank two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen died.
The death of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler's secretary recalls his last days in 1945
Staging Othello in apartheid South Africa
Dame Janet Suzman recalls directing Shakespeare's classic in 1987
Coca-Cola’s ‘New Coke'
On 23 April 1985, Coca-Cola changed the secret formula of its fizzy drink
The creation of YouTube
In April 2005, the first video was posted onto YouTube
The origin of World Book Day
23 April 1996, saw the first World Book Day. It originated from a Spanish tradition
Clearing landmines in Cambodia
Aki Ra laid hundreds of landmines for the Khmer Rouge, but began clearing them in 1992
