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. It’s the summer of 1953, and, across East Germany, angry people take to the streets. This isn’t a polite protest. This is a furious, red flag ripping, police beating, off...
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About Vaguely Interesting – Almost History
. What is Vaguely Interesting? Vaguely Interesting is a blog and podcast series in which Ian Chapman-Curry roots around references, interrogates indexes and analyses asides to find fascinating storie...
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Almost History
Episode 4 Hitler’s dreams to unify his empire with a monstrous railway In 1941, Adolf Hitler issued orders to Nazi Germany’s railway officials. He wanted them to develop a new type of railway. It...
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. It’s the summer of 1953, and, across East Germany, angry people take to the streets. This isn’t a polite protest. This is a furious, red flag ripping, police beating, office burning rampage. The cro...
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Coining the home nations – Almost History
Descriptions of the different reverse designs for UK coins post-decimal (one pound, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p, 1p including national series for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and commem...
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All about Almost History – Almost History
. What is Almost History? Almost History. Always incredible. What if ... ? Every other Thursday, Almost History's Ian Chapman-Curry tells the amazing true stories behind the aborted missions, cancell...