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History Matters

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About this podcast

History Matters is a history-focused channel which aims to help students studying for A levels, GCSEs and AP World/Euro History by providing short introductions to multiple topics. The episodes released are designed to act as both intros and as revision material for students or people who are simply interested in World History. Videos will also focus on the lesser-known parts of history too and dive deep into questions that many people ask but aren't often answered.Links:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164

Episodes

• Was the USSR actually a union or just another Russian Empire? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 14, 2026 · 6:20

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• The Crimean War - History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 13, 2026 · 6:47

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• Why did the Entente betray Italy after WW1? (Animated History Documentary)

  Nov 13, 2026 · 6:22

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• The Franco Prussian War - History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 12, 2026 · 6:33

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• Did the USA and USSR always hate each other? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 12, 2026 · 5:38

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• Julian the Apostate: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor - History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 11, 2026 · 6:07

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• Did Rome know about Scandinavia and the Vikings? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 11, 2026 · 5:42

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• The United Kingdom of the Netherlands: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 10, 2026 · 7:37

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• Why didn't Austria Hungary try to make peace earlier in World War One? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 10, 2026 · 6:33

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• The 1956 Suez Crisis: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 9, 2026 · 6:27

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• Why didn't India rebel during WW1 or WW2? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 9, 2026 · 6:04

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• The Postwar Occupation of Austria: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 9, 2026 · 6:39

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• Why didn't anyone revive the Holy Roman Empire? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 8, 2026 · 5:44

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• The Fall of the Knights Templar: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 8, 2026 · 5:57

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• Why did Scotland and England unite? (Animated History Documentary)

  Nov 7, 2026 · 6:16

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• The 1830 July Revolution: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 7, 2026 · 6:05

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• Why weren't Confederate leaders punished after the Civil War? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 6, 2026 · 5:41

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• The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 6, 2026 · 7:01

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• Why did Germany declare war on America during WW2? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 5, 2026 · 5:37

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• Ten Minute History - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire (Short Documentary)

  Nov 4, 2026 · 13:44

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• Ten Minute History - Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia (Short Documentary)

  Nov 4, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why was Yugoslavia formed in the first place? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 3, 2026 · 6:46

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• Ten Minute History - Westward Expansion and the American Civil War (Short Documentary)

  Nov 3, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why was Rome split in two? (Short animated documentary)

  Nov 3, 2026 · 5:58

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• Ten Minute History - Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire (Short Documentary)

  Nov 2, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did the 1945 Japanese Army coup against the Emperor fail? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Nov 1, 2026 · 12:18

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• Ten Minute History - The Meiji Restoration and the Empire of Japan (Short Documentary)

  Oct 31, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did the Spanish choose to fight the USA in 1898? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 31, 2026 · 12:05

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• Ten Minute History - The Late British Empire (Short Documentary)

  Oct 30, 2026 · 13:44

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• Ten Minute English and British History #10 - The Angevin Empire and Richard the Lionheart

  Oct 29, 2026 · 13:44

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• The Great Purge: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 29, 2026 · 6:18

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• Why didn't the US rename its States after independence? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 29, 2026 · 5:54

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• The First Opium War: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 28, 2026 · 7:16

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• Why didn't Germany annex more of France in 1871? (Animated History Documentary)

  Oct 28, 2026 · 6:22

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• Ten Minute History - The French Wars of Religion (Short Documentary)

  Oct 27, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did the US side against Britain and France during the Suez Crisis? (Short Animated Docu,emtary)

  Oct 27, 2026 · 6:05

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• Ten Minute History - Mussolini and Fascist Italy (Short Documentary)

  Oct 26, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 26, 2026 · 5:44

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• Ten Minute History - The Viking Age (Short Documentary)

  Oct 25, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't Poland hand over Danzig to Germany? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 25, 2026 · 6:13

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• Why didn't the US declare war on the Ottoman Empire during WW1? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 24, 2026 · 5:53

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• Why isn't Inner Mongolia a part of Mongolia? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 23, 2026 · 6:58

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• Ten Minute History - World War 2: Free and Vichy France (Short Documentary)

  Oct 23, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Napoleon betray Spain? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 21, 2026 · 6:07

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• End of Year Q and A

  Oct 21, 2026 · 13:44

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• Ten Minute History - Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire (Short Documentary)

  Oct 20, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't the Ottomans capitalise during the Napoleonic Wars? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 19, 2026 · 6:34

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• Ten Minute History - World War One and International Relations (Short Documentary)

  Oct 19, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Spain give Florida away for free? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 18, 2026 · 6:21

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• Ten Minute History - The Decline and Dissolution of the Soviet Union (Short Documentary)

  Oct 18, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't Weimar Germany just default? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 18, 2026 · 6:46

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• Ten Minute English and British History #20 - The English Civil War

  Oct 17, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why wasn't France a part of the Holy Roman Empire? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 17, 2026 · 6:43

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• Ten Minute History - The Thirty Years' War (Short Documentary)

  Oct 16, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't the Great Powers join the Franco-Prussian War? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 16, 2026 · 6:04

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• Ten Minute English and British History #19 - The Early Stuarts and the Gunpowder Plot

  Oct 15, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why was the Netherlands banned from selling Luxembourg? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 15, 2026 · 6:35

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• Ten Minute History - The Fall of Rome (Short Documentary)

  Oct 14, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Europe obey the Monroe Doctrine? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 14, 2026 · 6:18

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• Ten Minute History - The Dutch Revolt (Short Documentary)

  Oct 13, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Mexico choose an Austrian to be its Emperor? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 13, 2026 · 6:52

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• Ten Minute History - The Unification of Italy (Short Documentary)

  Oct 12, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Emperor Napoleon depose his brother? (Short Animated History)

  Oct 12, 2026 · 6:08

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• Why didn't Buchanan do more to stop the Civil War? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 11, 2026 · 6:31

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• Ten Minute History - The Spanish Civil War and Francisco Franco (Short Documentary)

  Oct 11, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't the US nuke Tokyo? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 10, 2026 · 6:00

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• Why did Communist Vietnam invade Communist Cambodia? (Animated History Documentary)

  Oct 9, 2026 · 6:58

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• Ten Minute English and British History #17 - The Early Tudors: Henry VIII and the Church of England

  Oct 9, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Russia give up so much land to Germany in 1918? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 8, 2026 · 6:29

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• Ten Minute History - The Austro-Hungarian Empire (Short Documentary)

  Oct 8, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't Saddam Hussein back down before the Gulf War? (Animated History Documentary)

  Oct 7, 2026 · 7:28

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• Ten Minute History - The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Birth of the Balkans (Short Documentary)

  Oct 7, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why wasn't Stalin ousted? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 7, 2026 · 7:57

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• Ten Minute English and British History #16 - The Wars of the Roses

  Oct 6, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did China give up so much of Siberia to Russia?

  Oct 6, 2026 · 7:06

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• Ten Minute English and British History #15 - The Hundred Years' War

  Oct 5, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Mexico lose so much territory so quickly? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 5, 2026 · 7:32

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• Ten Minute English and British History #14 - Richard II, The Black Death and the Peasants' Revolt

  Oct 4, 2026 · 13:44

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• Was King John really such a bad king? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 4, 2026 · 8:12

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• Ten Minute English and British History #13 - The First Scottish War of Independence.

  Oct 3, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did France halt its invasion of Germany in 1939? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 3, 2026 · 7:04

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• Ten Minute English and British History #12 - The Conquest of Wales and the Birth of Parliament

  Oct 2, 2026 · 13:44

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• How close was the US to another Civil War in 1876? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 2, 2026 · 12:21

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• Ten Minute English and British History #11 - King John and the Magna Carta

  Oct 1, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why was Egypt forced to give up so much of its land in 1840? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Oct 1, 2026 · 12:19

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• Why didn't Castro try to retake Guantanamo Bay from America?

  Sep 30, 2026 · 11:52

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• Ten Minute English and British History #09 - The Normans and the Anarchy

  Sep 30, 2026 · 13:44

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• Ten Minute English and British History #08 - 1066 and the Norman Conquest

  Sep 29, 2026 · 13:44

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• Ten Minute English and British History #07 - The Late Anglo-Saxons and King Cnut

  Sep 28, 2026 · 13:43

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• Why didn't the border states join the confederacy? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Sep 27, 2026 · 12:37

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• Ten Minute English and British History #06 - The Birth of England

  Sep 27, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why didn't the US focus on Japan first in WW2? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Sep 26, 2026 · 11:55

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• Ten Minute English and British History #05 -The Vikings and the Danelaw

  Sep 26, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Austria-Hungary do so poorly in World War One? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Sep 26, 2026 · 12:30

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• Ten Minute English and British History #04 -Alfred the Great and the Rise of Wessex

  Sep 25, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why did Mao win the Chinese Civil War?

  Sep 25, 2026 · 12:07

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• Ten Minute English and British History #03 -The Early Anglo-Saxons and the Mercian Supremacy

  Sep 24, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why couldn't the Mongols conquer Japan? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Sep 24, 2026 · 12:36

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• Ten Minute English and British History #02 - Late Roman Britain

  Sep 23, 2026 · 13:44

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• Why wasn't Teddy Roosevelt allowed to fight in World War One? (Short Animated Documentary)

  Sep 23, 2026 · 11:58

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