The Butterfly Effect

The Battle of Kursk, pitting Nazis against Soviets, is one of the real turning points of the Second World War.

From 845 onwards, murderous raids and destructive sieges carried out by the Scandinavians accelerated the breakup of the Carolingian Empire.

On April 20 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oilrig triggers the greatest oil spill in History.

The story of Captain James Cook, renowned navigator, and his explorations of the Pacific and the discovery of Australia.

Champollion succeeds in deciphering the Rosetta Stone and solves the mystery of hieroglyphics.

Portrait of the man, his thinking and his passive struggle against the British presence in India.

The story of the famous archeologist, agent for the British, who, during the First World War, took part in the Arab uprising against the Ottoman Turks.

The turbulent history of South Africa, the roots of oppression and the struggle of a great man: Nelson Mandela.

212. AD, Rome. Caracallla issues an edict granting Roman citizenship to all freemen of the Empire, thus permanently shaking it to its core.

The long march made by Hannibal of Carthage and his elephants to Rome and his battle for control of the Mediterranean world.

The story of coal, inseparable from that of the Industrial Revolution, and of social protest, the rise of socialism, anarchism and trades unions.

The famous French philosopher, whose work is a pillar of modern thought, opens the way to the Age of Enlightenment.

On February 03 1954 the siege of the entrenched Dien Bien Phu camp begins. France loses its colonial empire to the Vietnamese communists.