Witness History Episodes Available now
Sweden's fishy submarine scare
Could farting fish have triggered Sweden's Cold War submarine hunts?
Confessions of a Prince
How Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands broke his silence to reveal a love child
Fighting for the pill in Japan
It took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.
The first 24-hour children's helpline
When a free helpline for kids was set up it showed just how widespread child abuse was
The liberation of the Channel Islands
The only part of the British Isles to be occupied during WW2 was liberated in May 1945
VE Day
VE Day saw Londoners celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe.
The Soviet occupation of Berlin
After Germany's surrender to Allied forces in May 1945, Soviet soldiers occupied Berlin
The battle for Berlin
Eyewitness accounts of the final battle for the capital of Nazi Germany in 1945
The death of Hitler
First-hand accounts of Hitler's death from the BBC's archives
The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany
An exhibition about the German army’s role in WW2 caused a scandal in 1995.
