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Thieves in Law: The World of Soviet Crime​

Dec 21, 2025 #ColdWarHistory #History #ModernHistory
Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video looking at the development and evolution of organized crime in the Soviet Union. This includes the Thieves World, The Thief Law, and the Thief in law. We look at how the Bitch War following the Second World War was instrumental in changing organized crime into a larger enterprise.


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Start at the 1min 40 sec mark unless you want to watch a commercial.

Meet Anna: Russia's Deep Cover Agent in America | True Life Spy Stories​

Dec 12, 2025
The afternoon of 26 June 2010 was sweltering in Manhattan. Inside a coffee shop, a young woman with distinctive red hair sat across from a man she'd never met.
Anna Chapman was nervous. The man claimed to be from the Russian consulate, using coded phrases that only someone from Moscow Centre would know. He told her that her laptop needed to go back to Russia for repairs.
She hesitated, feeling dubious.
What she didn't know was that the man across from her was an FBI agent. The laptop she'd handed over would never see Moscow. And within 36 hours, her life as a Russian intelligence operative in America would be over.
This is the story of Anna Chapman, the red-headed socialite spy who infiltrated London and New York's elite circles. Born in Volgograd to a KGB officer, she acquired British citizenship through marriage, moved through Mayfair's high society, and eventually landed in Manhattan where she transmitted encrypted data to Russian handlers using covert wireless networks. Her arrest in June 2010, alongside nine other Russian illegals, marked the end of Operation Ghost Stories and the largest US-Russia spy swap since the Cold War.
But Anna's story didn't end with her capture. It had only just begun.
From coffee shops in Manhattan to the Kremlin's halls of power, from FBI surveillance to magazine covers and television shows, this is the true story of the spy who came in from the cold and found the spotlight warmer than she'd ever imagined.


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The Death of Himmler - AI Investigation Bombshell (XMAS SPECIAL)​

Dec 24, 2025
In my search to find out the truth of Heinrich Himmler's death, I recently stumbled on some rather extraordinary new evidence that, if true, throws the official British story into serious doubt. For the first time, AI will be used to assess the photographic evidence to help us understand who died in British captivity on 23 May 1945 - was it Himmler or an imposter? It promises some startling results!
Special thanks to Nicholas Jones at Quanta Films. ERIC BROWN - A PILOT'S STORY, is available on DVD here: www.quantafilms.co.uk
Thanks also the The Military Intelligence Museum for copies of Himmler's postmortem report, his false identity paper and newspaper clippings: https://www.militaryintelligencemuseu...


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The French Foreign Legion Vs. Illegal Gold Mining Gangs​

Nov 21, 2025
Embedded with the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment (3eme REI) of the French Foreign Legion, Joe takes you on an action packed adventure into the heart of the Amazon rainforest to follow three missions:
  • TITAN: Protecting the European Space Agency during rocket and satellite launches
  • HARPIE: Tracking down illegal gold miners deep in the Amazon rainforest
  • CEFE: The French Foreign Legion's Jungle Warfare Training Centre - where jungle warriors are formed


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Operation Sudden Death - Forgotten Ardennes Missile Campaign​

Jan 1, 2026
One aspect of the Ardennes Offensive has been ignored - a German support operation using the infamous V-Weapons to bombard Allied supply centres behind the American lines. This is the story of Antwerp, the target of the German ground offensive, and its severe bombardment by V-1 Flying Bombs and V-2 Ballistic Missiles throughout the campaign and after.


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The Siege Economy: How Cities Survived (and Starved) in Ancient Wars​

Jan 14, 2026 The Financial History Files
When a city is cut off from the world, money doesn’t disappear — it tells the truth.
Throughout history, the most decisive battles weren’t fought with swords or cannons, but with time, scarcity, and economics. In this episode of The Financial Historian, we explore the siege economy — how ancient cities survived, adapted, and ultimately collapsed when supply chains were severed and trust broke down. From rationing and inflation to black markets and class divides, sieges reveal how financial systems really behave under extreme pressure. This isn’t a story about ancient warfare. It’s a lesson in money, power, and survival that still echoes in the modern world.
Key Facts & Insights
- Sieges were designed as economic weapons, aiming to starve cities rather than breach their walls.
- When trade stopped, food replaced money as the real currency of survival.
- Governments imposed price controls and rationing, often accelerating black markets and hoarding.
- Inflation during sieges wasn’t abstract — it was visible in every loaf of bread and missed meal.
- Inequality hardened under pressure, as elites with reserves endured while the poor paid immediately.
- Historic sieges like Constantinople (1453) show how cutting access, not gold, decides outcomes.
- Siege economies expose a core truth: markets adapt faster than rules, and power follows supply.

The Siege Economy: How Cities Survived (and Starved) in Ancient
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