麻豆约拍

The Galapagos sea cucumber dispute

How fishermen and conservationists battled in the species-rich waters of the archipelago

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Hiroshima's trees of hope

Trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima are still growing in the Japanese city

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The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany

An exhibition about the German army鈥檚 role in WW2 caused a scandal in 1995.

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The death of Hitler

First-hand accounts of Hitler's death from the 麻豆约拍's archives

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The battle for Berlin

Eyewitness accounts of the final battle for the capital of Nazi Germany in 1945

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The Soviet occupation of Berlin

After Germany's surrender to Allied forces in May 1945, Soviet soldiers occupied Berlin

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VE Day

After Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies in May 1945 'Victory in Europe' was declared

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The liberation of the Channel Islands

The only part of the British Isles to be occupied during WW2 was liberated in May 1945

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The first 24-hour children's helpline

When a free helpline for kids was set up it showed just how widespread child abuse was

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Fighting for the pill in Japan

It took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.

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Confessions of a Prince

How Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands broke his silence to reveal a love child

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Sweden's fishy submarine scare

Could farting fish have triggered Sweden's Cold War submarine hunts?

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The Miami riots

After four white policemen were acquitted of killing a black man - Miami rioted in 1980

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Kowloon Walled City

How Hong Kong鈥檚 city within a city was torn down in 1993.

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The first 3D printer

The creator of the 3D printer had no idea how revolutionary this technology might become.

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Explaining autism

One scientist's ground-breaking work that revolutionised our understanding of autism

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Britain's World War Two crime wave

How criminals from looters to con artists thrived in London during the Blitz.

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The book that changed the way we eat

The book that highlighted the health and environmental benefits of a plant based diet

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Risking my life to protect Congo's forest

How a conservationist tried to protect Congo's rainforest during the country's civil war.

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The Gwangju massacre

The South Korean army crushed a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju on 27 May 1980

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Winston Churchill's doctor

Winston Churchill's personal doctor published his memories of the British leader in 1966

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Ann Lowe - African American fashion designer

Ann Lowe designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress but for years few people knew her name

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The start of eco-tourism

How Costa Rica's Monteverde cloud forest reserve became a major tourist site

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The Zanzibar Revolution

Just one month after gaining independence there was an uprising in Zanzibar in 1964.

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How Christo wrapped the Reichstag

The artist who delighted post-Cold War Berlin by wrapping its greatest monument

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The origin of the WHO

How the cold war helped shape the creation of the WHO and what role China played.

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The portable defibrillator

How Northern Irish doctor Frank Pantridge revolutionised heart-attack treatment.

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Brown v the Board of Education

A landmark case about racial segregation in the USA.

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The 16th Street church bombing

Four young black girls were killed in a racist attack on a church in Alabama in 1963

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Black basketball pioneers - Texas Western

How an all-black college team overturned racist assumptions about basketball in the USA

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