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Season 3 • Episode 4 • Kursk, the USSR strikes back
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Butterfly Effect Season 3, Episode 4: Kursk, the USSR strikes back
In the spring of 1943 after the successive failures of Moscow and Stalingrad the armies of the Reich go on the offensive again. Considered the greatest tank battle in History this event represents a real turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. Watch Butterfly Effect Season 3, Episode 4 Kursk, the USSR strikes back in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Butterfly Effect Season 3, Episode 4 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Gandhi, the force of willpower
In May 1893 a man is thrown out of a train on the platforms of the train station of Pietermaritzburg a little city of South Africa for daring to sit in a first-class compartment. This young Indian lawyer is named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
25 min
Vikings, assault on the Frankish empire
While the Viking raids have come one after another in the Occident for almost a century in November 885 hundreds of Scandinavian boats sailing towards Burgundy present themselves before the walls of Paris and besiege the city.
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Champollion, unravelling the mysteries of the stone
In July 1799 during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria the French soldiers of lieutenant Bouchard discover by chance at Rosetta a large black stone. It is in fact the fragment of a stele engraved in honor of King Ptolemy V including three writing systems: Greek Demotic and hieroglyphs.
25 min
Kursk, the USSR strikes back
In the spring of 1943 after the successive failures of Moscow and Stalingrad the armies of the Reich go on the offensive again. Considered the greatest tank battle in History this event represents a real turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front.
25 min
Lawrence of Arabia, for a fistful of sand
1916 the Great War far away from the trenches in the sand of the Middle East war has a very different face. With a handful of intrepid men Thomas Edward Lawrence leads the revolt of the Arabs alongside Sharif Hussein against the Ottoman Empire.
25 min
Augustus, emperor of the republic
At the end of a succession of civil wars which have weakened the Roman Republic Caesar proclaims himself dictator for life. However on March 14 44 BC he is assassinated by conspirators in the name of the Republic.
25 min
Deepwater, an ocean of oil
Rented by the BP oil company to drill an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes on April 20 2010 before sinking into the ocean and causing a gigantic oil spill. At issue: negligence in the maintenance and in the tests carried out.
25 min
Apartheid, the spiral of fear
August 5 1962 South Africa. After several months on the run the Black leader Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African police and incarcerated on Robben Island a fortress-like jail off Cape Town. He doesn’t know it at that time but it is only the beginning of his penitential ordeal.
25 min
Cook, in pursuit of the Southern Lands
In 1415 the Portuguese launch an era of explorations that will lead to the European discovery of the world. The competition is intense between France and the United Kingdom for the possession of North America and the West Indies for the Indian colonies but also for Science.
25 min
Diên Biên Phu, a losing battle
Since the end of the 19th century Indochina has been a flourishing colony the gem of the French Empire. However the Second World War turns everything upside down. At the end of the war the Viet Minh movement announces its independence.
25 min
Miners: Fodder of The Industrial Revolution
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Encyclopedia: Dare to Know
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Carthage: Rome's Rival
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