True History schedule

What makes 1066 such a pivotal year in the history of Western civilization?

Take a closer look at the chaos between 1016 and 1066, when power was up for grabs.

How did a "confessor" and "bastard" put England and Normandy on a collision course?

Revisit one of the most important moments in English history: the Battle of Hastings.

Learn about the ancient sources that contribute to our understanding of Alexander's life and legacy.

Trace the conflicts, alliances, and political crises that shaped the Greek world before Alexander.

Explore the history and conditions of the Persian Empire in the two centuries before Alexander's rise.

Investigate Macedon's relationship to the more culturally influential city-states of Greece.

Travel back to the years before 1920, when changes in the game were rapid, dramatic, and often surprising.

Take a look back at the beginnings of baseball and discover how and why the early version of the game evolved.

Explore the rise of amateur baseball clubs in the United States.

Learn how the game of baseball moved toward professionalism.

Learn how, after a tumultuous three decades, baseball finally found a formula for 20th-century success.

See how the propaganda machine of Hitler's Germany targeted the youth with its messages.

Trace the invasion of China in 1937 and the brutal Rape of Nanjing.

Here, see how new technology defeated the old ways of war.

Wartime Warsaw offers a gateway to the darkest events of the war.

Revisit the legacy of the French Resistance to experience life under the Nazi boot.

See the war in London through the eyes of a Jewish child, a bureaucrat, and a pilot.

Play ball! The recorded history of Black American baseball goes back to the 1850s.

The story of Black baseball mirrors the story of America.

Segregation took hold in the professional leagues, explore the world Black baseball players had to navigate in the late 19th century.

The history of Black baseball owes much to Andrew 'Rube' Foster, a Hall of Fame pitcher, manager, and owner who was the sport's first true superstar.

Continue your study of Rube Foster as he creates the first Black baseball league.

Travel back to the years before 1920, when changes in the game were rapid, dramatic, and often surprising.

Take a look back at the beginnings of baseball and discover how and why the early version of the game evolved.

Explore the rise of amateur baseball clubs in the United States.

Learn how the game of baseball moved toward professionalism.

Learn how, after a tumultuous three decades, baseball finally found a formula for 20th-century success.

See how the propaganda machine of Hitler's Germany targeted the youth with its messages.

Trace the invasion of China in 1937 and the brutal Rape of Nanjing.

Here, see how new technology defeated the old ways of war.

Wartime Warsaw offers a gateway to the darkest events of the war.

Revisit the legacy of the French Resistance to experience life under the Nazi boot.

See the war in London through the eyes of a Jewish child, a bureaucrat, and a pilot.

Play ball! The recorded history of Black American baseball goes back to the 1850s.

The story of Black baseball mirrors the story of America.

Segregation took hold in the professional leagues, explore the world Black baseball players had to navigate in the late 19th century.

The history of Black baseball owes much to Andrew 'Rube' Foster, a Hall of Fame pitcher, manager, and owner who was the sport's first true superstar.

Continue your study of Rube Foster as he creates the first Black baseball league.

Travel back to the years before 1920, when changes in the game were rapid, dramatic, and often surprising.

Take a look back at the beginnings of baseball and discover how and why the early version of the game evolved.

Explore the rise of amateur baseball clubs in the United States.

Learn how the game of baseball moved toward professionalism.

Learn how, after a tumultuous three decades, baseball finally found a formula for 20th-century success.

See how the propaganda machine of Hitler's Germany targeted the youth with its messages.

Trace the invasion of China in 1937 and the brutal Rape of Nanjing.

Here, see how new technology defeated the old ways of war.