World War II
The war that changed the world, 1939–1945
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History, age by age.
Animated history in five minutes a day. Long courses that take you through a whole era, a quiz after every story, and every fact checked against at least two sources.
200+animated stories
22themes
80+course chapters
7subtitle languages
Pick an age.
Every theme has its own set of stories, and a long course that goes deeper.
World War I
Trenches, alliances and the war of 1914–1918
Ancient Rome
Caesar, Cleopatra, Hannibal and the fall of Rome
Revolution & Napoleon
The Bastille, Marie Antoinette and Napoleon
The American Story
How the United States was born and grew
The Cold War
The USA against the USSR, 1945–1991
The Vietnam War
From French colony to a divided country at war
The Middle East
Borders, empires and the conflicts that followed
Science & Inventions
Inventions and discoveries that changed life
History Myths
Famous stories about the past that are not true
Vikings & Medieval Kings
Vikings, castles, kings and the Black Death
Ancient Greece
Marathon, Sparta, democracy and Alexander
Ancient Egypt
Pyramids, pharaohs and the secret of hieroglyphs
The Space Race
Sputnik, Gagarin and the race to the Moon
People & Places
Remarkable people and places
The Civil War
Slavery, secession and America's bloodiest war
Ancient China
Emperors, the Silk Road and the Opium Wars
The Industrial Revolution
Steam, factories and railways remake the world
The Mongols
Genghis Khan and the biggest land empire ever
Japan
Samurai, shoguns and the rise of modern Japan
Latin America
Aztecs, Incas, Bolívar and Haiti
The Renaissance
Art, printing, science and the Reformation
Go deeper with long courses.
Each theme has a full course in four chapters of about two minutes. Pass the quiz to open the next chapter.
Chapter by chapter
From the first causes to the aftermath, in order, so the whole era makes sense.
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A quiz after each one
Five questions with the sources shown. Get three right to open the next chapter.
Facts you can check
Every date, number and quote is checked against at least two independent sources, like museums, archives and encyclopedias.
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