The GCSE History Revision Podcast

When the war broke out in August 1914, why did a small conflict in the Balkans suddenly engulf all of Europe and then the world? The answer lies much earlier, in a piece of paper written in 1905 by a German officer called Von Schlieffen....

Militarism is often seen as one of the MAIN causes of the World War One. By looking in detail at the naval rivalry between Britain and Germany, can we get a feel for how tensions in Europe were ratcheted up at the start of the 20th Century?

The Bosnian Crisis highlights the role of Austria Hungary in the build up to world war one and helps explain why the Balkans were the spark that lit the fire. How did the fallout from the collapse of Turkey lead towards the bullets fired in Sarajevo in 1914? Find out here.

"I beheld a pale horse, and the name of him that rode it was Death." Everyone remembers the Kaiser riding his white horse through Morocco in 1905, but why was this little slip of Africa so important? And how did the Agadir crisis bring Europe to the brink of war in 1911?

In another Bonus Geography Episode, Mrs G attempts to teach the man who knows nothing about Geography about the Turkey Earthquake of 1999. This is another one you will need for your case study.

This is a special bonus Geography episode, you lucky people! In this, Mrs G attempts to teach Mr W about the Montserrat volcanic eruption which you need for your case studies.

The German government and people were infuriated by the dictated peace - or 'diktat' - of the Treaty. Was their anger righteous?

"This is not a peace treaty," Marshall Foch of France said when he saw the terms, "it is an armistice for twenty years." Sure enough, 20 years later there was another war. Was the Treaty of Versailles to blame? In this podcast we go through the territorial and military terms as well as examining the infamous Clause 231.

The Paris Peace conference set the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which, in turn, set the course of European politics for the next twenty years. But the conference was basically run by three men and it was the competing needs and expectations of these three men that created the treaty. Who were the Big Three and what did they want?

Did the League ever have a chance of succeeding or was it always doomed to failure? In this essay question episode, three history teachers sit around a table and argue about the different reasons for the failure of the League of Nations. You are strongly advised to have listened to the previous League podcasts before you listen to this one.

The Italian invasion of Abyssinia is often said to be the death sentence for the League of Nations. But why did the League not act? How did the Invasion come about and what were the murky dealings that led to the Hoare Laval Pact?

During the 1920s, the League managed to deal with a few small skirmishes and small scale problems very well; but at the dawn of the new decade a more militaristic Japan started expanding in the Far East. Was the Manchurian Crisis what killed the League of Nations? Was it just the beginning of the end? Or was it just a simple mistake that the League could have learned from? This podcast is designed...

Was the League of Nations doomed from the start? How was it created and who was a member? What structures and tools did it have to carry out its mission of preserving the peace after the Great War?

How did the relationship between Edward the Confessor and the Godwin family shape England in the years before 1066? And how, exactly, did a duchy of Northern France get involved? This covers the period from around 1030 up to the death of Edward the Confessor and is for the Period Study of the 2017 AQA Exam.