History Uncovered
7.8
Season 4
53 min
S4 · E1 · Jun 3, 2025
U-Boat, the Underwater Scarecrow Episode 1
52 min
S4 · E2 · Jun 3, 2025
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy's Defeat Episode 2
53 min
S4 · E3 · Oct 14, 2025
The New Deal, an American Failure Episode 3
53 min
S4 · E4 · Oct 14, 2025
Africa, the Hotspot of the Cold War Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 4
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Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs that we take for Evangelical truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China’s modernization. Of course, these judgements contain some truth; but, too broad-stroked to be accurate, they contradict the historical reality by denying its complexity. What if the truth was slightly different? Through an exploration of great national or international myths, this full archive documentary collection revisits the key moments of the 20th century with a new perspective in order to provide a new, smarter and more subtle interpretation, bringing elements to light that have been forgotten or sometimes overshadowed.
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Mickaël Gamrasni Director · Olivier Wieviorka Director Cédric Condom Director
Total runtime 17h 20m · Episode length 52 min · Type Documentary
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Premiered
January 22, 2019
Latest episode
October 14, 2025
Status
Returning series
Network
ARTE
Country
France
Type
Documentary
Episode length
52 min
Total runtime
17h 20m
Original language
French
Production
ARTE
Production
Cinétévé
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Les Coulisses de l'histoire
Spoken on screen
French
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