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GCSE superpower relations, from the wartime conferences to détente

A complete GCSE course on superpower relations from the wartime conferences to détente. Recommended companion text: Nigel Kelly, A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943–72.

1. 01IdeologyFree preview46 min
2. 02Early Conflicts35 min
3. 03Wartime Conferences66 min
4. 04The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb20 min
5. 05Soviet Expansion29 min
6. 06Rising Tension: Kennan, Novikov and Churchill22 min
7. 07The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan28 min
8. 08The Berlin Blockade20 min
9. 09The Berlin Airlift24 min
10. 10The Korean War24 min
11. 11The Nuclear Arms Race25 min
12. 12Peaceful Co-existence and the Warsaw Pact18 min
13. 13The Hungarian Uprising31 min
14. 14The Berlin Wall32 min
15. 15The Cuban Missile Crisis39 min
16. 16The Czechoslovakian Uprising21 min
17. 17The Thaw14 min
18. 18Détente51 min
19. 19Examination Technique28 min

GCSE study from Tsarist Russia to Lenin's legacy

From the last Tsar through revolution, civil war and the birth of the Soviet Union. Recommended companion text: Rob Bircher, Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24.

1. 01Tsarist RussiaFree preview56 min
2. 02Nicholas II24 min
3. 03The 1905 Revolution I35 min
4. 04The 1905 Revolution II27 min
5. 05Nicholas and the Dumas39 min
6. 06Repression and Reform37 min
7. 07The First World War I27 min
8. 08The First World War II37 min
9. 09The February Revolution26 min
10. 10The Provisional Government31 min
11. 11The Bolsheviks45 min
12. 12Extending Control I24 min
13. 13Extending Control II43 min
14. 14The Russian Civil War I34 min
15. 15The Russian Civil War II34 min
16. 16The Russian Civil War III22 min
17. 17War Communism41 min
18. 18The NEP26 min
19. 19Lenin's Legacy31 min
20. 20Examination Techniques I25 min
21. 21Examination Techniques II30 min

GCSE study of Stalin's Russia

Stalin's rise, rule and legacy — from the succession struggle to the post-war USSR. Recommended companion text: Simon Taylor, Dictatorship and Conflict in the USSR, 1924–53.

1. 01Bolshevik Russia to 192434 min
2. 02Ideology of the Soviet Union35 min
3. 03Stalin's Rise to Power I34 min
4. 04Stalin's Rise to Power II34 min
5. 05Stalin's Rise to Power III46 min
6. 06Stalin's Economic Policies I50 min
7. 07Stalin's Economic Policies II45 min
8. 08The Purges and Great Terror I36 min
9. 09The Purges and Great Terror II58 min
10. 10The Cult of Personality35 min
11. 11Propaganda and Censorship41 min
12. 12Education and Indoctrination27 min
13. 13Life in Towns and Countryside39 min
14. 14Social Groups, Women and the Family27 min
15. 15Stalin's Changes in Education23 min
16. 16Stalin's Attack on Religion25 min
17. 17Stalin's Persecution of Ethnic Minorities33 min
18. 18The Great Patriotic War I58 min
19. 19The Great Patriotic War II40 min
20. 20The USSR after the Great Patriotic War: Economic Policies28 min
21. 21The USSR after the Great Patriotic War: Soviet Society36 min
22. 22Examination Techniques29 min

A-Level depth study following the CIE syllabus

These lessons, which follow the Cambridge International Education (CIE) syllabus, provide the knowledge and understanding you need when writing your examinations. Recommended companion texts: Michael Lynch, Stalin's Russia, 1924–53, and Geoffrey Hosking, A History of the Soviet Union.

1. 01Bolshevik Russia to 1924Free preview45 min
2. 02Ideology and Structure of Soviet Government48 min
3. 03Stalin's Rise to Power I34 min
4. 04Stalin's Rise to Power II39 min
5. 05Stalin's Rise to Power III35 min
6. 06Stalin's Aims in Government and Administration31 min
7. 07Stalin's Economic Policies I43 min
8. 08Stalin's Economic Policies II38 min
9. 09The Purges and Great Terror I37 min
10. 10The Purges and Great Terror II39 min
11. 11Stalin's Foreign Policy46 min
12. 12Stalin's Impact on Society I: Women and the Family27 min
13. 13Stalin's Impact on Society II: Children28 min
14. 14Stalin's Impact on Society III: Religion22 min
15. 15Stalin's Impact on Society IV: Non-Russian Minorities21 min
16. 16Propaganda and Personality Cult42 min
17. 17The Second World War I33 min
18. 18The Second World War II31 min
19. 19Stalin's Final Years I20 min
20. 20Stalin's Final Years II23 min
21. 21Essay Writing Skills and Key Questions34 min

A-Level depth study following the CIE syllabus

These lessons, following the Cambridge International Education (CIE) syllabus, provide the knowledge and understanding you need for your examinations. Recommended companion text: Alan Farmer, Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust — with free extension readings provided throughout.

1. 01Origins of AntisemitismFree preview36 min
2. 02NSDAP Ideology38 min
3. 03Jewish Persecution I42 min
4. 04Jewish Persecution II37 min
5. 05Jewish Persecution III53 min
6. 06WWII I31 min
7. 07WWII II43 min
8. 08Ghettoization28 min
9. 09Life in the Ghetto30 min
10. 10Euthanasia41 min
11. 11Barbarossa I59 min
12. 12Barbarossa II32 min
13. 13Towards Final Solution40 min
14. 14Final Solution I27 min
15. 15Final Solution II33 min
16. 16Final Solution III44 min
17. 17Contemporary Reactions29 min
18. 18Historical Interpretations34 min
19. 19Pre Existing Racism23 min
20. 20Intentionalism18 min
21. 21Structuralism26 min
22. 22Synthesis24 min
23. 23Perpetrators27 min
24. 24Victims I31 min
25. 25Victims II23 min
26. 26Victims III13 min
27. 27Paper Three Advice42 min
28. 28Exemplar Answer36 min

A-Level depth study following the CIE syllabus

These lessons, following the Cambridge International Education (CIE) syllabus, provide the knowledge and understanding you need for your examinations. Recommended companion texts: Hite & Hinton, Weimar & Nazi Germany, and William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

1. 01Hitler's Rise PreconditionsFree preview49 min
2. 02Weimar Instability Weakness48 min
3. 03The 25 Point Programme26 min
4. 04Mein Kampf31 min
5. 05The Role of Adolf Hitler24 min
6. 06NSDAP Violence25 min
7. 07NSDAP Propaganda28 min
8. 08Weimar Politicians46 min
9. 09Hitler's Aims23 min
10. 10Hitler's Consolidation I25 min
11. 11Hitler's Consolidation II34 min
12. 12Economics I31 min
13. 13Economics II31 min
14. 14Economics III31 min
15. 15Society I25 min
16. 16Society II52 min
17. 17Foreign Policy I54 min
18. 18Foreign Policy II35 min
19. 19Propaganda44 min
20. 20Repression24 min
21. 21Hitler's Popularity24 min
22. 22Persecution23 min
23. 23Resistance19 min
24. 24Losing WWII39 min
25. 25Essay Writing Skills37 min