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On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists, led by Osama bin Laden, orchestrated coordinated attacks against the United States. Hijackers took control of four planes, crashing two into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and another into a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people and triggered significant global security changes, including the initiation of the War on Terror.

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, an iconic figure in US cultural and political history, was more than just her style and marriages. She was a great American first lady who carefully managed her public image. Jackie's success as the first lady made her a global celebrity, appearing on magazine covers and sought after for her images. Despite her public success, Jackie also faced personal suffering, particularly after the assassinations of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, and her brother-in-law, Bobby Kennedy.Jackie's younger sister, Lee Radziwill, played a supportive role in her life, especially during her time as the first lady. The relationship between the sisters was complicated, with fierce competition and Lee often feeling overshadowed by Jackie's accomplishments.

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The year is 1942. The shadows of Vichy France, the Nazi puppet state, were crawling with danger. In Lyon, the third largest city in France, wanted posters started appearing on street corners. A rough sketch showed a womanโ€™s face with sharp features and shoulder-length hair. The Abwehr and the Gestapo relentlessly hunted the woman they knew only as โ€œthe limping ladyโ€. The woman in the poster was Virginia Hall, an American woman with a wooden leg and the unlikely mastermind behind the French Resistance in the south of France. The Gestapo's orders were clear and uncompromising: she was the most dangerous spy in the Allied forces, and they would stop at nothing to find and destroy her.As the Gestapo closed in, the stakes grew ever higher. Would Virginia succeed in establishing a resistance network able to assist in the toppling of the German war machine, or would she be caught and the resistance crushed beneath the heel of the Third Reich?

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October 1962: The world holds its breath under the threat of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Behind the scenes, one of the greatest spies of the century plays a crucial role to help Kennedy stand up to Khrushchev. This episode of โ€œSpies of Warโ€ reveals the remarkable achievements of Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet officer working for the CIA. Discover how he betrayed USSR to be a mole to the West and relive his incredible life until its tragic end to see how he prevented World War III.

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George Orwell, through his personal experiences and political views, used his novels to critique authoritarianism and left-wing politics, warning about the dangers of language manipulation and the misuse of truth.

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It's the end of WW2 in Europe. But how to get on with victims and perpetrators?On April 16, 1945, a few days after the liberation of the concentration camp "Buchenwald" by US soldiers, people from nearby Weimar visited the concentration camp after WW2. The German population has to take responsibility, after WW2. It's one of the biggest crimes ever committed: A mass murder of six million Jews. But it's like a national hymn: everybody says that they didn't know about it. 1945 is the year of Germany's total defeat in WW2. Not only the fact that the Germans lost WWII, but also the moral defeat is perhaps the greatest defeat. In the spring of 1945, after WW2, the Allies face a difficult task. What should be done with the Germans?In WW2, 65 million have died. Who should be punished now? Documentary: The Abyss โ€” Rise and Fall of the Nazis.