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Placement European History, google_color_link = "0000FF"; Advanced - Episode 1 of 11, Abdication: A Very British Coup - documentary about the abdication of Edward VIII, Wallis and Edward - a miniseries about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson - Episode 1, Edward VIIl: The Traitor King - Documentary - Part 1, The Gathering Storm - a great HBO film about Churchill in the period before the outbreak of World War II, Into the Storm - HBO film with Churchill reminiscing about his leadership during WWII, Versailles: The Dream of a King - documentary about the building of Versailles, The Taking of Power: a film by Roberto Rossellini about Louis XIV- in French with subtitles Episode 1, Versailles: The Palace of Pleasure - documentary about Louis XV - part I, Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France - Documentary Part 1 of 12, Marie Antoinette - 2006 film by Sofia Coppola starring Kirsten Dunst, The French Revolution - History Channel Documentary Part 1 of 9, The French Revolution - Another documentary, Napoleon: Part 6 - Waterloo, the Final Curtain, Napoleon Bonaparte: Road to Moscow - Documentary, The Franco-Prussian War - Documentary Part 1 of 2, The Dreyfuss Affair - Part 1 A & E Documentary, Lecture from Professor John Merriman of Yale University on the Paris Commune and its Legacy, Lecture from Professor John Merriman of Yale University on General Boulanger and Captain Dreyfus, Lecture from Professor Charles Keith of Yale University on French Imperialism, Lecture from Professor John Merriman of Yale University on Vichy France, The fall of the Spanish Empire - Part One up to the 19th century, The fall of the Spanish Empire - Part Two Spanish American War, The Fall of the Spanish Empire - Part Three, The Fall of the Spanish Empire - Part Four, The Fall of the Spanish Empire - Part Five, The Fall of the Spanish Empire - Part Six, Ivan the Terrible Man - Discovery Channel documentary on Ivan the Terrible Part 1 - follow links for the rest. Plekhanov, Marie Sukloff: The Story of an Assassination, 1914, The April Theses: A Blueprint for Revolution, 1917 Vladimir I. Lenin, The Fundamental Law of Land Socializaiton, 1918, Did World War One cause the Russian Revolution? 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