A brilliant selection of student produced revision videos about the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. More on the way soon!! 

Mr F

A fantastic resource on the tragic story of Jan Palach who burned himself to death in January 1969 in protest at the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (August 1968). The booklet documents the story of Palach from his early years, through to the impact of his death. Another fantastic resource can be found HERE

A brilliant selection of student produced revision videos about the U2 Crisis of 1960. More on the way soon!! 

Mr F

Want to look at the Cuban Missile Crisis from Kennedy's perspective? Have a look at this micro site from the JFK library HERE

A great revision timeline of the Cold War is available HERE

You can read an American account of Castro's overthrow of the Batista regime in Cuba in this brilliant, 1958 issue of Life Magazine HERE. You can read other accounts of the build up and aftermath of the revolution by searching the Life Magazine archives.

Links below retrieve 1950’s Cuba LIFE articles of special interest to Cuba 1952-1959 history.

• Ingredients of a revolution (LIFE Mar 24, 1952: Batista Coup)
• Wanted: a mandate (LIFE Aug 9, 1954: 1954 Elections)
  
• Eleventh body in a mystery (LIFE May 21, 1956: Goicuria garrison Matanzas attack)
  
• Revolt fails but defiance lives on in Cuba (LIFE Mar 25, 1957: Presidential Palace Attack)
• In man’s War US Boys Quit (LIFE May 27, 1957 p43: Taber Sierra Rebels photos)
• Castro on eve of his big bid (LIFE Apr 14, 1958: Castro preparing for “Total War”)
  
• [Batista’s] Violent show's smooth front (LIFE Apr 21, 1958: Total War aftermath)
• Exclusive Report: The Captives in Cuba (LIFE Jul 14, 1958: Raul Castro hostages)
• Inside Rebel Cuba with Raul Castro (LIFE Jul 21, 1958: US Hostage negotiations)
• [Castro’s] Liberator’s Triumphal March (LIFE Jan 19, 1959: Entrance to Havana)
• The Killing in Cuba and a moral issue (LIFE Jan 26, 1959: Castros defend executions)
• Hate holds court in Cuba (LIFE Feb 2, 1959: Revolutionary trials)
  
• At ringside when Cuba clobbered democracy (LIFE Jul 27, 1959: Urrutia ouster)

Some brilliant, 5 minute documentaries from the Guardian looking at the Berlin Wall. Each video would make an excellent start to a bit of revision.

• Video 1: Building the Wall
  
• Video 2: Life in Berlin 1960s
• Video 3: Resistance in East Germany
• Video 4: The Fall of the Wall 1989
• Video 5: Berlin 20 Years On

Some FREE revision podcasts for GCSE History are available HERE. Enjoy.

Mr F

More really useful documentaries for when you have a bit of spare time

• Korea - 1949-53: HERE
• Death of Stalin: HERE
• Space Race: HERE
• Berlin Wall: HERE
• Cuba: HERE
• MAD: HERE
• Red Spring: HERE

Loads of brilliant documentaries here if you get a bit of spare time:

• Comrades - Relationships 1917-45: LINK
  
• Iron Curtain - 1945-47: LINK
  
• Marshall Plan - 1947-52: HERE
  
• Berlin - 1948-49: HERE