In ‘This Week in History,’ the Dutch and English battled for land, a revolution broke out, and a headstrong statesman became the first U.S. ambassador.

In ‘This Week in History,’ post-revolution America makes trade connections in Asia, but convincing the anti-Christian, anti-Western Japan proves a tall task.

In ‘This Week in History,’ escaped convicts from Australia’s penal colony conduct America’s biggest bank heist. But New York’s top detective is on the case.

Speeches, spy trials, deaths and defections: how, through history, a week in March held some of the most significant moments of the Cold War.