The History Network

A fortnightly military history podcast looking at all aspect of war throughout the ages.

http://www.thehistorynetwork.org

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 23m. Bisher sind 290 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle zwei Wochen gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 17 hours 7 minutes

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episode 1: Fort Ligonier and the Fall of Fort Duquesne


In May 1754 a young George Washington's first combat experience occurred at the Battle of Jumonville Glen located in southwest Pennsylvania in the Ohio Valley, where he defeated a small group of French on a diplomatic mission to inform the British...


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 March 3, 2019  17m
 
 

episode 2: No Man's Land


No Man's Land. Three of the most evocative words of The Great War. Never forgotten by combatants. A place of death, danger, wire, bullets, shells, poison gas, mud, rats, bodies, and fear. A place which was never safe. When going "over the top" the...


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 March 17, 2019  26m
 
 

episode 3: The Battle of Leuctra - Part 1


The battle of Leuctra, fought between the forces of Sparta and the Boeotian League led by Thebes, in early July 371 BC, altered forever the map of ancient Greek history. In a single afternoon, what the ancient Greeks of the early 4th century BC had...


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 March 31, 2019  19m
 
 

episode 4: The Battle of Leuctra - Part 2


The battle of Leuctra, fought between the forces of Sparta and the Boeotian League led by Thebes, in early July 371 BC, altered forever the map of ancient Greek history. In a single afternoon, what the ancient Greeks of the early 4th century BC had...


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 April 14, 2019  17m
 
 

episode 5: The Spanish invasion and conquest of Mexico, 1519-1521 - Part 1


The conquest of Mexico was a landmark in the history of the world, changing its course forever. A mere 600 adventurers, speculators and journeymen from a European nation that had only existed in its current form for a few decades, landed in an unknown...


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 April 28, 2019  27m
 
 

episode 7: Magic Weapons and Armour in the Middle Ages


Magic weapons and armour are things we usually associate with the realms of myth or fantasy rather than history. And yet, in semi-historical and even historical sources throughout the medieval period we find accounts of magic weapons which bring down...


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 June 2, 2019  25m
 
 

episode 8: Magic Weapons and Armour in the Middle Ages - Part 2, King Arthur and his Knights


Many 'magical' items belong to the stories of Arthur and his knights although their genesis is more complicated. Sir Percival had the shield of Joseph of Arimathea, Gawain had the shield of Judas Maccabeus, Galahad the Shield of king Evalach (which...


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 June 16, 2019  16m
 
 

episode 9: The Battle of Glen Shiel


The government troops approached from the east, their redcoats standing out against the green of the glen and the dark waters of the River Shiel. The skies overhead were clear, it was the height of the summer, unusually hot for the Scottish Highlands...


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 June 30, 2019  18m
 
 

episode 10: John Paul Jones: The American War of Independance comes to Britain


On 27th February 1782 the British parliament voted to immediately cease the war in America; Britain had lost the War of Independence, (or the Revolutionary war as it is known in America). But Great Britain was not fighting America alone; by 1782 they...


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 July 14, 2019  19m
 
 
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