The M16 and Ia Drang - Firearms Historian Matt Moss Of The Armourer's Bench
This was a lot of fun, and I hope pretty educational; I know I learned a ton. I reached out to Matt and asked him to join me for 20-30 minutes to talk about Vietnam's small arms. Instead, he gave me a...
28 Marras 202056min
Battle of Ia Drang - Nov 14, 1965 – Nov 18, 1965
"After the bravado, you're left with the anguish." Col. Nadal US 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Regiment Air Mobile Few battles have shaped the modern American mind while remaining mostly anonymous to the ...
20 Marras 20201h
The Siege of Fort William Henry - Aug 3, 1757 – Aug 9, 1757
The seeds of what would eventually become the Seven Years War or French and Indian War, a truly global conflict, were planted the moment Europeans landed in North America. Empire building was hungry w...
7 Marras 20201h 5min
Sisters in Arms: Female Warriors from Antiquity to the New Millennium
25 Syys 202035min
The Battle of Naseby - 14 June 1645
The battle of Naseby decided the English Civil War in that by the day's end, King Charles I no longer had an effective field army. The two cavalry displays that define the fighting are a masterclass, ...
26 Elo 202057min
The Battle of Monte Cassino - 17 January – 18 May 1944
In this episode, we are diving into one of the more controversial and least covered battles of WWII - the fight for Monte Cassino. A sideshow to the main events of Normandy and the Eastern Front, the ...
6 Heinä 20201h 48min
Interview - Matthew Parker Author of Monte Cassino - The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II
This past Sunday, Matthew Parker, author of Monte Cassino - The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II, and I talked about his excellent history of one of WWII's least talked about battles. I had told ...
30 Kesä 20201h 16min
The Battle On The Ice - Lake Peipus April 5, 1242
Let's go back to the time of the Mongols, Lord Novgorod The Great, and the Teutonic Knights. To the frozen landscape and icy lakes fo a medieval spring. To a time when the Pope in Rome wanted nothing ...
28 Touko 20201h 27min
