French and Indian War: Tanaghrisson, Céloron's Lead Plates, the Acadians
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the mid-18th century about 1.5 million British colonists faced roughly 75,000 French settlers...
23 Okt 21min
Enrico Dandolo's Fourth Crusade: Zara, the Aquila and 900,000 Marks
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Pope Innocent III called the Fourth Crusade to retake Jerusalem, held by the Ayyubids since Sala...
23 Okt 26min
Tannenberg 1914: Rail Gauge Chaos, a Generals' Feud and 60 Trains of Spoils
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Germany's Schlieffen Plan left about 10 percent of its army, the Eighth Army, to hold East Pruss...
23 Okt 21min
British Turnpike Trusts: Hourglass Toll Auctions, Rebecca Riots, Rail Ruin
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The turnpike takes its name from a spiked log on a pivot, the turning pike, that soldiers swung ...
23 Okt 22min
Truman Doctrine 1947: Vandenberg's Scare Advice and Acheson's Rotten Apple
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After World War II Moscow pressed Turkey for joint control of the Turkish Straits, and Washingto...
23 Okt 19min
Toussaint Louverture: Raynal's Prophecy, Fort de Joux and Haiti's Victory
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, produced about 60 percent of the world's coffee and 40 percent of its...
23 Okt 22min
Iron Curtain: From Theater Fire Shield to the 1989 Pan-European Picnic
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before it named a political divide, an iron curtain was a heavy fireproof barrier dropped betwee...
23 Okt 23min
Lowell, Massachusetts: Mill Girls, Wang Labs and a Cambodian Revival
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Pawtucket Falls on the Merrimack River, a mile of rapids dropping 32 feet, were a seasonal f...
23 Okt 22min
