The Lost Battalion: Lawyer Charles Whittlesey and Cher Ami in the Argonne
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Major Charles W. Whittlesey was a polished East Coast lawyer commanding the 1st Battalion of the...
11 Okt 12min
Omdurman 1898: Churchill's Lancer Charge and MacDonald's Brigade Holds
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On September 2, 1898, Herbert Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army of about 25,800 men met the Khalif...
11 Okt 19min
Shell Shock: From WWI Firing Squads to Blast Waves That Scar the Brain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By December 1914 as many as 10 percent of British officers and 4 percent of enlisted men were br...
11 Okt 26min
Harlem Hellfighters: 191 Days Under French Command, Henry Johnson's Stand
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The 369th Infantry Regiment began as the 15th New York National Guard, organized in 1916 after y...
11 Okt 22min
Red Cliffs 208 AD: Cao Cao's Chained Fleet and Huang Gai's Fire Ships
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By 208 AD the Han dynasty was a shell, Emperor Xian was a puppet, and the northern warlord Cao C...
11 Okt 27min
False Flags: Gustav III's Opera Costumes to Gleiwitz and The Sims 3 Raid
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The term false flag comes from ships flying friendly colors to close on a victim. Naval law long...
11 Okt 27min
1918 Armistice: The Six-Hour Gap That Killed Henry Gunther at 10:59
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By late September 1918 Germany was starving under the British blockade, sick with Spanish flu an...
11 Okt 21min
Varangian Guard: Basil II's Axemen, Harald Hardrada and Anglo-Saxon Exiles
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Varangian Guard grew out of the Rus, Norse traders and rowers from eastern Sweden who worked...
11 Okt 24min
