Siege of Mafeking: Baden-Powell's Fake Minefields and Bicycle Cadets
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before the Second Boer War broke out in 1899, Lord Wolseley sent Colonel Robert Baden-Powell to ...
11 Okt 27min
Peninsular War: Guerrillas, Torres Vedras and Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!France and Spain began the Peninsular War of 1807 to 1814 as allies, but the joint fleet's destr...
11 Okt 21min
Maxim Gun: Recoil-Powered Fire, Water Jackets and the Failed Extra Light
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before Hiram Maxim, rapid-fire weapons such as the Gatling and Nordenfelt guns were hand cranked...
11 Okt 29min
Hundred Years' War: Salic Law, the Mad King and Castillon's Cannons
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!English kings were sovereign at home but, as holders of the Duchy of Aquitaine, vassals who had ...
11 Okt 22min
Adrianople 378: Emperor Valens, the Gothic Wagon Fort and a Roman Crush
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 376 two Gothic groups fleeing the Huns reached the Danube, and their leaders Fritigern and Al...
11 Okt 21min
Levée en Masse 1793: Revolutionary France Drafts an Entire Nation
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before the French Revolution, Europe fought cabinet wars with small professional armies, and Fre...
11 Okt 20min
French Foreign Legion: Declared Identities, Binôme Pairs and Danjou's Hand
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The French Foreign Legion, drawn from about 140 nationalities, began in 1831 as a practical fix ...
11 Okt 20min
English Longbow: Mary Rose Yew Bows, 160-Pound Draws and Warped Spines
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Almost no medieval longbows survived the damp European soil, so ideas about England's great war ...
11 Okt 25min
