Crimean War 1853 to 1856: Telegraph, Rifles and the Sevastopol Winter
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Crimean War of 1853 to 1856 pitted Russia against the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and th...
11 Okt 25min
Boxer Rebellion 1900: Spirit Soldiers, Cixi's War and the 55-Day Siege
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Between 1899 and 1901 a movement of teenagers and unemployed farmers in northern China, the Soci...
11 Okt 24min
Boshin War: Forged Imperial Banner, Gatling Guns and the Republic of Ezo
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan's ports open in 1854, the unequal treaties stripped t...
11 Okt 24min
Poitiers 1356: The Black Prince's Hidden Flank Attack Captures King John
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1355 Edward the Black Prince arrived in Bordeaux as his father's lieutenant, defending Gascon...
11 Okt 22min
John J. Pershing: Free Tuition Cadet to General of the Armies
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Joseph Pershing was born in rural Missouri in 1860 into a family hit hard by the post Civil...
11 Okt 26min
Thirty Years' War: The Defenestration of Prague to the Peace of Westphalia
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In May 1618 Protestant nobles at Prague Castle threw two Catholic imperial representatives and t...
11 Okt 22min
Las Navas de Tolosa 1212: A Shepherd's Secret Pass Breaks the Almohads
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After King Alfonso VIII of Castile was routed by the Almohads at Alarcos in 1195, the Christian ...
11 Okt 24min
War of Jenkins' Ear: A Pickled Ear, Too-Short Ladders at Cartagena
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1738 sea captain Robert Jenkins stood before the British Parliament holding a jar of pickling...
11 Okt 21min
