Vimy Ridge 1917: Sound Ranging, Subways and the Canadian Corps' Assault
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Vimy Ridge, a seven kilometer escarpment rising about 60 meters over the Douai Plain, had been h...
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Karánsebes 1788: Schnapps, a Misheard Halt and an Army That Routed Itself
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On the night of 21 to 22 September 1788, during the Austro-Turkish War, a Habsburg army of about...
11 Okt 21min
Samurai Through 1,000 Years: Tax-Dodging Archers to Self-Abolished Elite
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the eighth century, Japan's conscript peasant armies were useless against the Emishi, mounted...
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Battle of the Herrings 1429: Fastolf's Wagon Fort and Joan of Arc's Omen
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In February 1429 the English had besieged Orléans since October, and the countryside was strippe...
11 Okt 23min
Crassus at Carrhae 53 BC: Surena's Camel-Borne Arrows and a Severed Head
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Marcus Licinius Crassus was the richest man in the Roman Republic and one third of the First Tri...
11 Okt 23min
The Phalanx: Hoplite Aspis, Macedonian Sarissa and Rome's Win at Pydna
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Packed shield walls bristling with spears appear as early as the Sumerian Stele of the Vultures ...
11 Okt 22min
Third Punic War: Carthage Disarmed, Then Destroyed by Scipio Aemilianus
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After Zama, Carthage owed Rome 10,000 silver talents over 50 years and could not wage war even i...
11 Okt 25min
Robert the Bruce's Long Road: Comyn's Murder to a Heart Carried to Spain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Robert the Bruce was born in 1274, likely at Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire, and raised between tw...
11 Okt 22min
