Military Camouflage: Khaki Mud, Cubist Camoufleurs and Dazzle Ships
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!For most of history armies wanted to be seen. Julius Caesar painted his scout ships Venetian blu...
11 Okt 26min
The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna's Snow March, Friendly Fire and Bowie's Sickbed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1835 Mexico repealed its federalist Constitution of 1824 for a centralized republic and moved...
11 Okt 22min
Kettle War 1784: Joseph II, the Closed Scheldt and One Shot at a Pot
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1585, during the Dutch Revolt against Spain, the northern Dutch Republic closed the River Sch...
11 Okt 22min
The 335 Years' War: Admiral Tromp, the Isles of Scilly and a 1986 Peace
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By 1648 Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarians had driven the Royalists west through Cornwall until ...
11 Okt 20min
Siege of Candia 1648 to 1669: Venice's 21-Year Stand Against the Ottomans
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1644 the Knights of Malta seized an Ottoman convoy sailing from Constantinople to Alexandria,...
11 Okt 22min
Subutai, Mongol General: Kalka's Nine-Day Retreat to the Trap at Mohi
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1221 the King of Georgia wrote to the Pope that he could not send his knights to the Fifth Cr...
11 Okt 23min
Borodino 1812: Bagration's Flèches, 300 Idle Guns and the Unused Guard
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On September 7, 1812, about 250,000 men fought near the village of Borodino, roughly 70 miles we...
11 Okt 22min
Wounded Knee 1890: Hotchkiss Guns, Black Coyote and 19 Medals of Honor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By 1890 the Lakota had lost treaty lands and the bison, the center of Plains life, and depended ...
11 Okt 25min
