Blenheim 1704: Marlborough's March to the Danube and the Trapped Village
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession, Louis XIV's French and their Bavarian allies ...
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Great Siege of Malta 1565: La Valette's Knights Outlast Suleiman
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11 Okt 24min
Lin Zexu and the Opium War: 1,420 Tons Destroyed and a Letter Never Read
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Under the Canton system, Qing China confined European merchants to the Thirteen Factories at Gua...
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Porus at the Hydaspes: The Elephant King Who Halted Alexander's March East
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 326 BC, after destroying the Achaemenid Empire and taking the mountain fortress of Aornos, Al...
11 Okt 24min
Agincourt 1415: Mud, Stakes and Henry V's Order to Kill the Prisoners
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Henry V invaded France in 1415 after failed talks in which he claimed the French crown and deman...
11 Okt 21min
Hattin 1187: Guy of Lusignan's Waterless March and the Fall of Jerusalem
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11 Okt 22min
Naseby 1645: Rupert's Runaway Cavalry and the King's Cabinet Opened
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After the Self-Denying Ordinance pushed aristocratic generals like the Earl of Essex and the Ear...
11 Okt 23min
Khalid ibn al-Walid: Uhud Victor Turned Sword of God, Then Dismissed
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Khalid ibn al-Walid was born into the Banu Makhzum, the clan of the Quraysh that bred Mecca's wa...
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