My Great-Grandfather's War: Lt-Gen Thomas Snow & The Somme

My Great-Grandfather's War: Lt-Gen Thomas Sno...

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SAS Hijacked A Fascist Train To Liberate A Concentration Camp

Today, we uncover a forgotten SAS mission straight out of a war thriller: an elite unit jumps the chain of command and hijacks a 'pirate train', turning it into a weapon against fascist Italy. Their goal? To launch a surprise attack deep behind enemy lines on an Italian concentra ...  عرض المزيد

The Rise and Fall of the Boleyns

We trace the extraordinary rise and fall of the House of Boleyn. From humble Norfolk tenant farmers, the Boleyns used everything from wool trading to the diplomatic service to climb to the heights of Tudor power.Novelist and historian Philippa Gregory joins us to explain this fam ...  عرض المزيد

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Napoleon's Greatest Victory: Austerlitz
Warfare

December 2nd is a special date for those fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte. Not only is this the date he crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804, but also the date of his greatest victory a year later, the Battle of Austerlitz. James Rogers is joined by world-leading historian A ...  عرض المزيد

Rommel: The Desert Fox
Warfare

Known as the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel was one of Germany's greatest military leaders. Having soared through the ranks after numerous victories during the First World War, he became an integral part of the Axis command, and he was one of the few who held Hitler's ear. But how did ...  عرض المزيد

The Battle of the Somme
Short History Of...

The Battle of the Somme was supposed to be the joint British-French offensive that would win the First World War. A string of battles spread over five months, it involved everything from cavalry charges, poison gas, and the debut of the tank. But the Somme was anything but victor ...  عرض المزيد

Dan Carlin of Hardcore History on Why the German Military Was Better in WW1 Than WW2
History Unplugged Podcast

I was honored on this episode to interview Dan Carlin, whose podcast Hardcore History is the biggest history podcast in existence. It regularly features shows of 5-6 hours in length covering everything from the Mongol invasions to doomsday prophets of the Reformation. I met up wi ...  عرض المزيد