Category: Podcasts
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2810 – The Battle of Stony Point, 1779
July 15th 1779. The night was dark, the soldiers were ordered to fix bayonets and unload their rifles. Men exhausted; a 14 mile road march in the dead of summer that started at noon got them to this point. Anxiety filled the air as Washington’s men set to take back Stony Point. What took 20…
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The People’s Army in the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish civil war has been highlighted as an important prelude to WWII with Germany, Italy and Russia providing men and materiel for the Republican and Nationalist forces. Augmenting this were other foreign fighters forming the international Brigades. In this episode we’ll explore this conflict to see how much influence it had on the Second…
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2809 – John Hawkwood, The Greatest Mercenary of His Age pt.2
By 1365 the English mercenary John Hawkwood had an army of 7,000 horses with 43 corporals under him serving cities in Italy. With this army his reputation grew and grew. With his new force Hawkwood turned his attention on Florence. The Florentines (as one of the richest cities in Italy) responded by paying off Hawkwood…
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The British Army and the Anti-Locust Campaign
In this episode we’ll be looking at the British army’s Middle-East Anti-locust Unit (MEALU). Due to locust threatening local food crops in the middle east, and to prevent valuable shipping space being used to import food the unit was created, and tasked with waging war on locust. Joining Angus is Athol Yates. Athol is Assistant…
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2808 -John Hawkwood, The Greatest Mercenary of His Age
The greatest mercenary commander of the 14th century, inspiration for historians, poets, novelists and playwrights, John Hawkwood is a name everyone should know. 14th century Europe was a plagued with incessant warfare. The Hundred Years’ War began between France and England in 1337 and would last until the middle of the next century. Other conflicts…
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AW101 – The emperor Claudius at war
Though not known for his martial prowess, Claudius, like many Roman emperors before and after, needed a military victory to cement his position. Britain was the ideal target. The team discuss Ancient Warfare Magazine XIII.6. >>Download<<
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WSS40 – Sculpting with Paul Hicks
Guy, Jasper and Angus return for a new episode. They discuss their recent Kriegsspiel with the Too Fat Lardies (they lost) and we have an interview with sculpting genius Paul Hicks. >>Download<< Links Infamy, infamy Triumph Mortem et Gloriam Perry Victrix
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The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
In this episode we’re looking at the British decryption efforts centred around Bletchley Park. I’m sure to some extent you’re all aware of the German cypher machine Enigma which proved so challenging to crack, but how much more do you know of British Government Code and Cypher School, which was housed at Bletchley Park during…
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2807 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge
By the beginning of September 1066, King Harold II was in a quandary. Expecting Duke William of Normandy to invade, he had summoned the fyrd (what passed for the army in Anglo-Saxon times; made up of a proportion of the freemen of each shire who were required to perform military service in defence of the…
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2806 – Lieutenant-General Sir Jeffrey Amherst and the Conquest of New France
The Seven Years War, fought from 1756 to 1763, pitted the alliance of France, Austria, Sweden, Saxony, Russia and Spain; against Great Britain, Prussia and Hanover. The first truly world war, campaigns in the war were fought in Europe, India, North America, and on the oceans throughout the world. In the North American theater of…