Episode – 1472 : The Battle of Carrhae Podcast Transcript In the year 53 BC, Rome suffered one of the greatest military defeats in its history. A Roman army led […]
Episode – 1447 : The French Foreign Legion
Episode – 1447 : The French Foreign Legion Podcast Transcript A popular topic of films has been the French Foreign Legion. The French Foreign Legion was supposed to be an […]
Episode – 1443 : Phillip II of Macedon
Episode – 1443 : Phillip II of Macedon Podcast Transcript Alexander the Great was one of the most famous people from the ancient world. He defeated a vastly larger Persian […]
Episode – 1436 : The War of 1812
Episode – 1436 : The War of 1812 Podcast Transcript After the American War of Independence, Britain recognized the United States, but it didn’t necessarily make them close allies. Each […]
Episode – 1431 : D-Day
Episode – 1431 : D-Day Podcast Transcript On June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious landing in world history took place on the shore of Normandy, France. The allied forces called […]
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module Podcast Transcript When President John F. Kennedy set the objective of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s, no […]
Episode – 1426 : Questions and Answers: Volume 19
Episode – 1426 : Questions and Answers: Volume 19 Podcast Transcript The month of June was originally called Iunius by the Romans. Back then it had 29 days and was […]
Episode – 1425 : The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Episode – 1425 : The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Podcast Transcript In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would […]
Episode – 1420 : The Batan Death March
Episode – 1420 : The Batan Death March Podcast Transcript On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia. […]
Episode – 1787 : The Bataan Death March
Episode – 1787 : The Bataan Death March Podcast Transcript On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia. […]
Episode – 1418 : Joan of Arc
Episode – 1418 : Joan of Arc Podcast Transcript In 1428, a young girl from the village of Domrémy, France, audaciously set out to meet the heir apparent to the […]
Episode – 1417 : Nazis in South America
Episode – 1417 : Nazis in South America Podcast Transcript On May 11, 1960, an auto worker who went by the name Ricardo Klement stepped off the bus after his […]
Episode – 1416 : Yugoslavia
Episode – 1416 : Yugoslavia Podcast Transcript From 1929 to 1992, several governments ruled over the Balkans, all of whom used the name “Yugoslavia.” Yugoslavia was a country that began […]
Episode – 1413 : The Battle of Adrianople
Episode – 1413 : The Battle of Adrianople Podcast Transcript On August 9, 378, one of the most important battles in world history took place. While largely forgotten today, it was […]
Episode – 1411 : The Anaconda Plan
Episode – 1411 : The Anaconda Plan Podcast Transcript When the United States entered the Civil War, the Union needed a plan for its conduct of the conflict. General Windfield […]
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
Episode – 1408 : Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop […]
Episode – 1405 : Kamikazes
Episode – 1405 : Kamikazes Podcast Transcript In the last year of the Second World War, things were not going well for the Imperial Japanese military. They had lost several […]
Episode – 1404 : The 1956 Suez Crises
Episode – 1404 : The 1956 Suez Crises Podcast Transcript In 1956, one of the most important geopolitical events of the post-war period took place in Egypt. The Egyptian president […]
Episode – 1401 : Battle of Bannockburn
Episode – 1401 : Battle of Bannockburn Podcast Transcript In June of 1314, Scottish forces under the command of Robert the Bruce squared off against an English army led by […]
Episode – 1391 : Fifty-four Forty or Fight!
Episode – 1391 : Fifty-four Forty or Fight! Podcast Transcript By the early 19th century, the United States and Great Britain had already fought two wars with each other. Those […]