Episodes

  • The Rif War Part 1 Madness in the Mountains

    The Rif War Part 1 Madness in the Mountains
    Feb 20 2025
    Join me as we head into the mountains of the Rif for our 10th episode. Spain thinks conquering northern Morocco will be easy, but is soon facing devastating defeats, a General who loses his mind and one of the greatest guerilla forces in history.

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    50 mins
  • The Spanish American War Part 4 - The Thriller in Manila

    The Spanish American War Part 4 - The Thriller in Manila
    Feb 9 2025
    In the last episode our mini-series on the Spanish American War, America takes the war to Spain's possession in the Pacific. America will eventually triumph, yet its success will sow the seeds of a new war that will be even more bloody.

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    30 mins
  • The Spanish American War Part 3 - Blood, Guts and San Juan

    The Spanish American War Part 3 - Blood, Guts and San Juan
    Jan 30 2025
    Outside the walls of Santiago the final battle for Cuba rages. Teddy and his Rough Riders will make their famous charge and the US Navy will win a great victory, but on land this will be no easy victory.

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    31 mins
  • The Spanish American War Part 2 - Enter the Rough Riders

    The Spanish American War Part 2 - Enter the Rough Riders
    Jan 23 2025
    America goes to war with Spain, yet it will soon have to prove if it's army is up to the job. As chaos & incompetence grip the American war effort, Teddy Roosevelt forms the famous Rough Riders. Led by perhaps the most incompetent General in American history, they will soon be battling the Spanish in the jungles of Cuba

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    32 mins
  • The Spanish American War Part 1 - Remember the Maine!

    The Spanish American War Part 1 - Remember the Maine!
    Jan 14 2025
    Cuba is racked by war as rebels fight to be free of Spanish rule, neighbouring America is emerging as a Great Power on the World Scene. Join me as Spain and America collide leading to the birth of American Empire.

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    38 mins
  • The Czechoslovak Legion in the Russian Revolution

    The Czechoslovak Legion in the Russian Revolution
    Jan 1 2025
    As World War One rages on and Russia collapses into revolution and civil war, the Czech Legion embarks on an epic journey across Siberia to get to the western front. As they travel across one of the most hostile environments on earth, they will face German plots, Bolshevik attacks and White Russian hostility.

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    39 mins
  • Haitian Inferno - Liberty and Death in the Haitian Revolution

    Haitian Inferno - Liberty and Death in the Haitian Revolution
    Dec 7 2024
    What do Voodoo priests, Slaves fighting for their freedom and Napoleon Bonaparte have in common? The Haitian Revolution! After the slaves of Haiti rose up and overthrew their French masters, Napoleon sends a vast army to restore French rules and reimpose slavery. Yet he had underestimated the man the French would come to call the Black Spartacus, Toussaint L'Ouverture

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    42 mins
  • The Winter War: Finland's fight for survival

    The Winter War: Finland's fight for survival
    Nov 20 2024
    As World Two rages in Europe, Finland has to fight its own desperate struggle for survival as it is invaded by the full might of the Soviet Union. The Finns would earn the respect of world and legends would be born in this epic David and Goliath struggle.

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    33 mins