@historynetwork

Trying to be a history podcast specialist...

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3305 – The Battle of Montgisard thehistorynetwork.org/3305-t…

3305 - The Battle of Montgisard - The History Network

‘Founded at the conclusion of the First Crusade in 1099, The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was always in a precarious position. It was surrounded by Muslim enemies and suffered from a lack of resources...

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AW239 – Imperium Romanum thehistorynetwork.org/aw239-…

AW239 - Imperium Romanum - The History Network

Imperium Romanum is a YouTube channel dedicated to bringing history to life, with documentaries looking at everything Ancient Rome; from the army and military equipment to politics, religion,...

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3304 – Epaminondas of Thebes – Part 2 thehistorynetwork.org/3304-e…

3304 - Epaminondas of Thebes – Part 2 - The History Network

Epaminondas’ victory at Leuctra created the Theban Hegemony, a brief period where Thebes dominated Greek politics. There has always been criticism that when Thebes defeated Sparta at the battle of...

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WSS66 – The Butterfly Effect thehistorynetwork.org/wss66-…

WSS66 - The Butterfly Effect - The History Network

In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Magazine podcast, the team discuss the butterfly effect. This is not how a butterfly might flap its wings and cause a typhoon, but rather, how...

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AW207 – Hadrian’s Wall thehistorynetwork.org/aw207-…

AW207 - Hadrian's Wall - The History Network

It is the 1,900th anniversary of the building of Hadrian’s Wall, that is if it was begun in AD 122 and not AD 119. Not only is there doubt over the year construction was started on the wall, but we...

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WSS64 – Art of articles thehistorynetwork.org/wss64-…

WSS64 - Art of articles - The History Network

In this episode of the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy podcast, the team discuss what makes a good article for the magazine. Guy gives us his criteria and the twitterverse tells us what they think....

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Rodolfo Graziani thehistorynetwork.org/rodolf…

Rodolfo Graziani - The History Network

Rodolfo Graziani, Marshal of Italy, Viceroy of Ethiopia and one of Mussolini’s most valued generals remains to this day a divisive figure in his homeland. Revered by some Italians as a patriot and...

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AW182 – Warfare in the Age of Homer thehistorynetwork.org/aw182-…
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3104 – Thomas Henry Kavanagh – The ‘First’ Civilian Victoria Cross thehistorynetwork.org/3104-t…

3104 - Thomas Henry Kavanagh – The ‘First’ Civilian Victoria Cross - The History Network

When the Indian Mutiny broke out in May 1857, members of the Honourable East India Company became involved. Soon, several outstandingly brave deeds by them and other volunteer civilians were reported...

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AW171 – The Bronze Lie thehistorynetwork.org/aw171-…

AW171 - The Bronze Lie - The History Network

Ancient Warfare regular Myke Cole has a new book available, The Bronze Lie. In this episode of the podcast Murray and Mark discuss the book with Myke. ‘The Bronze Lie’ explores the Spartans’ arms and...

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158 – The Neo-Assyrian Empire at war thehistorynetwork.org/158-th…

158 - The Neo-Assyrian Empire at war - The History Network

Famously warlike and imperialistic, the Neo-Assyrians cut a swathe across the ancient Near East. Surviving artwork and written sources give us clues as to how they accomplished this. The team discuss...

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WSS52 – Is it real or is it fantasy? thehistorynetwork.org/wss52-…

WSS52 - Is it real or is it fantasy? - The History Network

In the last episode the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy team touched upon ‘range’ as a concept on the tabletop. The guys thought they would revisit the topic and consider how range effects the games...

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Episode 141 of the @thewwepodcast - Eighth Army versus Rommel thehistorynetwork.org/eighth…

Eighth Army versus Rommel - The History Network

Cast your minds back to episode 103 Angus discussed Eric Dorman-Smith with James Colvin. At that time James was busy researching and writing a book looking at the British Army in North Africa, its...

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How do you kill a Panther tank? Have a listen to #theww2podcast thehistorynetwork.org/how-to…

How to kill a Panther tank - The History Network

It’s a simple question, how do you knock out a Panther tank? When the ‘boffins’ in Britain got hold of a Panther it’s the question they were tasked with finding an answer for. Using official reports...

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3002 – The Vicksburg Campaign (part 2) thehistorynetwork.org/3002-t…

3002 - The Vicksburg Campaign (part 2) - The History Network

On May 18, 1863, Major General Ulysses S. Grant achieved the objective he had sought for months. Union troops surrounded Vicksburg on three sides, and on its west side, Admiral David Porter’s...

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AW137 – The Greco-Persian Wars thehistorynetwork.org/aw137-…

AW137 - The Greco-Persian Wars - The History Network

In the late sixth-century BC, it became clear that the expanding Persian Empire and the Greek city states in Asia and the Aegean would soon come into conflict… The Ancient Warfare Magazine team...

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2910 – After Cannae: Dark Days for the Roman Republic thehistorynetwork.org/2910-a…

2910 - After Cannae: Dark Days for the Roman Republic - The History Network

At the Battle of Cannae, 2 August, 216 B.C., Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca administered one of Rome’s most crushing military defeats. Depending upon the ancient source, Roman losses on the...

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AW133 – Coups, successes and failures thehistorynetwork.org/aw133-…

AW133 - Coups, successes and failures - The History Network

In this episode the Ancient Warfare team are between issues of the magazine so Mark suggested they discuss coups in the ancient world. For those who are not already patrons of the podcast, we’ve...

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In an extra bonus episode Angus discusses the discover of the recordings of the 746th Far East Air Force Band, made in the Philippines just after #WWII thehistorynetwork.org/the-74…

The 746th Far East Air Force Band - The History Network

Richard Burt was part of the the 746th Far East Air Force Band, based in the Philippines. At the end of WWII just before the band were split up, using a single microphone they recorded a final...

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In this episode of the WW2 podcast we’ll be looking at economics and the economists who shaped the second world war and the post war world. thehistorynetwork.org/econom…

Economists at War - The History Network

Any long protracted conflict is reliant upon the resources that can be brought bear, in which case war is not just about military success. In this episode of the podcast we’ll be looking at economics...

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