HeyJaredForgotten Wars
Forgotten Wars covers the conflicts overlooked in popular history. Journey to World War One in East Africa with an undefeated German General, trek across Siberia during the Russian Revolution with a lost Czech legion, watch as Britain bombards Chinese forts in service to the…
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Japanese Blitzkrieg - Collapse in Malaya (opens the original)
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It’s the British Empires turn to endure the Japanese Blitzkrieg. Malaya and Singapore are meant to be the strongholds of the empire in the east, but behind the façade alies a highly fragile reality. As Japanese troops pour into Malaya, Britain is about to face the consequences of two decades of blunders. #history #militaryhistory #worldwar2 # britishempire #historynerd #pacificwar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Japanese Blitzkrieg - The Fall of the Philippines (opens the original)
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December 1941. The world looks on in horror as American ships burn at Pearl Harbour. But Pearl Harbour is only one part of a vast surprise offensive. Its goal: nothing less than the conquest of Southeast Asia. Starting with the Philippines, in this new series we’ll follow the Japanese Blitzkrieg as it sweeps across the Pacific, overrunning empires that had taken centuries to build and changing the fate of Southeast Asia forever. #Worldwar2 #pacificwar #history #militaryhistory #historynerd Hoste
The Plot that Started the Boer War - The Jameson Raid (opens the original)
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There’s Gold in Them There Hills! It’s 1896, and the Boer Republic of the Transvaal is awash with gold after the largest gold discovery in human history. Yet even as they celebrate their newfound riches, in the shadows a conspiracy is forming to seize control of their entire nation. Cecil Rhodes—arch-imperialist and the richest man in South Africa—is about to launch one of the most daring and disastrous adventures in the history of the British Empire: The Jameson Raid. #history #militaryhistory
The Miracle that Saved Europe - The Polish Soviet War (opens the original)
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It's 1920, and out of the wreckage of the First World War a new, fragile Polish state has emerged. But to the east a storm is coming. The Red Army of Vladmir Lenin is racing across the steppes, determined to spread the Revolution at the point of a bayonet. Poland stands in their path - the red bridge into the heart of Europe. The future of Poland, and perhaps Europe itself, hangs in the balance. #history #militaryhistory #sovietunion, #poland #war #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv
Bootleggers VS The Klan - Prohibition Wars (opens the original)
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1920s America. A land of jazz, Prohibition, gangsters and prosperity. But in southern Illinois, a war is raging. The local Ku Klux Klan is mobilising to wipe out bootlegging once and for all. There’s just one problem. The bootleggers are going to fight back . #america #gangsters #militaryhistory #history Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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