Forgotten Wars

Episodes

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  Mussolini's Folly - Disaster in the Alps 26.10.2026 50m

  Its 1940, Paris fallen to Hitler's army and France faces its darkest hour. Believing his neighbour is already a defeated nation, Benito Mussolini launches his army across the Alps in search of easy conquests. Instead he will suffer one his worst humiliations. #history #militaryhistory #italy #Mussolini #worldwar2 #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Holy Terror - The Siege of Mecca 1979 19.10.2026 59m

  1979 was a pivotal year in the Muslim world. Iran plunged into revolution, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and most shocking of all, armed fundamentalists seized control of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city.For two weeks they held out against everything the Saudi Kingdom could throw at them.It is a crisis that even today is barely discussed, either in the Muslim world or the West. Yet the shockwaves from those two weeks would transform Saudi Arabia and help fuel the rise of radical Islam across the world.#history #militaryhistory #historynerd #saudiarabia #siegeofmecca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The War over Bird Poop! The Battle for the Chincha Islands 12.10.2026 48m

  Today we cover one of history’s strangest wars. Find out how islands covered in bird poop and a drunken fight in a tavern, led to Spain fighting a war against most of South America. #peru #chile #history #militaryhistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Kingmakers Last Battle - The Battle of Barnet 05.10.2026 58m

  England has been torn apart by the epic rivalry between the Houses of York and Lancaster. The humble rose—the emblem of both houses—has become an omen of death and destruction across a ravaged land.On the battlefield of Barnet, two men are locked in a final struggle: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick—the man history remembers as the Kingmaker—and the very king he helped place upon the throne, Edward IV.Here, their feud will finally be settled. #militaryhistory #history #waroftheroses #england #englishhistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Japanese Blitzkrieg - Conquest of the Dutch East Indies 28.09.2026 54m

  The Empire of the Rising Sun stands on the edge of seizing the main target of its blitzkrieg, the Dutch East Indies. As the Dutch, Americans, Australians and British unite under a single command to resist the Japanese juggernaut, Japan will launch arguably its most brilliantly executed campaign of the entire war. #history #historynerd #pacificwar #militaryhistory #worldwar2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Japanese Blitzkrieg - Singapore Surrenders 21.09.2026 58m

  Fortress Singapore stands alone as the British and Commonwealth forces are humiliatingly driven out of Malaya. As General Percival continues to make blunder after blunder, General Yamashita is under immense pressure himself from Tokyo to win this campaign quickly. The scene is set for an epic battle that will end in Britain's worst ever humiliation. #pacificwar #militaryhistory #history #historynerd #singapore #worldwar2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Japanese Blitzkrieg - Collapse in Malaya 14.09.2026 55m

  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.
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  Japanese Blitzkrieg - The Fall of the Philippines 07.09.2026 56m

  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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Plot that Started the Boer War - The Jameson Raid 31.08.2026 54m

  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 #southafrica #boerwar #britishempire #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Miracle that Saved Europe - The Polish Soviet War 23.08.2026 57m

  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/privacy for more information.
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  Bootleggers VS The Klan - Prohibition Wars 17.08.2026 49m

  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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  Rome’s Most Corrupt War - The Jugurthine War 12.07.2026 57m

  The enemies of Ancient Rome tried many different tactics to defeat them, from the ambushes of Arminius, to the legendary Parthian cavalry archers, who turned the sky black with their arrows. However Jugurtha, King of Numidia, had the most unique strategy of all. He tried to bribe every Roman he came into contact with, usually with remarkable success.The Jugurthine War would undermine faith in the Roman Republic, while bringing to prominence ambitious and dangerous men such as Marius and Sulla. The seeds of their great rivalry would be sown in the sands of North Africa, eventually to engulf the state in the first of many civil wars. Rome would regret ever hearing the name Jugurtha.#history #romanempire #militaryhistory #Romans #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  America's Deadliest Riot - The New York Drafts Riot 06.07.2026 56m

  What was the worst riot in American History? Watts in 1965? Detroit in 1967? The LA riots in 1992 after the Rodney King beating? These were nothing compared to the mackdaddy of them all, the New York City Draft riots. The Big Apple in 1863 was a vast pressure cooker just waiting to blow, riven by racial and class tensions, combined with disillusionment towards the Civil War raging outside. When Abraham Lincoln introduced a draft to fill the depleted ranks of the Union Army, violence exploded on an almost unimaginable scale. As the city descended into bloody chaos, it would take the same US army regiments that had just been victorious at Gettysburg to retake the streets. #history #militaryhistory #america #newyork #civilwar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  African Cold War Chaos - The Ogaden War 28.06.2026 52m

  The Cold War led to many crazy decisions and bizarre alliances, but the Ogaden War is up there with the best of them. As Ethiopia plunged into bloody red revolution, neighbouring Somalia spotted an opportunity to conquer the disputed Ogaden region. As the fighting raged, America and the Soviet Union swapped sides mid war, while Castro’s Cuba even got involved. It would all end with a destabilised East Africa, helping to set in motion events such as the collapse of the Somali state, the Black Hawk Down incident, and the piracy crisis in the Horn of Africa. #coldwar #history #militaryhistory #historynerd #america #eastafrica Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Bombing of Darwin - Australia's Pearl Harbour 21.06.2026 55m

  It's 1942 and as the Japanese juggernaut overruns South-east Asia, the eyes of the Empire of the Rising Sun fall on the Australian Port of Darwin. What followed was a devastating air raid, a tale of individual heroism and massive official incompetence. Most of all it is a story of the unthinkable happening, and a whole city having to live with the consequences that World War 2 had finally reached Australia’s shores. #history #militaryhistory #worldwar2 #pacifictheatre #australia #historynerds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The French & Indian War Part 5 - The Final Showdown 15.06.2026 51m

  1759 is the year when everything changed, the year of victories for the British and the colonists, the year that the back of French power in North America was finally broken. Wolfe is about to lead an army against the fortress city of Quebec, the beating heart of New France. Awaiting him is the legendary warlord Montcalm, undefeated so far in this conflict. The two best Generals Britain and France ever sent to North America are about to clash, their epic struggle will decide the future of the whole continent. #history #militaryhistory #britishempire #britain #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The French & Indian War Part 4 - Louisbourg to Ticonderoga 07.06.2026 47m

  Britain is at its lowest point in the war, its army’s once again failing to make progress, its dreams for North America seemingly gone up in smoke along with the smouldering ruins of Fort William Henry. But change is in the air, new leadership is on the way, and soon fresh armies will be heading to the new world. Soon the British and the colonists will go from the ecstasy of triumph at Louisbourg, to the bloody failure that was Ticonderoga. #history #militaryhistory #america #britishempire #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The French & Indian War Part 3 - Rogers Rangers 01.06.2026 54m

  In this episode we take a break from the main narrative to focus on one of the most remarkable units in American history; Rogers Rangers. Like so many innovations, they were born out of dire necessity. Britain was suffering defeat after defeat trying to use conventional tactics on the wild frontier. What worked on the plains of Europe, instead caused massacres when applied to the endless forests and lakes of North America. Robert Rogers, a soon to be legendary frontiersmen, had the solution: the Redcoats and colonial militia must learn to fight like Native Americans.  He would form the rangers, a motley band of bushrangers, frontiersmen and Indian fighters; who would take on the French and their Indian allies at their own game. They would become lethal shadows of the forest, earning French fear and Indian respect. #history #militaryhistory #war #america #history #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The French & Indian War Part 2 - The French Strike Back! 25.05.2026 58m

  In the shadow of Braddock's defeat, Britain's other offensives in 1755 have distinctly mixed results. As the war spreads to Europe and then around the world, Britain and her colonists must now fight for their very lives, as the French go all out for total victory. It will all end with France's greatest victory of the war at Fort William Henry, and also the wars most infamous atrocity. #britishempire #america #history #militaryhistory #historynerd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The French & Indian War Part 1 - Braddock's Expedition 18.05.2026 51m

  It is 1754 and for over 60 years the rival superpowers of Britain & France have waged wars, both hot & cold, across the North American continent. Into this ancient feud steps a young Virginian colonial militiaman named George Washington. His actions will ignite a war on the American frontier that will spread across the world and lead to one Britain's worst defeats, the truly terrible failure that was the Braddock Expedition. Join me for our new series on the French and Indian War! #britishempire #france #history #historynerd #militaryhistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.