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1601 Violence and ‘Red Rubber’ in the Belgian Congo
Welcome back to the first episode of this season! This season we’ve decided to have a theme running through the season and that is Africa! So we’ll be looking at the last charge at Omdurman, the...
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1602 Ranald Mackenzie, part 1
On January 20, 1889, the following death notice appeared in the New York Times: “MACKENZIE—At New Brighton, Staten Island, on the 19th of January, Brig. Gen. Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, United States...
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1603 The Battle of Omdurman
“Ye Sons of Great Britain! come join with me And sing in praise of the gallant British Armie, That behaved right manfully in the Soudan, At the great battle of Omdurman.” So go the opening lines of The...
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1604 K-278 Komsomolets
May 8, 1945 marked the end of the War in Europe while August 15 marked the same in the Pacific theatre. With the defeated nations being occupied and made into new allies, an entirely different conflict...
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1605 Arctic Convoys
For a year Britain and her Commonwealth stood alone against Germany, in June 1941 Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, invading Russia. Churchill was desperate for allies, the Stalin had been openly...
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1606 Ranald Slidell Mackenzie: The Indian War
In part two of our Ranald Slidell Mackenzie series we follow his career after the American Civil War. Following the Civil War, Mackenzie reverted to the rank of Captain and rejoined the Corps of...
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1607 Antiochus the Great
Few ancient states could match the scope and power of the Seleucid Empire. Founded in the late 4th century BC by Seleucus Nikator, a former officer of Alexander the Great, the Seleucid Empire at its...
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1608 The Battle of Adwa
The Battle of Adwa stands out during the scramble for Africa, it was was that rare event of a native African army defeating a well equipped, modern European force. Italy was late the the game when it...
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1609 Lettow-Vorbeck and the defence of German East Africa
As part of our loose Africa theme for this season we’ve decided to rerun this look at Lettow-Vorbeck, originally released as two episodes we’ve put them together for one bumper length episode. The...
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1610 Operation Compass
The Desert War or Western Desert Campaign was one of the two major stages of the North Africa Campaign of WW2. The Western Desert was crucial to the allied forces being able to continue their fight...
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