Join Chris and Luke in the bunker as they recount the battle of Hastings. The beer this episode is Fuller’s London Porter. Bunker rating: 4 bullets out of 5.

http://media.blubrry.com/429895/archive.org/download/battlecasthastings/battlecasthastings.mp3

Download episode 2 here: download

References:

Bradbury, Jim. The Battle of Hastings.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Sturluson, Snorri. The Saga of King Harold

Bloch, R. Howard. A Needle in the Right Hand of God.

Freeman, Edward. William the Conqueror.

Jenkins, Simon. A Short History of England.

Join us in the bunker this week as we recount the harrowing tale of Dien Bien Phu. Dien Bien Phu was fought between the French and Vietnamese in 1954. The battle is a classic example of encirclement warfare. Our beer this week is 33 export beer out of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

http://media.blubrry.com/429895/archive.org/download/BattlecastDienBienPhuUpdate2/battlecast%20dien%20bien%20phu%20update2.mp3

Download episode 1 here: download

Works cited for this episode:

Fall, Bernard. Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu.

Maclear, Michael. The Ten Thousand Day War.

Christian Appy. Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from all Sides.

Douglas Porch. The French Foreign Legion.