Bite-Sized History

Let's look at some of the most likely turning points of the American Civil War: the Battle of Antietam (1862), the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), and the Fall of Atlanta (1864). We'll also take a look at some other possible candidates like the Trent Affair and the death of Stonewall Jackson.

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Today we take a brief look at the composition and tactics of armies during the Crusades. 

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This episode is all about looking at various figures to understand the Great War. We look at casualty numbers, division structures, naval strengths, national populations, and artillery shell production. 

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Today we look at Barbara Tuchman's WW1 classic "The Guns of August" and examine three key aspects of the first summer of the war: the Schlieffen Plan, the turning of world opinion against Germany, and the British Expeditionary Force.

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Today we examine "Storm of Steel", one of the most famous memoirs of the First World War. It was written by a frontline stormtrooper officer named Ernst Jünger. He was highly decorated and was wounded multiple times. In Storm of Steel he outlines daily life in the trenches but also offers opinions on topics like morale, honour, tactics, and camaraderie. It was written in 1920.

The version I used is the 1929 English translation of the 1920 German original. It was translated by Basil Creighton.

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Let's take a look at the basics of the Great War. Why it's important as well as the details of how, where, and why it started. This is Bite-Sized History.

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