The Battle of Waterloo, fought on 18 June 1815, brought the Napoleonic Wars to a decisive end. In this episode, we follow Napoleon's final gamble, Wellington's defensive stand, and the arrival of the Prussians that sealed France's defeat. Rain, mud, cannon fire, and catastrophic timing collide in a battle that ended an era and reshaped Europe.

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The Soviet–Afghan War, fought between 1979 and 1989, was a brutal conflict that reshaped Afghanistan, weakened the Soviet Union, and helped redraw the global Cold War map. In this episode, we explore the invasion, the mujahideen resistance, foreign involvement, and the long shadow the war cast over both Afghanistan and the wider world.

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The Battle of White Mountain, fought on 8 November 1620 near Prague, was a short, brutal battle with enormous consequences. In less than two hours, the Protestant Bohemian army collapsed, the Habsburgs secured control of Bohemia, and the Thirty Years' War escalated into one of Europe's deadliest conflicts. This episode explores how a seemingly minor engagement triggered decades of war, religious persecution, and political upheaval across the continent.

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The Battle of Bosworth, fought on 22 August 1485, was the clash that ended the Wars of the Roses and reshaped English history. In this episode, we follow the final hours of King Richard III, the rise of Henry Tudor, and the chaotic battlefield decisions that changed the crown forever. Politics, betrayal, mud, steel, and one very famous last stand.

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In 52 BCE Julius Caesar trapped Vercingetorix in the hilltop oppidum of Alesia, ringed it with miles of earthworks, then fought off a massive Gallic relief force from a second line. This episode explains the double fortifications, the cavalry battles, the relief assaults, and how surrender turned the Gallic War.

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In 1916 the German army struck at Verdun to bleed France white. For ten grim months forts like Douaumont and Vaux changed hands, artillery ruled the field, and the Voie Sacrée kept the French line alive. This episode explains Falkenhayn's plan, Pétain's rotation system, the fortress battles, and why Verdun became a symbol of national endurance.

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In September 1513, Scotland's King James IV met the Earl of Surrey near Branxton Moor. Scottish pike formations advanced off high ground into boggy slopes, where English bills and longbows bit hard. Flodden ended with a broken host, fallen nobles and a slain king, reshaping power on both sides of the border.

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Between 1013 and 1016, England was torn by Danish invasions, shifting allegiances and brutal campaigning. This episode tracks how Sweyn Forkbeard's seizure of power set the stage, how Æthelred's return faltered, how Edmund Ironside fought back, and how Cnut finally secured the crown after Assandun and a hard political settlement with the English elite.

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Join us as we explore the dramatic clash between the US 7th Cavalry and the united Lakota and Cheyenne forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Learn how strategy, leadership, and overconfidence shaped one of history's most iconic last stands.

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In July 1943 Germany launched Operation Citadel to pinch off the Kursk salient. Tigers, Panthers and Ferdinands met layered Soviet defences packed with mines, guns and trenches, then crashed into massed armour at Prokhorovka. This episode unpacks why Citadel stalled, how Soviet depth and artillery decided the fight, and how the counteroffensives seized the initiative for good.

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