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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In September 1759 a silent night run on the St Lawrence put British regulars on the heights west of Quebec. At dawn their two-rank line held fire, then delivered a crushing close-range volley that broke Montcalm's advance and forced the city's fall days later. This episode traces the river gamble at Anse-au-Foulon, the short but decisive exchange on the plateau, and how Quebec's loss unpicked New France.

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In June 1314, Robert Bruce met Edward II near Stirling and turned tight ground, drilled schiltrons, and smart timing into a decisive Scottish win. This episode explains why the approaches mattered, how the spearmen advanced, where the archers were blunted, and how Bannockburn shifted the wider war and Scotland's future.

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In the year 9CE, a Roman army marching through the Teutoburg Forest met a storm of javelins, mud, and deception. Led by Arminius, Germanic warriors smashed three legions under Publius Quinctilius Varus at the narrow defiles near Kalkriese, turning Rome's advance into a retreat and forcing a strategic rethink on the Rhine. In this episode we unpack the ambush plan, the chaos along the choke points, the desperate night camps, and the aftermath that brought Germanicus's reprisals and a new frontier strategy.

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