This week I talk about the Royal Navy’s plans for the Dardanelles and why ignoring history, logistics and the advice of people who genuinely know what they are doing or are on the spot at the time and can see this all unfolding leads to defeat.

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This week is the story of Max Horton and his submarine, E9, during the First World War…

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This week there is a special edition of me trying to explain why Reform UKs plan to close the Channel is “utter nonsense”.

Please excuse my exhaustion at the topic and there will be no more politics… for a while I hope!

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When is it archaeology and when is it grave robbing?

Historical wrecks are often illegally salvaged and pillaged but also investigated by archaelogists? Do we need to disturb the wrecks?

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In this week’s episode is a brief look at the loss of the Q-Ship, HMS Saxifrage, the last of her class and the former HMS President, is being scrapped as we speak.

Could and should she have been saved?

Museums, collections, stories and most importantly money are the factors that doom her.

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So a while ago there was an episode of History Rage podcast about why Trafalgar is over done and not as important as is made out to be…

This gave me a lot of vexation and after several months of stewing on it I’ve finally put virtual pen to paper and look at the impact of Trafalgar resouece and finance wise to the French Navy and how it would effect any future invasion plans…

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This week’s episode looks at British Naval deployment pre First World War, was it up for the challenge and were the ships obsolete, tired and inferior to their German counterparts?

This is inspired by Brandon’ recent podcast over at the Command Post (which you can find here.), which is fantastic and you should totally go check out him and his work.

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The Battle of Britain was no picnic for either side with Bf 109 pilots suffering similar escapes and evasions over the skies of south east England in the same way as their RAF counterparts.

However, Feldewebel Evers, would cost a Colonel his command and send his daughter to prison.

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This week I look at the unprotected cruiser Geier and her role in the early stages of the First World War in the Indian Ocean. Can Kapitan Grasshoff evade the British and Japanese Navies? Can he get his men back to Germany or deal a blow to the Royal Navy?

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This week’s podcast is not Maritime based but looks at a little bit of Local history and the Swing Riots across rural South East England…

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