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On the 3rd December 1854 British redcoats fought rebelling gold miners in Australia.

The Battle of the Eureka stockade was the bloody finale between industrial and political unrest amongst in the mining community and the British authorities, which became a defining moment in Australian history.

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On the night of the 26th November 1703 a storm hit southern Britain in which  over 10,000 were killed, 13 Royal Navy warships were destroyed in the middle of a war with France, windmills caught fire, cows ended up in trees, and even the Queen had to flee for her life!

This is the story of the Great Storm of 1703.

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Just two years after the British victory in the First Anglo-Sikh war in India, the Sikhs squared up to the British all over again.

This is the story about how the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War started and what happened when, on the 22nd November 1848, the two sides met at the Battle of Ramnagar

Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.

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On the 29th April 1916, after 140 day, the besieged British & Indian garrison at Kut in modern-day Iraq surrendered to the Turks.

It was the biggest surrender of british forces since Yorktown 130 years before we’re

But, why were the British were there? how did the siege end in defeat? and what happened to the garrison after Kut?

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Books used to produce this episode include:

"Kut: The Army of Death" - Ronald Millar
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"Farewell The Trumpets" - James Morris
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The Trent Affair, in 1861 during the American Civil war, when a Union warship boarded  a British mail ship and seized Confederate envoys, brought Britain and the USA to the very brink of war.

It was only the intervention by Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, that helped pull the two nations back from the abyss.

So, What actually happened in the Trent Affair in 1861? How close did the USA and Great Britain really come to fighting each other? And, exactly how did Prince Albert help avert that war?

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In Westminster Abbey, London, lies the tomb of Britain’s Unknown Warrior.

But how was he chosen from all the thousands who died? Why did he end up in this ancient place or worship, and why, is it called the tomb of the Unknown Warrior and not the Unknown Soldier?

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With his magic tricks that went wrong, his catch phrase “Just like that” and his ironing fez, Tommy Cooper was an icon of Post War British comedy.

But why did he start wearing that fez?

Well, it all has to do with his little-known time serving in Monty’s “Desert Rats” in Egypt during the Second World War.

Intrigued? Then sit back as we explore the story of Tommy Cooper, his World War 2 service & his fez.

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The epic charge of the Australian Light Horse - Battle of Beersheba 1917.

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On the 31st October 1917, during the First World War, 800 Australian horsemen charged against Turkish machine guns. 
Using their bayonets as swords, it was the culminating action in the allied victory at the Battle of Beersheba, and was depicted in the film;”The Lighthorsemen”.

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The Battle of Sobraon fought on the 10th February 1846, was the fourth, last and decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War.

At the end of that bloody morning, over 12,000 men had been killed or wounded and the last formidable army opposing British rule in India had been defeated.

This is part 4 in my series on the First Anglo Sikh War.
P1 - Episode 133: Sikh Swords v British Bayonets (The Battle of Mudki)
P2 - Episode 137: Egos, Madness & Traitors (Battle of Ferozeshah)
P3 - Episode 141: The Charge of the 16th Lancers (Battle of Aliwal)

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The Battle of Coronel fought on the 1st November 1914, was the first defeat for the Royal Navy in over 100 years.


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Books About Battle of Coronel:

"The Grand Fleet 1914-19" - Daniel Ridley-Kitts


"Naval Warfare 1914-1918" - Tim Benbow


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