In 1918, the guns on the Western Front went silent...but for some, the nightmare had only begun. Europe, the Middle East, and America are about to experience the trauma and violence that comes after the Armistice.

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She is remembered and honored as the Warrior Queen of Angola. But the story of Njinga of Ndongo, one of the greatest women generals in history, is both dark and bloody – and it raises questions about who we choose to revere as a hero.

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How do you punish your military commanders for making a mistake? Well, have you tried executing them? Admiral John Byng is about to learn some hard lessons about the price of failure.

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Getting into a foreign war is easy. Getting out is harder. To end the Barbary Wars, will President Thomas Jefferson and his chosen agents sacrifice American values? Oh, and the Marines do something on the Shores of Tripoli.

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America’s Founding Fathers paid protection money to a bunch of North African pirates, until one day they decided not to. The price of peace rises and falls, but a bunch of swashbuckling drama queen U.S. Navy officers are up to the challenge.

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The Janissaries were the elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, a powerful force on the battlefield. But this institution's fall from grace would threaten the very empire it created.

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The 1565 Siege of Malta was one of the most celebrated conflicts of its age, but is a footnote in modern memory. Atrocity, courage, faith and technology combined to make it one of the most extreme combat experiences of the gunpowder era.

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In 1976, terrorists landed a hijacked civilian airliner at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The Israeli rescue is one of the most bold and dramatic special forces missions in history – but what is the ultimate legacy of Operation Thunderbolt?

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The Korean Axe Murder Incident of 1976 almost started World War III. Maybe. Probably not. But it WAS the most heavily armed landscaping operation in world history, and shines a light into American military culture.

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In 1917, the Russian Women's Battalion of Death went into the hell of combat in the First World War. This episode explores their creation, their experiences, and their bitter fate – and the lengths some people will go to cover up inconvenient history.

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