Valour

By Richard Boalch

Discover forgotten leaders, battles, heroes and villains on the Valour podcast.

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The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.

Valour episodes:

March 11, 2025 Romancing The Sick Man
The Ottoman Empire was in decline but it still held strategic land assets impacting supply routes to Russia and the Suez Canal. This made The Ottomans a vital strategic ally for all Major Powers. In this episode Rich and Dave explore the Geopolitical events that led to the sick man choosing his dance partner for world war 1.
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14min
March 09, 2025 The Battle of the Cocos Islands
HMAS Sydney was escorting the convoy carrying the ANZAC Corp. A strange telegraph message is received from a remote telegraph station. What follows is a naval engagement that a nation can be proud of. Perhaps more importantly the troops are kept safe on their journey to Egypt.
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16min
March 03, 2025 Open Warfare
Rich and Dave provide a roundup of the battles of 1914 to Early 1915. This a summary to provide listeners some context before we start covering Australian Actions in World War 1.
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16min
March 03, 2025 The July Crisis
1914, The Kings of England, Russia and Germany are cousins who grew up together and attended each other's weddings. These family ties were not enough to stop the machinery of war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo.
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17min
February 24, 2025 Restless Empires
German Unification and subsequent industrialisation upset the European order. The Austro-Hungarian Empire struggles keep itself together while Balkan states emerge and fight for their own place in the world. Europe lurches from crisis to crisis waiting for that one flame to reach the powder keg.
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21min
February 20, 2025 Carrying the Torch
Rich and Dave discuss the most influential figures to emerge from the Boer War and how they shaped the twentieth century and beyond.
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16min
February 12, 2025 The Lost Legion
550 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British stand their ground against 2500 - 3000 Boers on a small kopje at Elands River. Was this the birthplace of the ANZAC spirit?
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19min
February 10, 2025 Colenso - A VC Story
4 VCs won retrieving the lost guns of Colenso. The death of a Field Marshall’s son leads to changes in the rules for posthumous awards.
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18min
February 02, 2025 Rescue One Nine Oh One
James Rogers rescues his lieutenant under fire, then rescues two soldiers under fire then rescues 2 horses under fire. Rogers served in Gallipoli and went on to be one of our longest surviving VC winners.

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13min
January 21, 2025 Scapegoats or Murderers?
Australian soldiers face an English Court Martial charged with murdering Boer prisoners of war, Dutch teachers and a German missionary. In episode seven Rich and Dave debate the case that remains controversial to this day.

Was the execution of Breaker Morant and Perter Handcock justified or were they scapegoats for the British Empire's dirty war?

Recommended reading Peter Fitzsimons - Breaker Morant
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19min

FAQs about Valour:

How many episodes does Valour have?

The podcast currently has 56 episodes available.