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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2026 · 14 MIN

Inside the Brutal Winter of King Philip's War

from Historical Context · host Jeremy LaKosh

This episode of Historical Context examines the brutal winter of 1675 during King Philip's War, revealing how devastating indigenous raids that burned 1,200 frontier homes pushed united colonial militias into a desperate, freezing preemptive strike against the Narragansett nation, culminating in the horrific, high-casualty battle known as the Great Swamp Fight.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This episode of Historical Context examines the brutal winter of 1675 during King Philip's War, revealing how devastating indigenous raids that burned 1,200 frontier homes pushed united colonial militias into a desperate, freezing preemptive strike against the Narragansett nation, culminating in the horrific, high-casualty battle known as the Great Swamp Fight.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoricalCPFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.historical.context/Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drumLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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