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Bite Size Battles
by Jake
Bite Size Battles is a fast-paced history podcast that breaks down the world’s most important battles in clear, dramatic, easy-to-digest episodes. Each show dives into the strategy, turning points, and lasting impact of iconic conflicts — all delivered in a concise, engaging, solo-hosted format. Perfect for history lovers who want big stories in small doses.
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Episode 17- Battle of Plataea
On a dusty Greek plain, a divided world united to break an empire. Discover how Plataea ended Persia's invasion and reshaped history.
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Episode 16- Battle of Rorke's Drift
Outnumbered, exhausted and surrounded, 150 men stood against thousands. Discover how Rorke's Drift became one of history's most famous last stands.
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Episode 15- Battle of Bosworth Field
A King's last charge, a battlefield of betrayal and a crown found in the mud. Discover how Bosworth Field ended the Wars of the Roses and launched the Tudor Dynasty.
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Episode 14- The Battle of Teutoburg Forest
Three Roman legions march into a German forest and vanish. Discover how ambush, terrain and betrayal shattered Rome's dream of endless conquest and reshaped the future of Europe.
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Episode 13- Battle of Gettysburg
Three days of brutal fighting on the hills on Pennsylvania turn the tide of the American Civil War. From Little Round Top to Pickett's Charge, discover how Gettysburg shattered Confederate momentum and reshaped the future of the United States.
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Episode 12- Battle of Stirling Bridge
Outnumbered and outmatched, Scottish rebels led by William Wallace and Andrew de Moray lure an English army onto a narrow bridge. Discover the real story behind one of medieval history's smartest victories, and how the battle Braveheart left out changed Scotland forever.
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Episode 11- Battle of Al-Faw (2003)
Before Bagdad fell, a small peninsula decided the fate of the invasion. British forces launched a lighting assault on Al-Faw to secure vital oil infrastructure and keep the war moving. This is the quiet first battle that shaped everything to followed.
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Episode 10-Battle of Hattin
In the scorching heat of 1187, Saladin lures the Crusader army away from water and into a fatal trap. Surrounded, exhausted and outmanoeuvred, the Kingdom of Jerusalem collapses in a single day- a defeat that reshaped the Crusades forever.
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Episode 9- Battle of Little Big Horn
A bold cavalry commander rides straight into disaster as Lakota and Cheyenne warriors overwhelm the US army in one of the most famous battles in American history. This is the story of overconfidence, miscalculation and a last stand that still echoes across the plains.
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Episode 8- Battle of Agincourt
A starving, exhausted English army faces a massive French force in the muddy fields of Northern France. With the odds stacked against him Henry V bets everything on the power of the longbow and a perfect choice of battlefield.
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Episode 7- Battle of Watling Street
Outnumbered by tens of thousands, a lone Roman force makes its stand against Boudica's massive rebel army in one of the most dramatic clashes in ancient Britain. Discover the day an empire nearly lost Britain- and the queen who came close to breaking it.
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Episode 6- Battle of Khe Sanh
Trapped on a remote hilltop base, thousands of US Marines faced relentless bombardment from a much larger North Vietnamese force in one of the wars most intense and iconic sieges. From jungle fog to B-52 strikes, this is the story of 77 days that tested endurance, strategy and the limits of human resistance.
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Episode 5- The Second Battle of El Alamein
Montgomery and Rommel face off in the North African desert as two armies clash in a battle that will decide the fate of Egypt, the Suez Canal and the the entire war in the Middle East. This is the turning point that shifted the momentum of World War 2.
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Episode 4- The Battle of Stalingrad
In the frozen hell of Stalingrad, two armies fought not for victory, but for survival- and the fate of the world hung in the balance. Welcome to 1942 Russia, hell on earth.
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Episode 3- The battle of Hastings
We all the know the date but do you know how it unfolded? Join me as we look back to the start of a new England, its 1066 and this is the Battle of Hastings
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Episode 2- Battle of Cannae
This is the greatest battlefield trap ever set. Welcome to 216 BC, welcome to Cannae.
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Episode 1- Battle at Thermopylae
What happened at Thermopylae wasn’t a defeat — it was a strategy that changed history
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Bite Size Battles is a fast-paced history podcast that breaks down the world’s most important battles in clear, dramatic, easy-to-digest episodes. Each show dives into the strategy, turning points, and lasting impact of iconic conflicts — all delivered in a concise, engaging, solo-hosted format. Perfect for history lovers who want big stories in small doses.
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Jake
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