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The History Chap Podcast — 252 episodes
270: The 19-Year-Old Shot by His Own Side: Private Thomas Highgate
269: The Peasants' Revolt: What Was It Really About?
268: Harold's Gamble: How the Battle Of Hastings Was Lost Before It Began
267: The Man Who Saved Rorke's Drift
266: Why Did Japan Send Her Navy To Malta In 1917?
265:The Battle of Quebec 1759: Where James Wolfe Lost His Life But Won An Empire
264: Alfred Before He Was Great
263: What Happened to Lt. Bromhead After Rorke's Drift?
262: The Real Captain Bligh - Villain or Hero?
261: Britain, Argentina & The Falklands: 200 Years of Rival Claims
260:Last of The Mohicans: The Massacre Behind The Story
259: Zulu's John Chard VC: He Really Did Come To Build A Bridge
258: The General Killed Saving The British Army
257: When The Russians Fired On British Fishing Boats
256:Why Is David Livingstone Buried Without His Heart?
255: Charles Gordon's Forgotten War in China - The Taiping Rebellion.
254: Breaker Morant - War Criminal or Scapegoat?
253: The WW1 White Feathers
252: What Happened to Private Hitch VC After Rorke's Drift?
251: The Forgotten Scandal Behind Britain's Favourite Poem, "If-"
250: The Man Who Named "The Great Game" & Who Was Executed Playing It.
249: Why Kitchener Blocked Winston Churchill's Victoria Cross.
248: Before Gallipoli - Forgotten Siege That Defined The ANZAC Spirit.
247: The Island Where Nelson Lost His Eye.
245: The Army That Vanished: The Retreat From Kabul 1842
244: Britain's 38 Minute War
243: Why Britain Still Owns The Chagos Islands
242: Only Man Awarded Both Victoria Cross & Olympic Gold
241: Flogging in the British Army: When Did It End?
240: "Only Fools & Horses": What Was Uncle Albert's REAL Wartime Story?
239: The Royal Navy's Field Gun Competition: What Inspired It?
238: Marlborough, The British, & The Bloodiest Battle in 18th Century Europe
237: Marlborough's Forgotten Victory? Oudenarde 1708
236: "Get Off My Bloody Ship!" The Defiant British Last Stand, Shanghai 1941
235: Blackadder at the Battle of Blenheim
234: The Battle of Ramillies 1706 - Greater Than Blenheim?
233: The Battle of Blenheim 1704
222: Florence Nightingale: Legend and Reality
221: The Battle of Hong Kong 1941 (Part 2)
220: The Battle of Hong Kong 1941 (Part 1)
219: Marlborough: The General Who Never Lost A Battle
218: Lawrence of Arabia - The Truth Behind The Legend
217: Recipe For Disaster: The British Army's Officer Purchase System
216: Seringapatam 1799: Storming The Tiger's Fortress
215: The Rum Rebellion: British Army Coup
214: The Mutiny On The Bounty: What Really Happened?
213: Edgehill: The Most Haunted Battlefield in Britain?
212: What Happened to the Survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade?
211: The Soldier Who Stole England's Crown Jewels
210: The British & Irish At The Alamo
209: Britain's Strangest Battle: Redcoats vs The Messiah
208: General Grenfell Defeats Mahdists at Battle of Toski
207: Besieged by the Zulus: Eshowe 1879
206: The Forgotten Crimean War Battle That Was Fought In The Pacific
205: The White Indian Mutiny 1858
204: Dawn Attack on the Nile: The Battle of Firket 1896
204: The Desert Rorke's Drift - The Battle of Mirbat 1972
203: The Last Stand of the Shangani Patrol, 1893
202: Irish Convict Rebellion in Australia 1804: The Castle Hill Rebellion
201: When Hawaii Almost Became British...by Mistake!
200: 48,000 Shells in 2 Hours: Why Was Acre Attacked in 1840?
199: Zulu's Greatest Injustice: The True Story of Henry Hook VC
198: Britain's Forgotten First Victory In The Crimean War
197: Britain's Forgotten Chinese Territory: Weihaiwei
196: General Charles Gordon - the reality vs the film “Khartoum”
195: When Britain Fought Russia: The Tsar's Fatal Miscalculation
194: The Victorian War That Still Haunts Iran Today
193: Britain's Most Remote Colony: The Forgotten British Garrison Of Tristan da Cunha
192: Wellington's First & Hardest Victory - The Battle of Assaye 1803
191: "Hell Fire Jack": Survivor of Indian Mutiny & The Zulus
190: How Stan Hollis Earned The Only VC on D-Day
189: Corfield's Last Stand: Britain's War with the Mad Mullah in Somaliland
188: The Real James Bond: Ian Fleming's Secret War
187: The Dam Busters: The True Story Behind The Iconic World War 2 Film
186: Did the film "Zulu" get it wrong? The mystery of Lt. Adendorff.
185: WW1 Troop Train Disaster
184: The Abyssinian Expedition 1868: Britain's Most Daring Rescue
183: The British Soldiers Who Fought In the Papal Army 1861-1870
182: The Battle of Ashdown, 871 - Alfred The Great's First Victory
181: The Viking Great Heathen Army Invades England
180: The Bravest Man To Ever Wear A Redcoat?
179: The Viking Attack on Lindisfarne 793
178: The War of the Golden Stool
177: Titanic to Dunkirk: The Incredible Story of Charles Lightoller
176: The Fighting Bradfords (Britain's Most Decorated WW1 Family)
175: "The Man Who Would Be King" Film vs History
174: The Last Invasion of Mainland Britain 1797
173: The Forgotten Hero of Isandlwana: The Story of Samuel Wassall VC
172: The Last Pagan King in England - Penda of Mercia
171: The Oldest Victoria Cross Recipient Ever!
170: Gujrat, the Battle That Changed India: Sikhs vs British
169: Was General Percival Real to Blame for the Fall of Singapore 1942?
168:Shakespeare, Russian Slaves & the British Empire's "Great Game" in Asia
167: The Craziest Land Swap in History? Manhattan for a tiny island in Indonesia
166: The Barbary Pirates & England's White Slaves
165: Heligoland, the Tiny Forgotten Outpost of the British Empire.
164: Rule Britannia - Discover the History Behind the Song
163: The Unluckiest Regiment In The British Army?
162: Raedwald, the Forgotten Warrior King From Dark Ages Britain
161: The Battle of New Orleans - USA v Great Britain, 1815
160: British Fight The USA - The War of 1812
159: The Real Blackadder
158: The First Bomb Dropped On England
157: Prince Albert: The Best King Britain Never Had?
156: The Sinking Of HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse: A Turning Point in WW2
155: The Cato Street Conspiracy 1820
154: The Battle of The Falkland Islands 1914
153: The Eureka Stockade
152: The Great Storm of 1703
151: 2nd Anglo Sikh War - Battle of Ramnagar 1848
150: The British Surrender At Kut 1916
149: How Queen Victoria's Husband Averted US-British War in 1861
148: The Best of British: The Story Behind Britain's Tomb Of The Unknown Warrior
147: The Wartime Service of Comedy Giant, Tommy Cooper
146: Epic Charge of The Australian Light Horse - Battle of Beersheba 1917
145: India's Waterloo? The Battle of Sobraon (1st Anglo Sikh War - P4)
144: The First British Naval Defeat In 100 Years - Battle of Coronel 1914
143: The "Kilted Killer"
142: Punished Heroes - The Men Stripped Of The Victoria Cross
141: The Charge of the 16th Lancers at Aliwal (1st Anglo-Sikh War)
140: The Soldier They Couldn't Kill - General Adrian Carton De Wiart VC
139: The White Rajah of Sarawak & The Borneo Pirates.
138: How Hitler Hijacked A British War Hero
137: Egos, Madness & Traitors - Battle of Ferozeshah 1845 (1st Anglo Sikh War)
136: Horatio Nelson & The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
135: WW1 in German East Africa - Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck
134: Prisoner of the Zulus
133: Sikh Sword v British Bayonet - The Battle of Mukdi (First Anglo Sikh War)
132: The Victorian General & The Grenfell Tower Tragedy
131: Britain's Only Family Awarded 3 Victoria Crosses
130: The African Queen - The Real WW1 Story Behind The Epic Film
129: The Fenian Invasion of Canada 1866
128: The Only Man Awarded The Victoria Cross & The Iron Cross
127: Actor Christopher Lee's Secret Wartime Service
126: Rescuing Emin Pasha From The Mahdi
125: Black Tot Day - The End of a Royal Navy Tradition
124: The Forgotten Zulu War Battle - Inyezane
123: Hannah Snell - Britain's 18th Century Female Soldier
122: Clive of India - The Life Of Robert Clive
121: The Only British PM To Be Assassinated - Spencer Perceval
120: The Royal Navy West Africa (Anti-Slavery) Squadron
119: The Battle of The Boyne, 1690
118: The Battle of Plassey & Robert Clive in India.
117: The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare: Film v Reality
116: The Fashoda Incident 1898
115: Richard Todd - D Day Veteran
114: Pegasus Bridge - The First Battle On D-Day 1944
113: The D Day Weather Forecasters Who Prevented A Disaster
112: Exercise Tiger - 1944 D-Day Rehearsal That Ended In Tragedy
111: The General Who Nearly Averted The Boer War
110: Donald Pleasence: The Great Escape Actor Who Was A Real POW.
109: Boudica: Freedom Fighter or Psychopath?
108: Who Really Was Dick Turpin?
107: Saving The Queen's Colours: A Zulu War Controversy
106: Peter Butterworth: The "Carry On" Star With A Wartime Secret
105: Thomas Cochrane: The Real "Master & Commander"
104: Zulus Defeat British at Battle of Isandlwana
104: When The British Fought The Gurkhas
103: The Windrush - The Story Behind The Headlines
102: The HMS Birkenhead Disaster
101: Zulu Winning Streak Ended - Battle of Khambula 1879
100: What Were The Bantam Battalions in World War 1?
99: The Battle of Hlobane - British Zulu War 1879
98: The Real Story Of The "Cockleshell Heroes" (WW2 film)
97: A Pacifist Awarded The Victoria Cross? William Coltman VC
96: Seven Victoria Crosses - Storming of the Taku Forts Part 2
95: The 2nd Opium War - Storming of the Taku Forts P1
94: Albert Ball - WW1 Teenage Fighter Ace
93: The First Opium War between Great Britain & China 1839 - 1842
92: The Battle of Medway - Roman Invasion of Britain 43 AD
91: The Real Story Behind "55 Days At Peking" & the Boxer Rebellion in 1900
90. Julius Caesar's Invasions of Britain (55/54 BC)
89: Hollywood Legend, David Niven's WW2 Military Service
88: Churchill's Cavalry Charge
87: The Battle of Atbara - Sudan 1898
86: Kitchener's Desert Railway - Sudan 1897
85: The First American To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross
84: Who Was "Woodbine Willie"?
83: The Battle of Waterloo 1815
81: Britain's Most Decorated Army Chaplain - Theodore Hardy
80: Henry Hook VC - A Hero Let Down In "Zulu"
79: The Malayan Emergency 1948-1960
78: The Kohima Epitaph: Remembering Britain's Forgotten Battle That Changed WW2
77: The Footballer's Who Went To War (1914)
76: The Battle of Agincourt 1415
74: The Real Hero Of The Bridge On The River Kwai
73: The Last British Soldier Killed in World War One
72: The Real Story Of HMS Amethyst & The Yangtze Incident 1949
71: The Battle of Trafalgar 1805
69: The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson - Britain's Greatest Naval Commander
68: The Angels of Mons - Did Angels Save The British Army in 1914?
67: Horatio Nelson & The Battle of Copenhagen 1801
66: The Nile Expedition & the Battle of Abu Klea 1885
65. The Battle of Tamai 1884 - British Sudanese (Mahdist) Wars
64: Battle of Maiwand - British Defeat in Afghanistan 1880
62: The Battle of The Nile 1798
61: Sir Evelyn Wood VC - The Indestructible General Trampled By A Giraffe
60: The Real Story About The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo
59: The War of Jenkins' Ear 1739 - 1748
58: The British-US Pig War 1859
57: Ashanti Ring (P2) - General Sir Redvers Buller
56: General Sir Garnet Wolseley's Ashanti Ring
55: The Aden Emergency 1963-67
54: The Battle of Majuba 1881, South Africa
53: Britain-Sudan War (2): The Battle of El Teb 1884
52: The Battle of Ulundi 1879: Anglo-Zulu War
51: Robert Baden-Powell, the Siege of Mafeking & the start of the Boy Scouts
50: British-Sudan War (2): The Battle of El Teb 1884
49: The Sinking of The Britannic - Titanic's Sister Ship - In World War 1
48: Britain's WW1 Rambo - Thomas Alfred Jones VC
47: British - Sudan War (1): General Gordon in Khartoum
46. The Black Hole of Calcutta - The History Behind The Phrase
45: Annihilation of Hicks Pasha & his army - Sudan 1883
44: The Rani of Jhansi - Indian Sepoy Mutiny (Rebellion) 1857-59
43: The Siege of Lucknow - Indian Sepoy Rebellion (Mutiny) 1857
42: The Massacre at Cawnpore - Indian Sepoy Rebellion (Mutiny) 1857
41: The Siege of Delhi 1857 (Indian Revolt Against British)
40: Why Did The Indian Revolt of 1857 Happen?
27: The Napoleonic Wars
26: Rule, Britannia!
25: The Georgians
24: Restoration and Revolution
23: Civil War & Cromwell
22: The Gunpowder Plot
21: Gloriana - Elizabeth I & the Spanish Armada
20: Elizabeth vs Mary Queen of Scots
19. Lady Jane Grey - The 9 Day Queen
18: Henry VIII & the Break With Rome
17: Dawn Of The Tudors
16. Scotland & the Auld Enemy
15: The Wars of the Roses
14: The Black Death & Peasant's Revolt
13. The Hundred Years War
12. Wales - Subjugation & Resistance
11: The Mother of Parliaments
10: Anarchy & Lionheart
The Wars of the Roses (Part 6 of 6) - Dawn of the Tudors
The Wars of the Roses (Part 4 of 6) - The Princess In The Tower
The Wars of the Roses (Part 5 of 6) - The Last Medieval King
Wars of the Roses (Part 3 of 6) - York Triumphant
Wars of the Roses (Part 2 of 6) - The War Begins
Wars of the Roses (Part 1 of 6) - The Disputed Crown
9. 1066 & The Norman Conquest
8. The Birth of Scotland & Wales
The Wars of the Roses - An Overview
7: The Birth of England
6: Aethelflaed - England's Forgotten Warrior Queen
5. Alfred The Great & The Vikings
4. The Anglo Saxon Kingdoms
3. The Dark Ages
2. Boudica & The Romans
1. Island On The Edge Of The World