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Episode 44: Talking & Fighting picks up from last time with the Korean peace process, as the allies managed to sit down at last and talk face to face with the communists, at a place ca...
2018-10-16 19:29:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 43: Peace Talks, Almost presents the situation on the frontlines as it stood in spring 1951, following some promising offensives by General Ridgeway which effectively crushed the C...
2018-10-14 15:28:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 42: So Long Old Soldier bids farewell to General MacArthur in a podcast experience which has to be heard to be believed! Before we get to the point that MacArthur stood before Cong...
2018-10-12 18:31:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 41: Adored No More examines the week following the shattering experience of Chinese intervention on a grand scale. With General MacArthur’s credibility in tatt...
2018-10-10 11:38:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 40: Shock & Awe continues where we left off last time. This was the result of the Truman administration’s months of planning and theorising, and for the sake of NSC68 and the...
2018-10-07 23:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 2.4: Britain Bitten, continues the narrative of an embarrassed and dissatisfied Britain butting its head against Egyptian stubbornness. In this episode we see what kind of Governme...
2018-10-06 18:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post
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Truman continues to set up his General, as the allied soldiers wander into the consequences on the Manchurian border...
Episode 39: ‘An Entirely New Warâ€...
2018-09-30 20:15:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're back with the first proper exclusive episode of 1956 part 2 - it's time to sink our teeth into some early 1950's Middle East diplomacy!
Episode 2.3: E...
2018-09-28 18:05:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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Truman serves up MacArthur, and contrary to popular imagination, it was not the General, but the President, who schemed in the background - at least at this stage... 2018-09-23 20:24:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 37: Burning Chinese takes our story back a bit to late September, in roughly the same timeframe we covered in the last episode, to examine how the American policy was developed as ...
2018-09-16 18:08:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 36: Ordering Chinese picks up from the last episode, this time from the perspective of the Chinese, as in late September they were clearly faced with something of a quandary. Stali...
2018-09-09 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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There's plenty more where this came from! Make sure you tune in next month for episodes 2.3 and 2.4! Thanksss!
Episode 2.2: Suez, A Life examines that criti...
2018-09-06 22:42:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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First – ask yourself, do you love history?
Second – answer yes, and have a listen to us here, as we unpack the Suez Crisis, in 21 easy steps!
For everyone, episodes 2.1 and...
2018-09-06 21:45:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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For Patrons, because of Patrons...
It's because of your much appreciated support that I'm able to invest my time into series like these. You guy...
2018-09-06 21:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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Remember your NSC reports!
NSC 68: The reason we're all here (ish).
NSC 81: The public report on comprom...
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The fire by rank tactic used by Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries had surprising beginnings, as we learn in this episode. While key military thinkers like Maurice of Nassau in the N...
2018-08-26 18:51:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's time we wrapped up this incredible story history friends, so I hope you'll join me for our final thoughts on this very gloomy episode in history. It's been quite a journey and I have ...
2018-08-23 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 34: Building Inchon examines the extensive diplomatic and political preparation which the Truman administration engaged with in the weeks before MacArthur’s landing at Inchon on ...
2018-08-19 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 15, Socialism Stays examines the international ramifications of the Hungarian Revolution as Moscow finally put it to bed. Of particular concern to Moscow and to the Hungarians was ...
2018-08-17 22:08:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 33: Chinese Chequers continues where we left off last time, as the implications of the American approach to Korea and Taiwan are heavily felt in Beijing. Mao now had reason to beli...
2018-08-12 15:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's nearly time to wave good bye to Imre Nagy and the whole rotten Hungarian situation, but before we do that, let's get a bit depressed and learn how evil prevailed in 1956!<...
2018-08-09 19:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 32: Chinese Whispers follows on from Truman’s speech requesting those yummy defence budget increases, by rolling our coverage back to the immediate aftermath of the American inte...
2018-08-05 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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We return with part 6 of our series on 17th century warfare, and in this episode we have something very special for you guys – an examination of the sick man of Europe, before he was sic...
2018-08-02 19:30:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 31: Laying Down The Gauntlet looks at the other side of the coin and how the Americans reacted to the developing war in the late summer of 1950. MacArthur attempted to follow War P...
2018-07-29 19:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 13, Crushing Hope examines what the Soviets and Hungarians did in the last week of October. After somehow wresting a ceasefire agreement from the Soviet Union, the Hungarian revolu...
2018-07-27 21:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a while since I checked in on you guys. I just wanted to say a huge thanksssss to all of you again for the 4 millionth time. I also wanted to mention something that has been on my mind latel...
2018-07-23 22:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 30: Unfriendly Fire switches gears from the Anglo-American to the Asian angle in the war. We encounter some more controversial points, as we learn just how instrumental Stali...
2018-07-22 18:36:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 12, Hope Springs examines a key moment not just in the Cold War, but also in Hungary’s national history. When enough was believed enough, and a Hungarian student protest exploded...
2018-07-20 14:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 29: With Allies Like These looks further at the Anglo-American relationship from where we left off last time. After July 1950, the British were militarily committed to...
2018-07-15 17:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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How did Britain get drawn into the conflict? Find out in this first of two episodes looking at British element...
Episode 28: London Stalling, introduces us...
2018-07-10 22:26:48 +0000 UTC View Post