Host James Houser tackles forgotten wars, battles, and perspectives of military history from across the ages and across the globe. Whether it’s the women of the American Revolution, lost Indian kingdoms, neglected World War II campaigns or medieval power struggles, this podcast sheds light on real people with real stories…who don’t deserve to be Unknown Soldiers.
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The Soviet military, a powerful force designed for World War III, was not prepared for Afghanistan. The Russian bear was overstretched, fighting a dangerous, resilient enemy called the Mujahideen, with no way forward and no way out. Its weaknesses became most apparent in a place called the Panjshir Valley, where they faced the brilliant guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Massoud - the Lion of Panjshir. In Part II of a five-part series, we examine the war from 1980 to 1982, especially the tactics, the strategy, and the nature of the Mujahideen.
Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-soviet-afghan-war-series-maps-and-sources
New Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-soviet-afghan-war-series-maps-for-part-ii
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/We-Were-Soldiers-Once-and-Young-Audiobook/B07C9CFNBG?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
"Jihad" by LynnePublishing via Pond5.com
https://music.orchestralis.net/track/38439579
Pathfinder by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckleyMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The Soviet Armed Forces were the juggernaut of a nuclear superpower, the largest army on Earth, the embodiment of the massive, powerful Russian bear. But they were also deeply flawed. Their soldiers were mistreated, their equipment was crude, and they suffered from the paradoxes of the socialist empire. But above all, the Soviets were locked into an ideological prison of their own making: a Marxist approach to warfare.
Sources & Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-soviet-afghan-war-series-more-maps-and-sources-part-i-and-soviet-army-short-round
In the late 1970s, two neighboring countries were in turmoil: the Soviet Union was beginning its decline and fall, and Afghanistan was roiled by political chaos. When a socialist, pro-Soviet government comes to power in Afghanistan, it immediately comes under attack by its own people - and the Soviets have to make a decision. In Part I of a five-part series, we will see how the Soviet Union stumbled into the graveyard of empires.
Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-soviet-afghan-war-series-maps-and-sources
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Peoples-Tragedy-Audiobook/B07J5DSS8M?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
"Soviet Red Army Military March" by Rafael Krux
https://music.orchestralis.net/track/38439579
Desert City Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Jalandhar Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Before we dive into the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, it's time to get acquainted - or reacquainted - with the Graveyard of Empires. Let's take a look at the peoples, places, and history of Afghanistan before 1979.
(Or, to put it another way, I wrote way too much context for Soviet-Afghan War Part 1 and spun it off into its own thing.)
Sources & Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-soviet-afghan-war-series-maps-and-sources
Email Me: [email protected]
Music:
Desert City Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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A brief introduction to the upcoming Soviet-Afghan War series, debuting March 3. Don't know your Kremlins from your Gremlins? Find the answers here!
Sources and Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-soviet-afghan-war-series-maps-and-sources
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The U.S. Army's 442nd Infantry Regiment was a unit unlike any other . Many of their families were behind barbed wire in internment camps, and all of them suffered discrimination from their own country. They didn't just fight for America…they fought to prove they were Americans. And they became America’s most decorated combat unit of World War II.
Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-55-go-for-broke-sources
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/An-Army-at-Dawn-The-War-in-North-Africa-1942-1943-Audiobook/B00CBKIDUG?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
Superepic by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
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When the American Civil War began, the state of Kentucky wanted to remain neutral - but that was never in the cards. As the Union and Confederate armies spar over the outcome of the border states, a trio of incompetent Confederate generals ensures that Kentucky will go to the Union. The climax of this story is a small but decisive battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky - and one general, Felix K. Zollicoffer, who literally never saw it coming.
Sources & Maps: Coming Soon
After the fall of their empire in 1849, the Sikhs have continued to render military service all over the world. They have served the British Empire, the modern Republic of India, the Canadian and Australian and U.S. militaries, on battlefields from Africa to China, from Italy to Burma, from Afghanistan to Palestine. This is the story of Sikhs in warfare after their conquest by the British - the legacy of the Khalsa.
Sources & Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-54-glory-of-the-khalsa-maps-and-sources
In the early 19th Century, the followers of the Sikh religion forged in empire in northern India's Punjab region. The threat of the British Empire led their Maharaja, Ranjit Singh, to build a powerful Western-style army. But modern armies are a loaded gun that can be just as dangerous to the wielder as to its target. The Khalsa Army, one of India's greatest fighting forces, would be the ruin of the Sikh Empire.
Sources & Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-54-glory-of-the-khalsa-maps-and-sources
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Anarchy-Audiobook/1526616971?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
by DIADOH via pond5.com
Yes I know about the title. I combed through like 200 songs to find one that wouldn't be too on the nose and offense and still contain the flavor. Surprisingly difficult!
Welcome to the world of Late Antiquity, where the two superpowers of the age prepare for their final showdown. The Byzantine and Sasanian Empires - also known as the Romans and Persians - face off in a world war, an apocalyptic struggle saturated with divine power and visions of doom. But neither side sees the true danger coming from the desert.
Sources & Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-53-world-war-622-ad
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/Byzantium-Audiobook/B0BR6791XN?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday by LostDrone | https://soundcloud.com/lostdrone
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The age of European imperialism is in full swing, and they have overrun every kingdom in Africa…except one: the ancient nation of Ethiopia, which faces a massive Italian invasion. At a place called Adwa, Emperor Menelik II - the last king of Africa - will fight one of history’s decisive battles.
Sources & Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-52-the-last-king-of-africa
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Gates-of-Europe-Audiobook/B0B25STPTT?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
Umoja by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com
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Pedro II, the second and last ruler of the Brazilian Empire, was an oddity in the 19th Century: a monarch who actually did a half-decent job and worked in the best interests of his people. So of course, he was overthrown in a military coup. Let's dive into the life, legacy and tragedy of Dom Pedro the Magnanimous, one of the most fascinating men of the modern age.
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Just a barely scripted episode talking about the historiography and my key sources for the Paraguayan War. Then I rattle off a bunch of random thoughts about the conflict and my opinions on it. Hey, I'm on vacation and content is content. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and so forth! See you next year!
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Paraguay has lost the war by late 1868…but will they admit it? Francisco Solano Lopez drags his nation into the abyss, and the Triple Alliance shows no mercy as they grind Paraguay down. South America’s greatest war approaches its apocalyptic finale. Nations can find themselves in victory...or lose themselves in defeat.
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/Embracing-Defeat-Audiobook/B002V5GT5W
Music:
"Epic Finale" by Hakaneriksson, via Pond5.com
https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/59734878-epic-finale
"Memories of Argentina" by Mercade, via Pond5.com https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/71962407-memories-argentina
Eliza Lynch, Francisco Solano Lopez's mistress and the virtual First Lady of Paraguay is one of the most famous - and infamous - figures in the history of South America. And she played a starring role in the Paraguayan War. Was she a national icon, a greedy prostitute, a wicked queen, a tragic heroine or something else? Will the real Eliza Lynch please stand up?
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The Paraguayan War is in a stalemate. Paraguay and the Triple Alliance grapple with questions of war economy, homefront morale, and national will as the conflict becomes a war of attrition. And both sides are tested to their limits in the climactic struggle, the bitter grapple for the fortress of Humaitá - the Gibraltar of the South.
Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/the-paraguayan-war-part-4-gibraltar-of-the-south-maps
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Wages-of-Destruction-Audiobook/0593417216?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
Legionnaire (2022 Remaster) by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
As the main action of the Paraguayan War took place far to the south, the Brazilian government sent an expedition overland to recapture the occupied province of Mato Grosso. This disastrous campaign was a roadshow of human misery that somehow became a legendary Brazilian epic, and also a great demonstration of why you should never ignore the Iron Hand of Logistics.
In 1866, Paraguay stood on the defensive as the Triple Alliance prepared to invade. The great battles of that year, bloodbaths like Tuyutí, Boquerón, and Curupayty, accomplished very little in military terms. But the largest and bloodiest battles in South American history etched themselves into national memories, and set the war on the road to Armageddon.
Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/paraguayan-war-part-3-the-funnel-of-death-maps
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/Six-Days-of-War-Audiobook/B002V0PWJG
Music: "Military" by florews, via Pond5.com: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111522136-military-epic-patriotic-cinematic
In 1865, Francisco Solano Lopez's armies and navies were on the offensive. Three nations joined the war against Paraguay: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, a combination that came to be known as the Triple Alliance. Alliances have their problems, but Paraguay was fighting all alone...and as it turned out, that was worse.
Especially when they had to fight naval battles with canoes.
Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/paraguayan-war-part-2-the-triple-alliance-maps
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/To-Rule-the-Waves-Audiobook/B01MRXZIE1?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music: "Down the River" by lynnepublishing, via Pond5.com: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/47771833-down-river-loop-01
19th-Century South America was a dangerous place for new nations. One of these was a small, landlocked, deeply weird country called Paraguay. And in 1864, Paraguay's dictator made some of the worst foreign policy decisions in modern history, kicking off South America's longest and most terrible war.
And you thought your political leaders were bad.
Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/paraguayan-war-maps-finally
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Pursuit-of-Power-Audiobook/B01MRK05KY?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music: "Memories of Argentina" by Mercade, via Pond5.com https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/71962407-memories-argentina
Today’s story spans thousands of years across the globe. Our protagonists make decisions that determine the lives of thousands, wield unimaginable powers of destruction, decide the fate of nations, even as they are blind, paralyzed, shackled…by the chains of command. Let’s look through the eyes of four generals from the ancient world to the modern day.
Sources:
Audible Recommendation: https://www.audible.com/pd/Napoleon-Audiobook/B00OSJZ7BQ?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
Music:
Blood Eagle by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spirit Of The Dream by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Battlefield by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
An Epic Story by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Some of the greatest soldiers of the American Revolution remain unknown. The women of America, both extraordinary and ordinary, worked, suffered, took action, and sometimes even fought to guarantee their new nation’s freedom. And in the process, something else would be born: the seeds of a second revolution.
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Music: "Legends of Patriots" by Talekeeper_Music via Pond5.com
World War I is at its climax in 1918, when the Americans arrive in France. Among them are the African-American 369th Infantry Regiment. They descend into the Western Front...and ascend into legend as the Harlem Hellfighters. But they have to wage two wars: one against the Germans in the trenches; the other against racism at home.
Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/unknown-soldiers-podcast-episode-44-hellfighters-sources
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Battlefield by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Inheritance disputes always bring out the worst in a family. In 1135, King Henry I of England died, plunging his realm into civil war. Let's take a look at the complexities of medieval warfare, as the grandchildren of William the Conqueror fight for his throne...but unlike the HBO show based on these events, no dragons are involved. (But there is castration, so it evens out.)
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Music:
"Reign of the King" by CitySound, via Pond5.com
Brief update on the current status and future direction of the Unknown Soldiers Podcast. No episode this week, but more to come soon!
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The Roman Empire under Augustus Caesar was at the peak of its power in the last years BC, when it decided to turn its attention to the dark forests across the Rhine - a place they called Germania. Betrayal, disaster, and destiny await the Legions and their imperialist hubris in the dark shadows of the Teutoburg Forest.
Maps & Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/unknown-soldiers-podcast-episode-42-give-me-back-my-legions-maps-and-sources
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Music:
Hymn To The Gods by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
When World War I broke out in Africa, the Kaiser's only warship in the area - the light cruiser SMS Konigsberg - found a new hiding place in an African jungle. The British had a new mission: track down and destroy the Kaiser's African Queen. The Battle of the Rufiji Delta would be one of history's longest - and craziest - naval battles.
Where did I get my info? Here are my sources:
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When the Great War broke out in 1914, Germany's overseas African colonies were swept up in the maelstrom. In German East Africa, a daring Prussian officer and his remarkable Black soldiers, the Askaris, held the British Empire at bay for four long years. Welcome to the First World War in Africa...as seen by the Africans themselves.
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Music:
"For the Cause" by DeanJordan via pond5.com
In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, it was clear that the US Army was in desperate need of reform. Its salvation would come in the form of a sarcastic, kinda mean New York lawyer named Elihu Root. Let's get into some spicy, exciting, adrenaline-soaked military reform!
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The Philippine War ends not with a glorious triumph, but a descent into America's heart of darkness in Batangas, Samar and the Moro Provinces. When the people of the United States confront the truth, will they accept the reality...or cling to a glorious image? The end of the war is only the beginning.
Map of the Final Campaigns: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/unknown-soldiers-podcast-episodes-39-and-49-philippine-war-parts-iii-iv-maps
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Music:
"Driving Atmospheric Dread" by EdwardCNBrown via pond5.com
"America the Beautiful" as arranged by StockMusicCom via pond5.com
Women served on both sides in the Philippine War, in capacities as varied as they were surprising. American women were activists, teachers, nurses and Army wives; Filipinas were revolutionaries, camp followers, and even warriors. But in the end, what truly made them different was their relationship to colonialism and empire.
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By 1900, the Americans seemed to have defeated the Philippine resistance...but the war had actually shifted into Phase 2. Ambushes, atrocities, and presidential politics swirl around America's new empire as the war gets bitter and ugly. Is it possible for America to defeat an insurgency?
Map of the Campaigns of 1900: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-38-the-philippine-war-part-2-shock-and-awe-maps
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Music:
Lock And Load by Hayden Folker | https://soundcloud.com/hayden-folkerMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
The Buffalo Soldiers, the African-American regiments, might have been the U.S. Army's elite units of its imperial age. But Black Americans had a different experience and different reaction to the conflict, and it wasn't always positive. How did America's racial history intersect with the Philippine War?
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The United States has decided to civilize the people of the Philippines, but the Filipinos beg to differ. The campaigns of 1899 will show war in all its glory and all its ugliness. It's time to bring freedom to the Philippines...whether they want it or not.
Map of the Campaigns of 1899: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-38-the-philippine-war-part-2-shock-and-awe-maps
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Music: "Gentlemen at War" by PlayAgain via Pond5.com
The United States Army and Marine Corps were in a transitional period during the Philippine-American War. They had strengths and weaknesses on many different levels, but at the end of the day they were an imperial army...and they did what imperial armies do.
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The United States has won the Spanish-American War, and finds itself in control of the Philippine Islands. The Filipinos think they're being liberated, but the Yankees have other ideas. Will America stay true to its values, or succumb to the temptation of empire?
Map of the Philippines in 1898: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/unknown-soldiers-podcast-episode-37-the-philippine-war-part-i-american-empire-map
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Music: Selections of John Philip Sousa marches (public domain)
A brief introduction to the upcoming Philippine-American War series, debuting October 31. Don't know your McKinleys from your McDoubles? Find the answers here!
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In today's Unfiltered Soldiers, it's time to crack open some more myths...this time about the American Civil War. The turning points of the war, slavery, guerrilla warfare, Grant and Lee...all sorts of fun stuff! And what was the Civil War even about? (Slavery. 100%. Let's get that one out of the way.)
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The American Civil War was not just North versus South. In modern day Oklahoma, the American Indians of the Indian Territory find themselves caught in the middle and have to pick a side. Their internal civil wars are no less fierce than the big one. You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.
Maps and Sources; https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/episode-36-between-blue-and-gray-maps-and-sources
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Music: Sad Folk Ballad With Fiddle Lead (Civil War Era Folk Ballad - Full Length) by BigAltX via pond5.com
In 1932, Australia had an emu problem. They decided to solve it with soldiers and machine guns. They lost.
That's it. That's the summary.
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The story of Australia in World War II is one of a country finding its identity, and the keystone of this story is the Kokoda Track Campaign of 1942. The Australian militia that battled the Japanese in the jungles of New Guinea would ascend into legend.
Maps & Sources: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/unknown-soldiers-podcast-episode-35-the-legend-of-kokoda-maps-and-sources
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Music:
"World War Infinity" by Lownotes, via Pond5.com
In 1878, after 36 years of peace between their countries, the British Empire invaded Afghanistan once again. Some people never learn. The Second Anglo-Afghan War would shake the Empire...and the Afghans...to their foundations.
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Music:
Jalandhar Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Coming September 5 - SEASON 2 of the Unknown Soldiers Podcast! Premiering with Episode #34, "Return to the Graveyard of Empires".
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A surprise Special Edition episode from the Unknown Soldiers Podcast! Military logistics is one of the least sexy but most important aspects of warfare. This episode contains four case studies: Xerxes in Greece, Sherman in Georgia, Hitler in Russia, Eisenhower in France...that lay out the challenges imposed by the Iron Hand of Logistics.
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Music: x4
Checkpoint by Hayden Folker | https://soundcloud.com/hayden-folker Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
“Traditional Americana Folk Ballad” by CBL, via Pond5.com.
100 Seconds by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deckMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
First in the Unknown Soldiers Podcast's interview series, we have Mr. David Townsend, author of "My Road to Mandalay: Compiled from his Father's Letters." David's father fought in the Burma Campaign of World War II, and his letters were only found years later. David tells us about his discovery of the side of his father that he never knew: one more of history's Unknown Soldiers.
Amazon link to My Road to Mandalay: https://tinyurl.com/mw9m3689
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David's website:
https://www.myroadtomandalay.com/
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In the early months of the American Civil War, the Confederacy launched an invasion of New Mexico to achieve their dream of empire. This forgotten campaign culminated in a small but important battle at Glorieta Pass - the Gettysburg of the West.
Sources, Images, Maps: https://www.unknownsoldierspodcast.com/post/unknown-soldiers-podcast-episode-32-gettysburg-of-the-west-maps-images-and-sources
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The soldiers of the Crimean War had pretty miserable diets and a strong desire for all kinds of alcohol. If you are what you eat, the Crimean War's soldiers were salt beef, biscuit, and liquor - though that, like everything else, was about to change.
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Russian imperialism, and its opponents, are often forgotten. Throughout the early 19th Century, Russia fought to subdue the mountain tribes of Chechnya and Dagestan and the Muslim guerrilla leader Imam Shamil. Who will become Lord of the Caucasus?
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The last stages of the Crimean War saw some of its fiercest combat in the Allied assaults on Sevastopol. What the nations of Europe learned in the trenches would change how they viewed each other - and how they viewed themselves.
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In 1855, a woman of color arrived on the Crimea to do her part for the British war effort. Mary Seacole, a mixed-race Creole widow, would be one of the great British heroines of the Crimea, a light driving back the melting dark.
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A young Russian army officer arrived in Sevastopol in December 1854, and he was transformed by his experience in the Crimean War. Let's take a look at the Siege of Sevastopol with our tour guide, Ensign Leo Tolstoy.
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The winter of 1854-1855 would test every army on the Crimea to their limits. Only the intervention of heroes and heroines from across the class system would bring their armies through the darkness - and into the light of the first mass media war.
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Four armies are locked on a desperate, bitter struggle around the fortress city of Sevastopol, the key to the Crimea. But in the valleys of Balaclava and the fog of Inkerman, it is the soldiers, not the generals, who decide the fate of empires.
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The armies of the Crimean War were a product of their histories, their societies, and their cultures. They reflected the nations that deployed them. When they finally collide on the Alma River, their strengths...and weaknesses...will be revealed.
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A brief introduction to the Crimean War series and Europe in the 19th Century. Need some context before we get into the story? Don't know your Prussias from your Russias? Find the answers here!
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Welcome to the Victorian Age, the 19th Century. The decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Sick Man of Europe, has caused an international crisis. Ambition, fear, escalation and miscalculation will pull Europe into the first modern conflict.
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In today's Unfiltered Soldiers, it's time to take a look at the First World War beyond the mud and blood of trench warfare in France and Flanders. What was going on in Africa? China? The Middle East? The Balkans? Ukraine? Let's look at the Great War...beyond the Western Front.
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When World War I began, multiple German ships were in foreign waters. The story of the last German squadron at large, Admiral Von Spee's East Asia Squadron, is an epic drama on the high seas...but also shows how culture can change the tide of history.
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Today we meet the women who followed, suffered, and died with European armies in the age of gunpowder, 1450-1850. They are the invisible people of military history, some of the greatest unknown soldiers, the women of the army: the camp followers.
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During the leadup to the U.S. Civil War, American adventurers tried to invade and conquer new slave territories in the Caribbean. They were called the "filibusters", and their most infamous hero, William Walker, became Central America's historical villain.
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Brief update on the present and future of the Unknown Soldiers Podcast. No episode this week - sorry! But there's a bunch of good stuff just over the horizon...
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BONUS SHORT ROUND for the Imjin War. Don't let the title fool you. The iron hand of logistics can make or break an army, a campaign, a war...and it broke the Japanese invasion of Korea. Let's take an in-depth look at what it takes to feed an army.
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PART IV of the Imjin War. By 1598, the Japanese had failed to conquer Korea...if only they would admit it. The last years of the conflict will see some of the bloodiest and most horrifying events in Asian history...and their scars still refuse to heal.
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PART III of the Imjin War. In 1597, the Japanese came back for Round Two, and Korea was brought to the brink of disaster. Its survival rested on a disgraced admiral and his 13 ships...holding the line against 300. It is one of history's greatest last stands: the Battle of Myeongnyang, the Korean Thermopylae.
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BONUS SHORT ROUND for the Imjin War. Ming China was a gunpowder empire, the East Asian superpower that would ultimately thwart Hideyoshi's invasion of Japan...with help from Little Brother, Joseon Korea. Let's take a hard look at the Chinese army in the gunpowder age.
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PART II of the Imjin War. In 1593, the Japanese invasion of Korea had run into serious trouble. An overstretched army, the valiant resistance of the Korean people, and the guns of the Ming Dynasty would force the samurai to admit defeat. Or would they?
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BONUS SHORT ROUND for the Imjin War. The samurai army that invaded Korea in 1592 was a highly effective, ruthless gunpowder army, a fusion of katanas and muskets. It had some surprising strengths, and...even more surprising weaknesses.
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PART I of the Imjin War. In 1592, a Japanese warlord named Toyotomi Hideyoshi unleashed a campaign of brutal world conquest. But even the mighty samurai would meet their match when they met a courageous Korean admiral named Yi Sun-Sin.
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A brief introduction to the Imjin War series and Asia in the 16th Century. Need some context before we get into the story? Don't know your Mings from your Mongols? Find the answers here!
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War elephants were a surprisingly common presence on the battlefield from ancient times until almost the present day. This is a look at the big leathery fellas - how they were trained, how they were used, who used them, and how effective they were.
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The Maurya Dynasty ruled the first great empire of Ancient India. But how did the peoples of ancient India view war, combat, and conflict? The answers are much more relevant to the modern world than you might imagine.
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The Ancient Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus was legendary in his own time, and is still spoken of today – but for entirely different reasons. What happens when a victory in battle is not worth the cost? What happens when the victories don’t matter at all?
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The myths of the Greek city-state of Sparta, of Spartan invincibility and Spartan warrior might, are a favorite theme of popular history. But do the facts match up to the legend? It’s time to do some mythbusting on the Unknown Soldiers Podcast.
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In today's Unfiltered Soldiers, it's time to bust some myths about the German military of World War II - the Wehrmacht. Guest starring a glass of beer and a rant about the film "Enemy at the Gates."
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In the second (too long) Unfiltered Soldiers, meet George Washington, Father of His Country, warts and all. Learn where he sucked, where he failed, where he was wrong...and where he succeeded. Featuring guest appearances by a glass of beer and the musical Hamilton.
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In World War II, the Western Allies launched two invasions of France. The first was in Normandy. The second was in Southern France: Operation Dragoon, the Other D-Day. Let's meet some forgotten heroes of World War II.
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Bernardo de Gálvez, Governor of Spanish Louisiana, is one of the greatest heroes of the American Revolution...but sadly remains a footnote in U.S. history. His Mississippi River and Gulf Coast campaigns helped define the future of the young republic.
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The Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783, was one of history's longest sieges and the largest engagement of the American Revolutionary War...and not a single American soldier in sight. Can the British and German garrison hold the Rock of Gibraltar?
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A global superpower has gotten bogged down in a guerrilla war created by its own mistakes. How can the forces of King George III defeat the American Insurgency? Let's look at the Revolution through British eyes.
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The unsung heroines of the ’45, the women of the Jacobite Cause, deserve their own light in the sun. No part of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rebellion could have succeeded without them…and they shared in the tragedy of its failure.
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This is the story of a Highland Clan Chief – Simon Fraser, Chief of Clan Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat. His life shines a light into the upheavals caused by the Jacobite Wars. But despite his importance he is a backstabbing, dirty, nasty man. Do not root for him.
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PART IV of the Jacobite Wars. Two British armies collide on the battlefield of Culloden Moor. It is the death of a culture and the birth of a legend. What will rise from the stones of Culloden?
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It was not an English Army or a Scottish Army, but two British Armies, that went to the battlefield of Culloden. It's time to meet the men who would fight to the death for their Princes and their causes.
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PART III of the Jacobite Wars. Prince Charles and his Jacobite Army march south into England, where they come to a small town called Derby. Decisions made here will decide the fate of Britain, America, and the world.
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PART II of the Jacobite Wars. In 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart arrived in Scotland and raised the Highland Clans for one last rebellion in order to reclaim his father’s throne, sparking the last campaign ever fought on British soil.
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The Scottish Highland Clans were a proud, aggressive, martial people that had defended their culture and traditions for centuries. Many turned to the Jacobite Cause to preserve their way of life, and their last stand would come in 1745.
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This is a brief introduction to the first series of the Unknown Soldiers Podcast. Need some context before we get into the story? Don't know your Jacobites from your Jacobins? Find the answers here!
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PART I of the Jacobite Wars. In 1688, one king is overthrown and another is proclaimed, a victory so bloodless that it is called the Glorious Revolution. But conflict is on its way as the exiled Stuart kings try to regain the throne.
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In the first episode of Unfiltered Soldiers, hear all about how warfare went from medieval to modern, how people all over the world got the gun and figured out what to do with it. Featuring guest appearances by a glass of beer and Age of Empires.
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In 1918, the guns on the Western Front went silent...but for some, the nightmare had only begun. Europe, the Middle East, and America are about to experience the trauma and violence that comes after the Armistice.
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She is remembered and honored as the Warrior Queen of Angola. But the story of Njinga of Ndongo, one of the greatest women generals in history, is both dark and bloody – and it raises questions about who we choose to revere as a hero.
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How do you punish your military commanders for making a mistake? Well, have you tried executing them? Admiral John Byng is about to learn some hard lessons about the price of failure.
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Getting into a foreign war is easy. Getting out is harder. To end the Barbary Wars, will President Thomas Jefferson and his chosen agents sacrifice American values? Oh, and the Marines do something on the Shores of Tripoli.
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America’s Founding Fathers paid protection money to a bunch of North African pirates, until one day they decided not to. The price of peace rises and falls, but a bunch of swashbuckling drama queen U.S. Navy officers are up to the challenge.
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The Janissaries were the elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, a powerful force on the battlefield. But this institution's fall from grace would threaten the very empire it created.
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The 1565 Siege of Malta was one of the most celebrated conflicts of its age, but is a footnote in modern memory. Atrocity, courage, faith and technology combined to make it one of the most extreme combat experiences of the gunpowder era.
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In 1976, terrorists landed a hijacked civilian airliner at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. The Israeli rescue is one of the most bold and dramatic special forces missions in history – but what is the ultimate legacy of Operation Thunderbolt?
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The Korean Axe Murder Incident of 1976 almost started World War III. Maybe. Probably not. But it WAS the most heavily armed landscaping operation in world history, and shines a light into American military culture.
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In 1917, the Russian Women's Battalion of Death went into the hell of combat in the First World War. This episode explores their creation, their experiences, and their bitter fate – and the lengths some people will go to cover up inconvenient history.
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In 1877, the Nez Perce tribe crossed the Rocky Mountains, pursued by the United States Army. It is one of the most epic stories in American history, one that tells us a lot about our past – and our present.
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Music Credit: “Native Way” by Daniel Ternyik via Pond5
In 1281, the Mongol Empire decided to invade Japan and met with disaster. Was it because of their own mistakes, the courage of their opponents, or maybe a little divine intervention?
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Music Credit: "Lament for a Warrior's Soul" by RandomMind, via chosic.com
In 1839, the British Empire invaded a small mountain kingdom on the borders of India. They'll learn that it's easy to get an army into Afghanistan - but not so easy to get one out.
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In this quick introduction, we’ll touch on my background and the origins of this podcast, its structure, its goals, and what you can expect going forward. You should care, and I’m gonna tell you why.
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Introducing the Unknown Soldiers Podcast with James Houser. Episode 1 debuts on August 2, 2021. Strap up and prepare to go on campaign!
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Theme Music is “Heart of Medieval Tiny” by ButterflyTea, via Tribe of Noise at www.tribeofnoise.com
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