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History's Greatest Battles

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Where the course of history has been decided on the battlefield. These are the battles that made us -- a detailed, entertaining, and tangent-free program about history's greatest battles. In this podcast we journey through the constancy of human conflict, where the fates of nations and the course of global history have been decided on the battlefield. This podcast delves into our world-history's most significant and seminal battles, exploring not just the events themselves but their profound impact on the world we live in today. Each episode is meticulously crafted by ardent and dedicated history fans with a passion for military history and an appreciation for the art of storytelling. Join us as we unravel the strategies, heroics, and consequences that have shaped civilizations and forged the destiny of entire continents.

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The Siege of Khartoum, 1885. Muslim Religious Zeal Cracks the British Empire. British-Muslim Policy Established. 22:48

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Gordon’s fall shattered what remained of Egyptian authority in Sudan. The region, once claimed in maps and ledgers, slipped into the hands of the Mahdist state. But in Britain, the loss reverberated beyond strategy. It struck the national psyche... a public accustomed to victory saw one of its most revered officers abandoned and butchered. The outcry wasn’t fleeting. It hardened into a new imperial posture: less hesitant, more aggressive. From that point forward, British ambition in Africa intensified... not merely to reclaim lost territory, but to prove that the empire would never again tolerate humiliation at the hands of those it considered beneath its dominion. Khartoum. March 12, 1884 - January 26, 1885. Mahdist (Muslim) Forces: ~ 60,000 Men. British/Egyptian Forces: ~ 8,000 Egyptian Regulars and ~ 3,000 Sudanese Volunteers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Neillands, Robin. The Dervish Wars. Farwell, Byron. Queen Victoria's Little Wars. Royle, Charles. The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Bilbao, 1937. Basque Culture Systematically Erased. Hitler Helps Spain in a Preview of WWII Atrocities and Experiments. 27:37

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The fall of Vizcaya’s capital was both a tactical defeat and the moment the spine of Basque resistance snapped. With it went the last coordinated defense of autonomy in the north. From that point forward, there would be no organized Basque military stand, no political bargaining power, and no seat at the table in the war that continued to rage across Spain. What followed was more than occupation; it was a deliberate and calculated dismantling of Basque nationalism. Schools were purged. Language forbidden. Symbols outlawed. Nationalist Military leaders didn’t just take territory, they moved to erase the very idea of a separate Basque identity. That loss in Vizcaya marked more than the end of a campaign. It triggered a generational suppression that would outlast the war itself: etched into law, enforced by decree, and remembered in silence. Bilbao. March 31 - une 19, 1937. Spanish Nationalist Forces: ~ 50,000 Spanish, Italian, and Moroccan Troops. Basque Republican Forces: ~ 45,000 Troops. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. Gibbs, Jack. The Spanish Civil War. Jackson, Gabriel. A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of The Alamo, 1836. The Violent Slaughter that made modern America. Heroic Last Stand. 21:00

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The fall of the Alamo ignited a fierce, unrelenting resistance to Santa Anna’s advance, forging the resolve that would drive his army into the dirt and wrest from him the independence of Texas. The Alamo. February 23 - March 6, 1836. Texian Forces: ~ 189 Texans. Mexican Forces: 4,000 - 6,000 Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Hardin, Stephen. Texian Iliad. Huffines, Alan. Blood of Noble Men. Proctor, Ben. The Battle of the Alamo. Long, Charles. 1836: The Alamo. Related Episodes: The Battle of San Jacinto . Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Sevastopol, WWII 1941-42. The Largest Military Invasion in Recorded History. 21:55

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The battle for Sevastopol, and the wider fight for Crimea, siphoned off critical German divisions from the southern push toward the Caucasus, delaying the drive for oil and momentum. At the same time, it gutted Soviet naval power in the Black Sea, silencing it for nearly two years and leaving the coastline exposed and vulnerable. Sevastopol. October 30, 1941 - July 3, 1942. Nazi Forces: ~ 204,000 Soldiers, 670 Siege Guns, 655 Anti-Tank Guns, 720 Mortars, 450 Tanks, and 600 Aircraft. Soviet Forces: ~ 106,000 Soldiers, 600 Heavy Guns, 100+ Mortars, 38 Tanks, and 55 Aircraft. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Morozov, Vasili. The Siege of Sevastopol. Werth, Alexander. Russia at War., 1941-1945. Ansimov, N.I. Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945. Similar Episodes: The Battle for Moscow . The Siege of Sevastopol (1854-55) . The Siege of Stalingrad . Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Khe Sanh, 1968. The Killing Stroke of Communist Vietnam's Final Major Offensive. 20:12

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The North Vietnamese defeat marked the terminal collapse of their ambitious 1968 campaign: an orchestrated “General Offensive” designed to fracture American resolve and ignite a nationwide uprising, brought to its knees by the very forces it sought to outmaneuver. Khe Sanh. January 21 - April 5, 1968. American and South Vietnamese Forces: ~ 6,000 US Marines and ARVN Rangers. North Vietnamese Forces: ~ 32,000 - 40,000 Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Maclear, Michael. The Ten Thousand Day War. Warren, James. The Mystery of Khe Sanh. Davidson, Phillip. Vietnam at War. Similar Episodes: The Tet Offensive . Dien Bien Phu . Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Fort Stanwix, American Revolution. 1777. Where an Insurrection Turn into a Revolution. 20:19

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Britain’s failure to seize Fort Stanwix played a critical role in the collapse of their strategy to divide the colonies. Without control of the fort, they were unable to secure the Hudson River corridor or dominate central New York, objectives that had been essential to cutting the American rebellion in half. That one position, held against the odds, helped fracture the campaign designed to isolate New England and strangle the revolution in its infancy. Fort Stanwix. August 3 - 22, 1777. American Forces: ~ 800 Militia Men. British and Allied Forces: 875 Soldiers and 800 to 1,000 Mohawk Warriors. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Pancake, John. 1777, the Year of the Hangman. Ward, Christopher. The War of the Revolution. Nickerson, Hoffman. The Turning Point of the Revolution. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Viking Siege of Paris, 886 AD. Just 200 Parisian Men Held Paris Against 30,000 Vikings. 21:00

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The siege didn’t just test the walls of Paris, it revealed its worth to all of France. In holding the city, the defenders exposed the spine of the realm. And when Charles the Fat chose appeasement over action, he sealed his fate. The dynasty of Charlemagne ended not with a charge, but with a negotiation. The Carolingians fell... because Paris refused to. Paris. November 25, 885 - October, 886 AD. Parisian Forces: 200 Men-At-Arms. Nordic Viking Forces: ~ 30,000 Viking Warriors. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Jones, Gwyn. A History of the Vikings. Brent, Peter. The Viking Saga. Lansdale, Maria. Paris: Its Sites, Monuments and History. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Plataea, 429-427 BC. First Recorded Use of Chemical Warfare. Executions. Collapse of Hellenistic Honor. 23:48

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Plataea represented the first large-scale deployment of siege technology and engineered tactics in Greek warfare: an evolution that redefined how cities were attacked and defended. But its legacy reached further. It signaled the beginning of a deeper collapse: the unraveling of the social fabric and psychological cohesion that had once bound the Hellenic world. From that point forward, betrayal carried more currency than loyalty, and expediency replaced shared memory as the foundation of alliance. Plataea. 429 - 427 B.C. Spartan Forces: Unknown. Modern historians speculate at ~ 30,000 Soldiers. Plataean: 400 Plataean, 80 Athenian Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Kern, Paul. Ancient Siege Warfare Jowett Translation: Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Crane, Gregory. The Case of Plataia. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Stalingrad, 1943. Hitler's Critical Error. 17:35

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Germany’s failure to take Stalingrad did more than cost them a city, it collapsed the entire southern campaign. With the 6th Army destroyed and the line of advance broken, the push toward the Caucasus oil fields disintegrated. Those fields were the key to strangling the Soviet war effort, cut them off, and the Red Army’s engines would fall silent. But without Stalingrad, the route was dead. The Wehrmacht, now overextended and underfed, could not punch south. Hitler had lost the one chance to bleed the Soviet Union at its source. And from that moment forward, the Red Army would not be starved. It would be fueled. It would be armed. And it would come west like a hammer. Stalingrad. August 24, 1942 - February 2, 1943. Nazi Forces: 230,000 Soldiers. Soviet Forces: ~ 300,000 Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Hayward, Joel. Stopped at Stalingrad. Zhukov, Georgi. Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles. Chuikov, V.I. The Battle for Stalingrad. Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Boulogne, 1544. The Collapse of a Throne Built on Defiance. 19:07

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King Henry, having taken Boulogne through sheer force of will, stood at the height of his final campaign, but he could not convert occupation into dominance. The victory, though real, yielded no strategic transformation. Faced with financial strain, dwindling supplies, and an unreliable ally in Emperor Charles, he abandoned further escalation. The peace he signed with France was not born of strength, but of exhaustion... a reluctant admission that the age of English conquest on the Continent had passed. With that treaty, Henry’s long pursuit of martial glory ended: not in triumph, but in limitation. It marked the quiet extinguishing of a military legacy forged in fury, but ultimately constrained by the realities of power. Boulogne. July 19 - September 18, 1544. English Forces: 16,000 Soldiers to take Boulogne, 4,000 to hold it. French Forces: ~ 2,000 Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Scarisbrick, J.J. Henry VIII. Cornish, Paul. Henry VIII's Army. Ridley, Jasper. Henry VIII. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Basra, 1982-87. Chemical Warfare. Nerve Gas. A Million Casualties. 25:26

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The fighting around Basra was the bloodiest of the Iran-Iraq War, grinding through thousands of lives as both sides hurled everything they had into the struggle. It was here that Iraq unleashed chemical weapons on a massive scale, forcing the world to take notice... not out of moral outrage, but out of the cold realization that modern warfare had crossed another line. Basra. July 13, 1982 - February 27, 1987. Iraqi Forces: ~ 285,000 Soldiers. Iranian Forces: Unknown, but Hundreds of Thousands. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Wagner, A.R. The Lessons of Modern War. Yengst, William. The Iran-Iraq War: The Siege of Basra. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Badajoz, 1812. Total Carnage, Absolute Gore. Napoleon's Spanish Divisions Decimated by Wellington. 23:27

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When the guns fell silent and the blood-soaked ruins of Badahose lay under British control, the last obstacle between Wellington and Spain was gone. The fortress had been the key, the final lock on the door that led into Napoleon’s empire. Now, the British held that key, and there would be no turning back. The invasion of Spain had begun: not as a probing raid, not as a cautious advance, but as a declaration of war against the French occupation itself. The road to Madrid lay open, and with it, the future of the entire Peninsular War. Badajoz. March 17 - April 6, 1812. British Forces: 51,000 Infantry, 52 Siege Guns. French Forces: 4,700 Infantry, 140 Guns. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Lawrence, James. The Iron Duke. Myatt, Frederick. British Sieges of the Peninsular War. Glover, Michael. Wellington's Peninsular Victories. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Gibraltar, 1779- 1783. The Longest Siege in British History. Key to WWII Centuries Later. 26:16

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The last great effort to reclaim Gibraltar ended in defeat, sealing Britain’s hold over the gateway to the Mediterranean. The Rock remained under the Union Jack, and with it, Britain maintained the power to dictate the movement of fleets, the flow of commerce, and the balance of influence in one of the world’s most contested waterways. Every empire that challenged British naval supremacy in the centuries that followed would have to contend with the fact that this fortress, at the crossroads of Europe and Africa, was still in British hands... and with it, command over the sea that shaped the course of history. Gibraltar. July 11, 1779 - February 2, 1783. British Forces: 5,380 Soldiers and Five Ships. Spanish Forces: 21,000 Soldiers and 19 Ships. Additional Reading and Episode Research: McGuffie, T.H. The Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783. Russel, Jack. Gibraltar Besieged, 1779 - 1783. Bradford, Ernle. Gibraltar: The History of a Fortress. Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Carthage, 146 BC. Rome Annihilates an Entire Civilization. A General Shames Himself Before his Wife. 27:08

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Carthage... was annihilated. Its streets, once filled with merchants and soldiers, became killing grounds. Its walls, once impenetrable, were torn apart stone by stone. Its people, once masters of the sea, were either slaughtered in the ruins of their homes or marched away in chains. The war was over, but this was not a victory. It was an execution. The city that had defied Rome for over a century no longer existed, and with it, an entire civilization was erased. There would be no rebuilding, no resurgence, no legacy beyond the scorched earth where it once stood. Carthage. 149 B.C. - 146 B.C. Roman Forces: 80,000 Infantry, 4,000 Cavalry. Carthaginian Forces: City Forces: Unknown; Field Forces: ~25,000 - 30,000 Infantry. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Dudley, D.R. Rome Against Carthage. Collon Translation: Picard, Gilbert. The Life and Death of Carthage. Abbott, Jacob. History of Hannibal of Carthage. Other Pertinent Episodes: The Battle of Zama . The Battle of Metaurus River . Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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The Siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The Death Knell Moment of the Rebellion. The South Reduced to Eating Rats. 35:04

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With the fall of Vicksburg, the Union seized the entire length of the Mississippi River, cleaving the Confederacy in half. The South’s western states... Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas... were now isolated, their soldiers and resources cut off from the Eastern war effort. What had once been a united rebellion was now a fractured resistance, fighting a war it could no longer sustain. Vicksburg. May 19 - July 4, 1863. Union Forces: 75,000 Soldiers. Confederate Forces: 30,000 Soldiers. Additional Reading and Episode Research: Foote, Shelby. The Civil War, A Narrative. McPherson, James. Battle Cry of Freedom. Newman, Ralph. The Civil War: An American Iliad. Donald, David. The Civil War and Reconstruction. Other Episodes on the Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg . The Siege of Fort Fisher . The Battle of Antietam . Support the show Social Media: www.HistorysGreatestBattles.com Youtube | TikTok Support The Show: https://covertwars.com…

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