The History Network Podcast
1) 3809 The (Second) Battle of Mantinea
At the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, a resurgent Thebes led by its great statesmen and tactician reformers Epaminondas and Pelopidas defeated the army of Sparta. The defeat was one of the greatest shoc...Show More
2) 3808 The Battles of Hedgeley Moor and Hexham 1464 - Part 2
The Final showdown at Hexham, May 15th, 1464 John Neville probably marched along the north bank of the River Tyne along Carrel Gate. This route put Bywell castle under threat, but we do not hear of He...Show More
3) 3807 The Battles of Hedgeley Moor and Hexham 1464 - Part 1
A combination of two battles fought close together in Northumberland in April and May 1464 brought Lancastrian resistance to the Yorkist king Edward IV to an end during the Wars of the Roses until 146...Show More
4) 3806 - The Shingle Street Invasion That Never Was
Picture the Suffolk coast on a stormy night in 1940. Waves crash against a bleak shingle bank, the wind howls through the marshes, and blackout shades cover every window in the tiny hamlet of Shingle ...Show More
5) 3805 Valour Lost - Part 3
In the third of this three part series we conclude our look at the eight recipients of the Victoria Cross who forfeited the award due to their later actions as well as other recipients who fell on har...Show More
6) 3804 Valour Lost - Part 2
In the second of this three part series we continue our look at the eight recipients of the Victoria Cross who forfeited the award due to their later actions as well as other recipients who fell on ha...Show More
7) 3803 Valour Lost - Part 1
In this three part series we look at the eight recipients of the Victoria Cross who forfeited the award due to their later actions as well as other recipients who fell on hard times, and with particul...Show More
8) 3802 Colenso: Ireland's Forgotten Sacrifice in the Boer War
Yet another war believed to be over by Christmas. The Second Boer War was fought between the greatest empire the world had ever seen and a nation of farmers with a population fewer than that of Bright...Show More
9) 3801 Alvarado's Leap
Modern historical scholarship has little lenience for hyperbole and any event that appears exaggerated is heavily scrutinized. The Spanish Conquest of Mexico provides ample folklores for historians to...Show More
10) 3710 Soccer pitch invasion!: the Vienna battlefield discovery and the battle of Carnuntum, AD 170.
In late October 2024, under a Vienna sports field (Ostbahn-XI-Platz) on the Danube in the Simmering district, a site of ancient mass burial was discovered. 129 bodies were discovered (intermixed bones...Show More