Forgotten Wars

By: James Barton
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  • Forgotten Wars covers the conflicts overlooked in popular history. Journey to World War One in East Africa with an undefeated German General, trek across Siberia during the Russian Revolution with a lost Czech legion, watch as Britain bombards Chinese forts in service to the Opium trade, and find out if a war actually started because of a football result.


    Expect bravery, incompetence, fascinating figures and incredible drama.


    By James Barton, proud History Nerd


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Episodes
  • Haitian Inferno - Liberty and Death in the Haitian Revolution

    Haitian Inferno - Liberty and Death in the Haitian Revolution
    Dec 7 2024
    What do Voodoo priests, Slaves fighting for their freedom and Napoleon Bonaparte have in common? The Haitian Revolution! After the slaves of Haiti rose up and overthrew their French masters, Napoleon sends a vast army to restore French rules and reimpose slavery. Yet he had underestimated the man the French would come to call the Black Spartacus, Toussaint L'Ouverture

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    42 mins
  • The Winter War: Finland's fight for survival

    The Winter War: Finland's fight for survival
    Nov 20 2024
    As World Two rages in Europe, Finland has to fight its own desperate struggle for survival as it is invaded by the full might of the Soviet Union. The Finns would earn the respect of world and legends would be born in this epic David and Goliath struggle.

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    33 mins
  • The Great Game - The First Anglo-Afghan War

    The Great Game - The First Anglo-Afghan War
    Nov 4 2024
    A British army invades Afghanistan expecting an easy victory, instead it would lead to the worst British military defeat in the 19th Century. Join me for a tale of heroism, incompetence, super spies and disaster.

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    35 mins

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