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If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. Whether you're new to the show or not, there is some very time-sens
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)Most Irishmen in souther
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)In this mini-episode of
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)In this mini-episode of
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)In this mini-episode of
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)In this mini-episode of th
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)Enjoy the 2nd part of th
If you're new to the show, you'd probably like it best if you started listening to this sprawling story at episode 1.1 or 1.3 ... depending how you like consuming your stories. If you're not new to the show, read on :)Enjoy part 1 of the inte
Hear about a new up & coming storyteller as well as more resources Forgotten Wars is making available to you loyal fans!Youtube channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLZLQ3PL6isa3Nt7va7efuA
Listen to my interview that released today on the History Unplugged show anywhere you listen to podcasts.1. Link to interview on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-boer-wars-the-south-african-conflict-that/id1237796990?i
A general is captured at Tweebosch, a "glorious" charge at Rooiwal, and peace negotiations are taken up again.1) To read the article about the British Women's Emigration Association before it goes behind a paywall, go to this link: https://fo
An epic clash at Vlakfontein, a comical scene at Groenkop, & some dark scenes elsewhere in this episode.Notes:1) Be a reason that there is a Q&A episode by using this link to send me questions related to the history we've covered: https://fo
Jan Smuts and company take another shot at invading the Cape Colony while Louis Botha takes another crack at Natal. Will they yield the same fruit?Notes:1) Be a reason that there is a Q&A episode by using this link to send me questions relat
Bergendal, Churchill's book tour, guerrilla warfare, De Wet's 4-pronged invasion, Botha and Kitchener's peace talks, and blockhouses ... all that in this episode.1) Learn more dates and districts for Churchill's elections using this article:
Finally ... the story of Boer & black concentration camps in southern Africa during the South African War of 1899-1902.1. If you want a Q&A episode, send questions you have about the Boer Wars or these concentration camps to me using the foll
Did concentration camps really emerge for the first time during the South African War of 1899-1902? This second part of your 3-part answer focuses on camps that emerged in the Philippines and ... what scorched earth wrought in southern Africa.
Did concentration camps really emerge for the first time during the South African War of 1899-1902? This first part of your 3-part answer focuses on camps that emerged in German Southwest Africa and ... Cuba.Notes:1. If I get enough of your
Bokassa was a military colonel in the 1950's who took control of the Central African Republic in a coup d'état. His obsession with Napoleon and his lust for power drove him to commit some of the most depraved acts imaginable on his own people.
As British forces close in on Pretoria, the Boers argue about surrendering or fighting on. Which side will take more prisoners? Which side will triumph at Diamond Hill? What proclamations will ripple for decades?Notes:1) My brother laughed o
Blacks were more than victims and unskilled laborers in this war. Learn enough today to see through the glass more clearly.SHOW NOTES:1. Yes ... you did hear baby Evan losing his mind at about the 14 minute mark :)2. You can share the show
After Ladysmith, after Kimberley, and after Paardeberg, as the dominos continue to fall, both a hero and monster emerge in Mafeking.
Finally ... the door is open for Christiaan De Wet to wage guerrilla warfare as the British close in on Pretoria. Does the door slam in his face, or does he throw it wide open? The Battle of Korn Spruit (aka Sanna's Post) will tell you.1) If
The Boers are reeling and on the run. The British are on a roll to ... Bloemfontein. How costly will marching into Bloemfontein be?Notes: 1) Learn more about Russian support and undermining of the Boers war effort before the article goes beh
Piet Cronje lets himself get circled by Lord Kitchener & Lord Roberts. Cecil Rhodes flexes his obnoxious muscle at Kimberley. Thousands of men and animals will face starvation, dehydration, and exhaustion. This isn’t going to end well.Notes-
General Buller & company are hoping this time ... and the next time will be different when they try to break the noose around Ladysmith's neck.Notes-1) Buy a Forgotten Wars mask: https://forgottenwarspodcast.com/merch/2) Try Fiverr & help th
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