January 6, 2023 • 8m
When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, Napoleon's failed campaign was on many minds. Hitler specifically wanted to a...Read more
February 10, 2023 • 32m
After the brief summer 1813 cease fire, Napoleon's campaign in Germany resumes. Surrounded by the Allies - which also manage to sl...Read more
March 10, 2023 • 24m
It's common wisdom that the nuclear bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused the Japanese surrender at the end of the 2nd ...Read more
April 7, 2023 • 36m
The Crimean War between the Ottoman Empire and Russia (and later the UK and France) has been called the last crusade and the first...Read more
May 12, 2023 • 22m
The question about the first modern war has caused lively debates among historians and YouTube comment sections alike. In this vid...Read more
June 2, 2023 • 27m
After the Warlord Era, the Chinese Civil War was primarily fought between the Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese Com...Read more
June 16, 2023 • 30m
The North African campaign of WW2 is one of the most famous ones. The almost mythical story of the British "Desert Rats" defeating...Read more
July 7, 2023 • 26m
The summer of 1944 saw the Allies land in France not once but twice. Two months after Operation Overlord, the Allies also landed i...Read more
July 21, 2023 • 23m
In 1937 Japan invaded the Republic of China after already annexing Manchuria in 1931. With the international settlements in Shangh...Read more
August 4, 2023 • 26m
Since the inception of the nuclear bomb, military strategists have tried to figure out how to use them best. During the Cold War, ...Read more
August 18, 2023 • 1h 11m
After Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Russia he was still able to put up a fight and was determined to beat the enemy coalition...Read more
September 1, 2023 • 30m
After defeating the Axis in North Africa, the stage was set for the first Allied landing in Europe. The target was Sicily and in s...Read more
September 15, 2023 • 26m
After the Second World War multiple French colonies were pushing towards independence, among them Indochina. The Viet Minh movemen...Read more
September 29, 2023 • 23m
After the French success in the Battle of Na San, the battle of Dien Bien Phu is supposed to defeat the Viet Minh once and for all...Read more
October 10, 2023 • 31m
In 1965, US troops officially landed in Vietnam, but American involvement in the ongoing conflict between the Communist North and ...Read more
October 18, 2023 • 27m
The Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 is one of the most well known colonial wars of the British Empire. And while the British ultimately won...Read more
November 3, 2023 • 26m
In summer 1943, Germany and the Soviet Union fought the arguably biggest single battle in history with millions of men, thousands ...Read more
November 17, 2023 • 23m
In February 1943, Rommel’s panzers are again on the attack in North Africa. This time he’s facing untested US troops in the mounta...Read more
December 1, 2023 • 24m
December 7, 1941: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor shocked the world and brought the US into the Second World War. But why did ...Read more
December 15, 2023 • 1h
In 1945 US forces are advancing towards Japan, but the road to victory will be bloody.