Forgotten Wars

By: James Barton
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  • Summary

  • 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
  • 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
  • When Two Bulls Fight the Grass Gets Flattened

    When Two Bulls Fight the Grass Gets Flattened
    Oct 23 2024

    For our first episode we head to East Africa in World War One. Far from the trenches of the Western Front, Paul Von Lettow Vorbeck leads German forces on an epic campaign to tie down as many Allied troops as possible, ending the war as Germany's only undefeated General.



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    39 mins

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