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Great Battles in History

Great Battles in History

Auteur(s): Darryl Dee
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 Welcome to Great Battles in History. This podcast explores some of the most famous and most important battles in world history from ancient times to the Second World War. Each episode dives deeply into a single battle, investigating its origins, the course of combat, and the outcomes. We will examine the contending forces, including some of history’s most celebrated armies, navies, and air forces. We will meet great captains like Hannibal Barca, Saladin, Napoleon, and Chester Nimitz. We will also delve into the experiences of the soldier at the sharp end: the Spartan hoplite at Thermopylae, the English longbowman at Agincourt, the mounted samurai at Nagashino, the Soviet tanker at Kursk. Battles are regarded as events that change the course of history; the most important have been described as decisive. We will come to question this idea, for, as we’ll see, while a handful of battles do qualify as momentous, epochal turning points, most others—including not a few widely considered decisive—changed very little if anything at all. Finally, battles are more than just exercises of pure strategy and tactics; they are artifacts— creations of the political, social, economic and cultural forces of their times. To investigate great battles is to open up history in its widest sense.© 2025 Great Battles in History Monde Sciences sociales
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  • Trailer-the Battle of Poltava

    Trailer-the Battle of Poltava
    Dec 1 2025

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    Fought on July 8, 1709, the Battle of Poltava was the turning point of the Great Northern War. It was the climax of the long duel between two of the greatest monarchs of the age: King Charles XII of Sweden and Tsar Peter I of Russia. Poltava marked the end of the Stormaktstiden, Sweden's Age of Empire, and the rise of Russia as a great power.
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    4 min
  • The Battle of Breitenfeld

    The Battle of Breitenfeld
    Oct 30 2025

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    The battle of Breitenfeld was fought on September 17, 1631. It was one of the largest and most important battles of the Thirty Years' War. It was the most famous victory of Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden's hero-king. It was the beginning of the Stormaktstiden, Sweden's Age of Empire.

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    To help listeners navigate this episode, here is a chapter breakdown (timings are approximate):

    1. 01:34-12:13 Introduction

    2. 12:15-33:53 Dominium Maris Baltici: the Struggle for the Baltic

    3. 33:55-1:13:48 Sweden’s Northern Wars

    4. 1:13:50-2:09:45 Seventeenth-Century Warfare

    5. 2:09:47-2:46:57 Gustavus Adolphus

    6. 2:46:59-3:12:35 The Causes of the Thirty Years’ War

    7. 3:12:37-3:46:35 The Thirty Years’ War Begins

    8. 3:46:37-4:09:38 The Swedish Intervention

    9. 4:09:40-4:52:10 The Battle of Breitenfeld

    10. 4:52:12-5:34:54 Stormaktstiden: Sweden’s Age of Empire
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    5 h et 35 min
  • Trailer-The Battle of Breitenfeld

    Trailer-The Battle of Breitenfeld
    Mar 21 2025

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    The Battle of Breitenfeld, fought on September 17, 1631, was one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War. It was the greatest victory of King Gustavus Adolphus, the Lion from the North, and marked the beginning of the Stormaktstiden, Sweden's Age of Empire.

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    4 min
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