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The 1966 film "Khartoum" tells the story of General Charles Gordon and his battle with the Mahdi in Sudan.
But how close to historical reality was the film?

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Why did Britain end up fighting Russia in the Crimean War, 1854-56?

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The story of the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57 which still shapes Iranian attitudes towards Britain and the West.

History casts a long shadow.

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In this episode, I uncover the remarkable story of Tristan da Cunha — a volcanic speck in the South Atlantic Ocean that became a strategic outpost during the final chapter of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Most people know the Duke of Wellington for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo. But when asked which battle truly tested him, Wellington didn’t name Waterloo. He said Assaye.

Fought in the blistering heat of central India in 1803, the Battle of Assaye was Arthur Wellesley’s first major command—and one of the most audacious victories in British military history. Outnumbered seven to one, with just 6,500 men and minimal artillery, Wellesley led a daring assault against a Maratha army of over 40,000 troops supported by more than 100 cannon.

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John Dartnell: Veteran of the Zulu War, Indian Mutiny, and Boer War – The Forgotten Soldier of Empire

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The story of Yorkshireman, Stanley Hollis, the only man to be awarded a Victoria Cross on D-Day 1944.

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The Last Stand of Richard Corfield: Britain's War with the Mad Mullah

In August 1913, deep in the arid interior of British Somaliland, Captain Richard Corfield led a force of camel-mounted troopers into what would become one of the most dramatic—and overlooked—clashes of Britain’s colonial wars. Outnumbered nearly 30 to 1, Corfield and the Somaliland Camel Constabulary faced the full might of the Dervish forces led by the enigmatic and defiant Mohammed Abdullah Hassan—dubbed by the British as the “Mad Mullah.”

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