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History Rage

Think history is boring? That’s because you’ve only ever heard the fake version.On History Rage, professional historians come in swinging — smashing the myths, clichés, and half-truths that keep getting recycled in classrooms, documentaries, and TikToks. Vikings with horned helmets? Nope. Britain standing alone in 1940? Wrong. Medieval people never bathed? Rubbish.Why listen? Because the truth is way more exciting. You’ll leave every episode with jaw-dropping stories, killer facts to shut down pub

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1:02:12

S8 E02 - Nick Le Huray on Guernsey and Occupation

History Rage ·

2023/08/14

This week we're crossing the Channel to that oft overlooked Crown Dependency, the beautiful Channel Islands as we are joined by Guernsey Historian and blogger Nick Le Huray to rage that CHURCHILL DID NOT ABANDON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.We'll also be talking about resistance to the Occupation, life under Nazi control and how the Channel Islands fought back in their own way.Do check out Nick's blog on the Occupation at Island Fortress and you can follow him on Twitter @nicklehSupport the showYou can

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S8 E01 - Kira Jones on AI Reconstructions

History Rage ·

2023/08/07

*WARNING* EXPLICIT LANGUAGE USED*We’re back with Series 8 and kicking off the rage this week we welcome art historian, and Latin Consultant for Wandavision (is that not the coolest credit ever?) Dr. Kira Jones and she wants to rage ENOUGH WITH THE AI RECONSTRUCTIONS ALREADY!We’ll be talking about how many reconstructions are made from careless and false information. How Ancient Romans didn’t view portraits in the same way we would, how the Cleopatra coin is more about Mark Anthony than Cleopatra,

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Trailer - Intro to Series 8

History Rage ·

2023/07/31

The Series 8 trailer is here. Starting on 7th August on General Release we'll be bringing you Authors Peter Caddick-Adams, Andrew Liddle, Linda Porter, Helen Fry and Robert Pike. From the world of Memorials and Archaeology we have Jim O'Neill from the Northern Ireland War Memorial and Kira Jones. We have podcaster Phil Craig from Scandal Mongers and finally Battlefield Tour Guide Becky Laxton-Bass.Support the showYou can follow History Rage on Twitter@HistoryRageand let us know what you wish people

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S7 E10 - Dan Hill on the Trenches

History Rage ·

2023/07/24

This week we're staying with the Great War but coming to to dry land, or at least very wet and muddy land. But is it? This week we welcome Historian and Battlefield Guide Dan Hill who wants to rage that TRENCH LIFE IS NOT 4 YEARS OF MUD AND LICE.We'll be discussing the realities of trench rotation, how long someone spends on the front line, the odds of taking part in a 'Big Push' and how officers are not there to throw their soldiers' lives away to move their drinks cabinet closer to Berlin.You can

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47:40

S7 E09 - Chris Sams on Jutland

History Rage ·

2023/07/17

This week we're taking to the high seas and departing from the endless misery of the trenches for the endless misery of the WW1 Navy as we are joined by Historian and Podcaster Chris Sams to rage that THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND IS JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT.We'll be talking the threat of the German Navy, the losses, the point of it all and approaching that sticky question of who really won?You can check out more of Chris's work on the excellent History Hack Podcast and can follow him on Twitter

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S7 E08 - Jessie Childs on Elizabeth I

History Rage ·

2023/07/10

This week we continue to defy one of our previous ragers by banging on about the Tudors as we welcome Historian and Author of "God's Traitors" and "The Siege of Loyalty House" Jessie Childs - and Jessie wants to rage about Good Queen Bess, or more appropriately that ELIZABETH I WAS NOT A TOLERANT QUEEN.We'll be talking royal paranoia, control orders and the widest use of torture for interrogation by any English or British monarch in history.You can buy Jessie's latest book "The Siege of Loyalty

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S7 E07 - Chaz Mena on the Boston Massacre

History Rage ·

2023/07/03

This week we welcome author, actor, producer, 18th Century enthusiast and long friend of History Rage Chaz Mena. Chaz wants to rage about the Boston Massacre on the Boston Tea Party because these are not what they are cracked up to be.We'll be talking how the position eight British soldiers found themselves in was used to bolster the independence cry, how they were defended by Americans, and how the Boston Tea Party was a lot less of a protest against Britain than you might think.Support the showYou

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S7 E06 - Hannah Matthews & Alex Hildred on the Mary...

History Rage ·

2023/06/26

This week we are joined, from sunny Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and the Mary Rose Museum, by Curator Hannah Matthews and Marine Archaeologist Alex Hildred who was one of the divers working on the raising of the Mary Rose. This week's rage is that THE MARY ROSE DID NOT SINK ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE!We talk about her career and the many attempts to raise the wreck dating all the way back to Tudor times. We talk about what the wreck can tell us about Tudor people, and ask the question is Henry VIII really

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S7 E05 - Sean Scullion on the Spanish in World War 2

History Rage ·

2023/06/19

We are joined this week by Military Historian and Secretary of the Royal Engineers Historical Society, Sean Scullion. Sean wants to rage that not all of Spain was neutral in World War 2.We talk about how the Republicans fled to France and then started to continue the fight. How many joined the Maquis and organised resistance and how more came to be part of the British Army to continue the fight.You can follow Sean on Twitter at@sean_f_scullionSupport the showYou can follow History Rage on

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S7 E04 - Russell Phillips on Overlooked WW2

History Rage ·

2023/06/12

This week we welcome author and military historian Russell Philips who wants to make the case that remembrance needs to look at smaller battles and atrocities as well, because the dead of those are just as dead as those of D-Day.We'll be talking about the complete erasure of the town of Lidice after the Heydrich assassination and also the curious campaign to take Madagascar.You can buy "A Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar" at theHistory Rage Bookshopand you can follow Russell on Twitter

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S7 E03 - Danny Buck on Witches and Witch Trials

History Rage ·

2023/06/05

This week we are joined by Norfolk Historian and researcher from University of East Anglia, Dr. Danny Buck who wants to get a few things off his chest like 'WE DON'T BURN WITCHES AND THEY'RE NOT ALL OLD HERBALISTS'.We'll be talking about ducking and water trials, the background to witch panics, 17th Century attitudes to religion and community, and bizarrely, Herring Pirates.You can follow Danny on Twitter@DannyBuckUEASupport the showYou can follow History Rage on Twitter@HistoryRageand let us know

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S7 E02 - Iain MacGregor on Stalingrad

History Rage ·

2023/05/29

This week we welcome author and Head of Non Fiction for Head of Zeus Books, Iain MacGregor and Iain wants to rage about Stalingrad. How the Battle just should never have happened in the first place, it was completely unnecessary and how Paulus has been scapegoated for the surrender when he was just the wrong guy.We talk about the myth of Pavlov's House, the propaganda war and just how do you manage to find the truth of a story when your sources are the Third Reich and Stalin's Russia.You can

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S7 E01 - Grant Harward on Romanian in WW1

History Rage ·

2023/05/22

This week welcome US Army Historian Dr. Grant Harward to open Series 7 and he wants to rage that ROMANIAN OFFICERS IN WORLD WAR 1 ARE NOT MAKE UP WEARING FOPS! How niche is that?We’ll be taking about how the myth of a decadent Romania is capitalised on by Germany in both world War 1 and World War 2. How Romanian actually fought in the Great War and how they changed both as a country and a military.If you’d like to know more then you can start with Grant’s excellent book on Romania in WW2hereand you

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Trailer - Intro to Series 7

History Rage ·

2023/05/15

The Series 7 trailer is here. Starting on 15th May on General Release we'll be bringing you Authors Grant Harward, Iain MacGregor, Russell Philips, Sean Scullion, Chaz Mena and Jessie Childs. From the world of Museums and Archaeology we have Hannah Matthews and Alex Hildred from the Mary Rose Museum. We have podcaster Chris Sams from History Hack and finally Battlefield Tour Guide Dan Hill.Support the showYou can follow History Rage on Twitter @HistoryRage and let us know what you wish people

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50:09

S6 E10 - Robbie MacNiven on the American War of...

History Rage ·

2023/05/08

This week welcome Dr. Robbie MacNiven to Rage Towers and he wants to rage about the American War of Independence, or Revolutionary War if you will… and let’s be fair who in the UK doesn’t want to rage about that? We’re talking about how plucky guerrillas didn’t actually slaughter the unprepared stuffy British Regular Army.We’ll be taking about how the bulk of people on both sides were experienced in irregular warfare, how alliances with Native Americans were important, how the atrocities featured in

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S6 E09 - Gavin Clarke on ENIGMA

History Rage ·

2023/05/01

This week we’re getting techy, very techie, as we welcome Heritage Consultant from the National Museum of Computing Gavin Clarke to rage that COLOSSUS DIDN’T BREAK ENIGMA!We’ll be talking about the difference between COLOSSUS and the BOMBA, we’ll be talking the difference between ENIGMA and LORENZ, how the respective machines actually didn’t decode and translate for you, and some of the many people in the Bletchley Park team that get eclipsed by Alan Turing.If you would like to know more then you

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S6 E08 - Steve Darlow on Bomber Command

History Rage ·

2023/04/24

This week we are joined by Author, Publisher and Documentary Consultant and co-producer of the feature documentary 'Lancaster' Steve Darlow who comes on to rage that 'THERE IS MORE TO BOMBER COMMAND THAN DRESDEN AND DAMBUSTING'.We'll be talking about the full history of Bomber Command and how they're into every aspect of the Second World War, how they are not a precision instrument, and about the casualty figures on both sides and how pilots and crews feel about their

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S6 E07 - David Zierler on Agent Orange and Vietnam

History Rage ·

2023/04/17

This week we are joined by Historian, Author of "The Invetion of Ecocide" and Director of the CalTech Heritage Project, David Zierler. David comes to rage about the use of herbicides and defoliants like Agent Orange was a pointless tactic in the Vietnam War and a catastrophic outcome for US soldiers, Vietnamese civilians and where responsibility lies.If you’d like to know more about this subject, then you can start by buying the excellent book “The Invention of Ecocide” from the History

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S6 E06 - Chris Kempshall on the French

History Rage ·

2023/04/10

EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING - THIS ONE GETS SWEARYThis week we are joined by the Historian of Anglo/French relations and Author, Chris Kempshall, who charges onto the rage train to argue that THE FRENCH ARE NOT CHEESE EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS.We'll be talking about the horrific realities of Verdun, how the French have a truly impressive victory rate that is a contender with all the superpowers and how nobody could celebrate a victory over France if they truly lacked military might and courage.If

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S6 E05 - Louise Wilkie on Robert Liston and the 300%...

History Rage ·

2023/04/03

This week we are joined by the Curator of the Surgeons Hall Museum, Louise Wilkie, and she joins Paul and Kyle to rage that ROBERT LISTON'S 300% FATALITY OPERATION IS A MYTH.We'll be talking about the gruesome realities of Victorian Surgery, how pioneering Liston was as well as the murkier side of medicine and crime that he was involved in. But mostly how he didn't kill three people in one operation.If you like this then you can follow the museum on Twitter @SurgeonsHall and you can

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