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Dave Does History

Dave Does History takes listeners on an engaging journey through the moments that shaped the world we live in today. Hosted by Dave, a passionate historian with a knack for storytelling, the podcast explores pivotal events, unsung heroes, and the complex forces behind historical turning points. With a conversational tone and a deep understanding of the past, Dave makes history accessible, relatable, and downright fascinating.

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00:04:46

Caligula – Emperor, Enigma, or Exaggerated Madman

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/31

Today on Dave Does History, we tackle one of the most infamous names in all of Rome: Caligula. He’s the emperor remembered as a monster, a madman, and the poster child for how absolute power can twist a man beyond recognition. But the truth is more complicated. Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, nicknamed “Little Boots” by soldiers, Caligula was adored when he first took the throne in AD 37. For a brief moment Rome believed it had entered a Golden Age. Then illness, paranoia, and political

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00:06:14

The Real Washington–Moscow Hotline: History, Myths,...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/30

When most people picture the Washington–Moscow Hotline, they imagine a bright red phone sitting on the president’s desk, waiting to ring with the fate of the world on the line. Hollywood planted that image in our minds, but the reality was far less dramatic and far more important. The Hotline was not a telephone at all. It was a teletype circuit that clattered out carefully worded messages, later upgraded to fax machines, and today exists as a secure e-mail system. Born out of the near disaster of

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00:02:49

The Battle of Rhode Island 1778: Alliance, Retreat,...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/29

In August of 1778, the brand-new alliance between the United States and France got its trial by fire on the shores of Rhode Island. The plan was bold: French warships and American troops would trap the British at Newport and score a symbolic victory for the Revolution. What they got instead was a hurricane that scattered fleets, tempers that boiled over between allies, and a bloody fight that ended in retreat. The Battle of Rhode Island, sometimes called the Battle of Quaker Hill, was not the

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00:04:19

Tragedy in Yugoslavia: The 1946 Shootdown of Five...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/28

In August of 1946, the war was supposed to be over. Yet in the skies over Yugoslavia, five Americans lost their lives when their unarmed C-47 transport was shot down by Yugoslav fighters. These were not combatants in a declared war. They were airmen flying a routine supply run from Vienna to Italy, caught in the crossfire of a new world order taking shape. The United States demanded answers, Yugoslavia offered sympathy but no guilt, and the families were left with folded flags. On August 28, their

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00:06:55

The Battle of Long Island 1776: Washington’s Defeat...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/27

On August 27, 1776, the ink on the Declaration of Independence was barely dry when George Washington and the Continental Army faced their first great trial. The British had returned with the largest force they ever sent overseas, and they chose New York as the place to crush the rebellion. What followed on Long Island was the biggest battle of the entire war, and it was a disaster for the Americans. Washington’s army was flanked, thousands were killed or captured, and the cause of independence

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00:32:29

Jefferson’s “Long Train of Abuses”: How English...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/26

This week on Dave Does History, we dig into one of the most powerful lines in the Declaration of Independence: “a long train of abuses and usurpations.” You have heard it before, but what does it really mean? Jefferson was not just stringing together fancy words, he was deliberately echoing England’s own history. From Charles I losing his head in the Civil War, to James II’s downfall in the Glorious Revolution, to John Locke’s defense of liberty, the phrase carried a weight every educated reader in

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00:03:03

Battle of the Eastern Solomons: How Henderson Field...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/25

In August of 1942, the war in the Pacific was a brutal tug of war. The Marines had landed on Guadalcanal and seized a half-finished airfield they named Henderson Field. For the Japanese, that dirt strip was a threat they could not ignore. What followed was a clash that became known as the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.It was a fight carried almost entirely in the air, where carriers launched strike after strike, and Henderson Field itself became an unsinkable part of the American fleet. The

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00:05:39

The Kweilin Incident: The First Civilian Airliner...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/24

On August 24, 1938, the world witnessed a grim first in the history of flight. A China National Aviation Corporation Douglas DC-2 named Kweilin lifted off from Hong Kong on a routine passenger run. Painted clearly with civilian markings, the airliner was no military threat to anyone. Yet over the Pearl River, Japanese fighters intercepted the unarmed plane and opened fire. What followed was a shocking act of brutality as the aircraft was strafed in the water and most of its passengers and crew were

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00:05:53

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: How Stalin Enabled...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/23

On the evening of August 23, 1939, a photograph was taken inside the Kremlin that, to this day, ought to make the blood run cold. At the table sat Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s foreign minister, pen in hand, and Vyacheslav Molotov, Stalin’s trusted diplomat. Hovering behind them with an oddly satisfied grin was Joseph Stalin. They had just signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a document whose public terms promised peace between Germany and the Soviet Union, but whose secret clauses carved up

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00:05:00

The Fettmilch Uprising of 1614: Frankfurt’s...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/22

In the summer of 1614, the city of Frankfurt erupted in one of the darkest chapters of its history. While many of us think of ghettos as a phenomenon of the twentieth century, Frankfurt’s Judengasse had already been in existence for more than 150 years, a crowded street where thousands of Jews lived under strict rules and constant restrictions. It was here that Vincenz Fettmilch, a gingerbread baker turned populist rabble-rouser, led a mob that stormed the gates, plundered homes, and drove every

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00:06:10

Alligator Creek

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/22

On August 21, 1942, the still night along a small stream on Guadalcanal exploded into chaos. The Marines called it Alligator Creek, though the name was wrong, and history remembers it as the Battle of Tenaru. Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki marched nearly a thousand men straight into the Marine perimeter, convinced that victory was already his. What followed was hours of screaming charges, machine gun fire, and canister rounds that cut the Japanese down in waves. By sunrise, Ichiki’s men were trapped in a

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00:32:01

DDH - The Enduring Promise

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/19

On this episode of Dave Does History we travel back to November 19, 1863, when Abraham Lincoln rose at Gettysburg to deliver what would become one of the most enduring speeches in American history. Lincoln was not the featured speaker that day, yet his brief two minutes transformed the way the nation understood itself. With 272 words he tied the bloodshed of the Civil War to the promise made in 1776, reminding Americans that liberty and equality are not passing ideas but permanent propositions.We

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00:15:19

The Destruction of Convoy Hi-71: USS Bluefish...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/19

On the night of August 19, 1944, the South China Sea boiled with rain squalls, radar pings, and the tense silence of men waiting for torpedoes to strike. USS Bluefish, a Gato-class submarine, prowled into position alongside her sister, USS Rasher. Ahead of them churned Convoy Hi-71, one of Japan’s last great efforts to push fuel, troops, and supplies toward the Philippines.What happened in the hours that followed would become one of the most devastating submarine strikes of the war. Bluefish fired

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00:06:01

Meriwether Lewis and ‘The Pacific Oean’: Triumph,...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/18

I stood on the cliff at Cape Disappointment, wind in my face, the Pacific grumbling below. Behind me, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center kept watch like a lighthouse for memory. This is where the Corps of Discovery met saltwater and fog, where maps ran out and America looked bigger than any drawing on parchment. I went to touch that edge, and to meet the shadow of a man who helped find it.Tonight we talk about Meriwether Lewis, not the statue but the person. Soldier and observer, partner to

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00:13:40

BONUS: Rasher's Legendary Night

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/18

On the night of August 18, 1944, the Pacific Ocean erupted into chaos. USS Rasher, a Gato class submarine, prowled off the coast of Luzon under black skies and driving rain. What she found was one of the largest Japanese convoys of the war, a formation of tankers, transports, and escorts moving through the darkness. The conditions were perfect for a submarine on the hunt. The storm and overcast skies gave cover, the convoy was big, and Rasher had torpedoes ready.Commander Henry Munson ordered his

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00:06:32

Makin Island

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/17

In August of 1942, as American forces were battling to hold their ground on Guadalcanal, another group of Marines was slipping quietly across the Pacific with a very different mission. Packed inside two submarines, Carlson’s Raiders of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion set out to strike the Japanese on a remote atoll called Makin. Their raid was meant to destroy outposts, capture intelligence, and draw enemy attention away from the Solomons.What followed was a chaotic mix of bravery, confusion, and

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00:04:50

Barbed Wire Sunday

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/13

On August 13, 1961, Berliners awoke to find their city transformed. Overnight, East German troops and police had moved into position, stringing coils of barbed wire across streets, tearing up roads, and blocking rail lines. The open crossings between East and West Berlin were suddenly sealed. The day would become known as Barbed Wire Sunday.For years, Berlin had been the last escape route from the Eastern Bloc, a place where East Germans could slip into the West with relative ease. By the summer of

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00:32:18

Blueprint for Liberty: How the Declaration of...

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/12

In this episode of Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live, the Liberty 250 series explores the Declaration of Independence as a masterfully constructed work of political design. Dave Bowman asks listeners to picture the document not as a relic locked behind glass, but as a building made to stand for centuries. Each section, from the preamble to the conclusion, serves a specific purpose, fitting together like stones and arches to support the cause of liberty.Drawing on influences from the Roman

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00:05:23

Disaster at Savo Island

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/09

In the early morning hours of August 9, 1942, the waters off Guadalcanal erupted in chaos and fire. The Battle of Savo Island would become one of the worst defeats in the history of the United States Navy, a brutal reminder that the Pacific War was far from won.Only two days earlier, the Marines had landed on Guadalcanal and nearby islands, seizing a nearly finished Japanese airfield. Their foothold was fragile, and the sea around them was their lifeline. Into that darkness steamed Vice Admiral

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00:03:43

Night Baseball????

Dave Does History ·

2025/08/08

On August 8, 1988, Wrigley Field lit up for the first time in its long and storied history. The Cubs were finally playing under the lights, ending decades of sunlit baseball tradition on Chicago’s North Side. It was a moment fans had waited for, some reluctantly, others eagerly.Television demanded it, the league supported it, and even the city council finally agreed to it. But as history would have it, the game didn’t go as planned. The rain came hard, thunder cracked over the ivy, and the lights

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