With less than 45,000 troops to their name and crippled by debt, the British Empire was desperate. Knowing that a conscript draft would be unpopular and over budget, Parliament turned to the disunited states of the Holy Roman Empire to fill their ranks. Although often called “mercenaries,” the German soldiers recruited to fight in North America were anything but, and most were forced to serve against their will. On this episode we discuss the Hessians. Remember, my new book “Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America will be released this spring.
S03 Mid Season Break
S03E10: 1776: Trenton, Princeton, and Washington's Crossing
S03E09: 1775: Bunker Hill and Quebec
S03E08: Lexington and Concord
S03E07: The First Continental Congress
S03E06: Lord Dunmore's War, 1774.
S03E05: Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party
S03E04: Taxes, Taxes, Taxes...The Sugar and Stamp Acts
S03E03: The Paxton Boys and Black Boys Rebellion
S03E02: Pontiac's Rebellion and the Indian Insurgency of 1763
S03E01: 1763, the Birth of a Revolution
S02E16: Q and A Season Two Wrap Up
S02E15: The 300 Spartans, Thermopylae, and Xerxes I
S02E14: The Persian Wars: The First Invasion and the Battle of Marathon
S02E13: Athens, Sparta, and Classical Greece
S02E12: The Mycenaeans-The First Greeks
S02E11: Atlantis Found? The Lost Civilization of the Minoans
S02E10: Darius and the Persian Conquest
S02E09: Cyrus the Great and the Rise of Persia
S02E08: The Babylonian Empire
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