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.
S02E07: The New Kingdom Pt. 2-King Tut's Tomb
S02E06: The New Kingdom Pt. 1
S02E05: The Middle Kingdom
S02E04: The Land of the Pyramids
S02E03: Egypt, the Gift of the Nile
S02E02: The Conquests of Sargon
S02E01: The Fertile Crescent
BONUS: Fort Pitt: A Frontier History
BONUS: WARTIME ON THE AIR!
BONUS: WARTIME LIVE! "Guyasuta and the Fall of Indian America"
S01 Wrap Up
S01E12: The Seven Years' War Pt. 3
S01E11: The Seven Years' War Pt. 2
S01E10: The Seven Years' War Pt. 1
S01E09: Pirates of the Caribbean
S01E08: The Salem Witch Trials
S01E07: The Iroquois Confederacy
S01E06: Bacon's Rebellion
S01E05: Disunion in British North America
S01E04 WARTIME Live: North America's Three Empires
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