Welcome to a new season of The Redcoat History Podcast. In season three we will be taking a deep dive into the Peninsular war – Yes, that’s right, think Richard Sharpe and the South Essex. It is a conflict that saw the Duke of Wellington rise to fame and the development of arguably the greatest and most successful British army to ever take the field.
In this, the first, episode we meet Sir Arthur Wellesley (soon to become the Duke of Wellington) and have ringside seats as he takes on the all-conquering French army at Rolica...Will he emerge victoriously or will the British be thrown back into the Atlantic ocean?
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The Most Important Victorian General You May Not Know: Henry Brackenbury
The Sepoy Mutiny, part 1: Why did it happen?
Wellington: Crime and Punishment in the Peninsular War (with Zack White)
The James Bond of the Great Game: Alexander Burnes (Ep. 69)
Moorosi’s Rebellion: The Victoria Cross winners
The Siege of Moorosi’s Mountain: Southern Africa’s other war of 1879
Eyre Coote: From Court Martial to Commander-in-Chief (The Battles of Plassey, Wandiwash and Porto Novo)
ZULU: Colour Sergeant Bourne - the real story
Zulu: The heroes of Rorke’s Drift - Gonville Bromhead VC
Zulu: The heroes of Rorke’s Drift - John Chard VC
If In Doubt - Charge! Sir Hugh Gough and the Anglo-Sikh Wars
The First Opium War (1839-1842): Sir Hugh Gough Part 3
The Irish Rockite Rebellion: Sir Hugh Gough Part 2
The Best Battalion Commander of the Peninsular War? (Sir Hugh Gough, Part 1)
Was this the greatest cavalry charge of the Peninsular war? (Ep.58)
Zulu vs Boer and the Battle of Blood River (w/ John Laband)
Britain’s West Indies Campaign of 1794 - a tale of victory and disease
The Rise of the Sikh Soldier - w/Gurinder Singh Mann (Ep. 55)
The Shangani Patrol and the birth of Rhodesia - 1893
The professor of tactics who lost every battle - General Colley (1st Anglo Boer War part 3)
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