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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Boer vs Brit: The First Anglo-Boer War Part 2 (with John Laband)
The 1st Anglo-Boer War, part 1 - The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit (Ep.51)
The Frontier Light Horse: Special Forces of the Anglo-Zulu War (Ep.50)
The Peninsular War: Rifleman Plunket. What was the distance of his legendary shot? (Ep. 49)
The Peninsular War: End Game -The Invasion of France 1813-14 (Ep. 48)
The Peninsular War: The Siege of San Sebastian, 1813 (Ep.47)
Zulu War: A ’mini-Isandlwana’ - The Battle of Ntombe Drift (ep.46)
The Peninsular War: The Battle of the Pyrenees 1813 (Ep. 45)
Anglo-Zulu War: The heir to the French throne died fighting for the British? (Ep.44)
The Man in the (WW1) Poster - Kitchener: The Full Story (Ep.43)
The Red River Expedition of 1870: A logistics masterpiece in the Canadian wilderness (Ep.42)
Peninsular War: Who were the British redcoats and how were they organised? (Ep.41)
Vitoria, 1813: How Wellington swept the French from Spain (Ep.40)
Capturing the French Eagle at Barrosa - how Sergeant Masterson became a real-life Richard Sharpe (Ep.39)
Why was the Duke of Wellington so successful during the Peninsular War? w/Marcus Cribb (Ep.38)
Napoleonic wars: The fascinating story of black soldiers in the British army (Ep.37)
The Battle of Assaye and the 2nd Anglo-Maratha War w/Josh Provan (Ep.36)
The Peninsular War: Disaster at Burgos with Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson (Ep.35)
The First Anglo-Sikh War part 2: Ferozeshah and Sabraon (Ep 34)
Disaster in Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul - then and now (Ep.33)
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