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War Stories

War Stories is a narrative show that takes the broad arcs of warfare and shares the stories behind crucial points their development. In each season, the show revolves around a single topic and traces ... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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2.1 - Edward Braddock Walks into a Bullet

2.1 - Edward Braddock Walks into a Bullet

What is it that makes a good marksman? Is it their training? Their weapon? Maybe they’re just born that way, or raised w... Read more

7 Aug 2017

39mins

Ranked #2

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1.1 - High Wood (Prologue)

1.1 - High Wood (Prologue)

In Northern France on July 14th, 1916, a cavalry unit from Hyderabad made what most consider to be the final cavalry cha... Read more

6 Sep 2016

37mins

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Ranked #3

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1.2 - Patton at the Saint-Mihiel Salient

1.2 - Patton at the Saint-Mihiel Salient

Near the end of 1917, a young captain by the name of George S. Patton received orders from the chief of the newly create... Read more

19 Sep 2016

39mins

Ranked #4

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1.5 - Tigers on the Eastern Front

1.5 - Tigers on the Eastern Front

Nazi Germany fielded a military with many components designed to amaze as much as to destroy. While this philosophy mean... Read more

12 Dec 2016

39mins

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Ranked #5

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2.2 - Morgan's Lucky (or Unlucky) Riflemen

2.2 - Morgan's Lucky (or Unlucky) Riflemen

From the time of the French and Indian War, Daniel Morgan had a bone to pick with the British Army. Over the following d... Read more

4 Sep 2017

36mins

Ranked #6

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2.8 - The White Feather

2.8 - The White Feather

In the Vietnam War, snipers returned to some of their earliest environmental roots while simultaneously reaching the pin... Read more

5 Mar 2018

33mins

Ranked #7

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1.4 - The Tank Destroyers of El Guettar

1.4 - The Tank Destroyers of El Guettar

The 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the first of its kind, was stood up in 1941. The theory governing their use had yet ... Read more

14 Nov 2016

38mins

Ranked #8

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2.9 - The Once and Future Sniper

2.9 - The Once and Future Sniper

What's the quality that defines a sniper? Is it the pulling of the trigger? The skilled stalking of their target in the ... Read more

9 Apr 2018

34mins

Ranked #9

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2.5 - A Duel in the Trenches

2.5 - A Duel in the Trenches

We know World War I for a number of things: trenches, poison gas, the ever-present thrum of artillery. But it also serve... Read more

4 Dec 2017

38mins

Ranked #10

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1.3 - Seseña: The Interwar Proving Ground

1.3 - Seseña: The Interwar Proving Ground

Well before the threat of World War II entered societies' collective minds, smaller regional conflicts gradually simmere... Read more

17 Oct 2016

40mins

Ranked #11

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Bonus Episode - The U.S.S. Indianapolis

Bonus Episode - The U.S.S. Indianapolis

After hearing the news about the discovery of the Indianapolis wreck, we thought we should unlock this Patreon episode t... Read more

20 Aug 2017

16mins

Ranked #12

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2.6 - The White Death

2.6 - The White Death

When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in late 1939—the action that kicked off the Winter War—they expected an easy fight... Read more

8 Jan 2018

40mins

Ranked #13

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1.7 - A (Desert) Storm is Brewing

1.7 - A (Desert) Storm is Brewing

The battles of 73 Easting, Medina Ridge, and Norfolk. Were they the pinnacle of the near century of tank warfare we've c... Read more

20 Feb 2017

33mins

Ranked #14

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2.4 - The Fighters of the Black Snake's Den

2.4 - The Fighters of the Black Snake's Den

On a scraggly hill in Pennsylvania, a unit of sharpshooters took part in some of the most fierce, if not frequently disc... Read more

31 Oct 2017

36mins

Ranked #15

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1.6 - Task Force Zvika

1.6 - Task Force Zvika

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) of the 1970s emphasized a number of qualities: proactive leadership, heroism, and a rec... Read more

16 Jan 2017

36mins

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