The History Chap Podcast
The History Chap Podcast
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250: The Man Who Named "The Great Game" & Who Was Executed Playing It.
In 1842, the man who coined the phrase "The Great Game" was executed whilst playing it in a remote city in central Asia.Get my Free weekly newsletterChris Green is The H...
249: Why Kitchener Blocked Winston Churchill's Victoria Cross.
Get my Free weekly newsletterHow Winston Churchill's recommendation for a Victoria Cross, during the Anglo-Boer War, was blocked by Lord Kitchener.Chris Green is ...
248: Before Gallipoli - Forgotten Siege That Defined The ANZAC Spirit.
August 1900. Five hundred colonial troops. Two thousand Boer fighters. Thirteen days of siege — and a refusal to surrender that changed how the world understood the ANZAC spirit.Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brin...
247: The Island Where Nelson Lost His Eye.
In the summer of 1794, Horatio Nelson lost the sight in his right eye on a small Mediterranean island. That island was the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte. And for two years — it was British.This is the story of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom ...
246: Captured By The Afghans: Lady Sale & The British Prisoners
Lady Sale and the British Captives in Afghanistan 1842.This is a exclusive members-only video which follows up on the episode about the Retreat From Kabul in 1842.During that British retreat during the First Anglo Afghan war, a colu...