The History Chap Podcast
The History Chap Podcast
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259: Zulu's John Chard VC: He Really Did Come To Build A Bridge
In the 1964 film Zulu, Stanley Baker's Lieutenant Chard delivers one of cinema's most quietly memorable lines: "I came up here to build a bridge." This is the real story of Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard VC, officer in comman...
258: The General Killed Saving The British Army
January 1809. A British Army of over 20,000 men is trapped by the French in north west Spain.This is the story of a forgotten Scottish General, Sir John Moore, who successfully evacuated his entire army, but at the cost of his life a...
257: When The Russians Fired On British Fishing Boats
Just after midnight on the 22nd October 1904, Russian warships opened fire on British fishing trawlers in the North Sea.Why?Because, as they sailed towards the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War, they thought that they...
256:Why Is David Livingstone Buried Without His Heart?
Britain's most famous explorer, David Livingstone, is buried in Westminster Abbey, but why was he buried without his heart?Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.
255: Charles Gordon's Forgotten War in China - The Taiping Rebellion.
Charles "Chinese" Gordon, one of the great Victorian British military heroes, famously killed defending Khartoum against the Mahdi.But, how did he get the nickname "Chinese" Gordon? This is the story of his forgotten war in Chi...