Forgotten Wars

Cuba is racked by war as rebels fight to be free of Spanish rule, neighbouring America is emerging as a Great Power on the World Scene. Join me as Spain and America collide leading to the birth of American Empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As World War One rages on and Russia collapses into revolution and civil war, the Czech Legion embarks on an epic journey across Siberia to get to the western front. As they travel across one of the most hostile environments on earth, they will face German plots, Bolshevik attacks and White Russian hostility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do Voodoo priests, Slaves fighting for their freedom and Napoleon Bonaparte have in common? The Haitian Revolution! After the slaves of Haiti rose up and overthrew their French masters, Napoleon sends a vast army to restore French rules and reimpose slavery. Yet he had underestimated the man the French would come to call the Black Spartacus, Toussaint L'Ouverture Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

As World Two rages in Europe, Finland has to fight its own desperate struggle for survival as it is invaded by the full might of the Soviet Union. The Finns would earn the respect of world and legends would be born in this epic David and Goliath struggle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A British army invades Afghanistan expecting an easy victory, instead it would lead to the worst British military defeat in the 19th Century. Join me for a tale of heroism, incompetence, super spies and disaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our first episode we head to East Africa in World War One. Far from the trenches of the Western Front, Paul Von Lettow Vorbeck leads German forces on an epic campaign to tie down as many Allied troops as possible, ending the war as Germany's only undefeated General. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.