History Rage

This week we are joined by the Historian, Author and Executive Director of the Juno Beach Centre, Alex Fitzgerald-Black and he is raging that D-DAY IS NOT THE LARGEST INVASION IN HISTORY. We’ll be talking specifics about where Overlord fits into the scale of invasions, amphibious operations and Combined Operations, we’ll also be talking the importance of Juno Beach and the Canadian contribution to...

This week we are joined by the Professor of Social and Community History at the University of Birmingham and author of “Peaky Blinders: The Real Story”, Carl Chinn. Carl joins Paul and Kyle to rage that THE PEAKY BLINDERS ARE NEITHER GLAMOROUS, ORGANISED OR EDWARDIAN. We’ll be talking about the crimes they committed and against who, how they stem from street fighting gangs and thugs and how the Fi...

This week we are joined by the Military Historians and Podcasters, Robbie McGuire and Matthew Moss from the awesome Fighting on Film podcast. They have come to us to rage that DETAILS DO MATTER and that what we see in a war movie reflects how much care has gone into the subject matter. We’ll be talking Dunkirk, Journey’s End, Atonement and Hamburger Hill to name a few. You can and should get into...

This week we are joined by the Historian, Author and Youtuber, Josh Provan who has come on to rage that WHAT IF’S AND COUNTERFACTUALS ARE POINTLESS and that we have taken these well beyond the parlour game they should be. We’ll be talking Samurai vs Knight, justifications for an outcome people won’t accept and in some cases where people bang on about a ‘What if’ that actually happened. You can see...

This week we are joined by the Royal Historian, Literary Agent and author of “The Traitor King”, Andrew Lownie who has come on to settle several rages but mainly that EDWARD VIII WAS NOT A NAZI DUPE but an active intriguer with the Nazis. As well as to flatten the idea that he and Wallis Simpson shared this epic love story that would culminate in the sacrifice of a throne. We’ll be talking how the...

This week we are joined by the Curator of Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker in Cheshire, Lucy Siebert. Lucy joins us to rage that “PROTECT AND SURVIVE ISN’T SHIT”, and about Nuclear Civil Defence through the 1960s and beyond. We’ll be talking the pros and cons of both the pamphlets and the public information films as well as the darker purposes and plans involved. We talk preservation of the state...

This week Paul and Kyle are joined by Roger Moorhouse. Historian, broadcaster and author of “First to Fight”, “The Devil’s Alliance” and “Berlin At War”. He has featured in several documentaries including “Hitler’s Circle of Evil” and he joins us to talk about the almost eternal myth that the Polish Army charged tanks with Cavalry at the outbreak of World War 2. Aside from this being total nonsens...

The Series 5 trailer is here. Starting on 19th December on General Release we'll be bringing you Authors Roger Moorhouse, Andrew Lownie, Carl Chinn, and David o'Keefe, Museum Professionals Lucy Siebert and Alex Fitzgerald-Black, Podcasters Robbie McGuire, Matt Moss, and Dave Robertson, Archaeologist Lauren McIntyre and YouTuber Josh Provan. Don't forget you can follow History Rage o...

This week we welcome Historian, and author of "Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders" and "The House of Beaufort - The Bastard Line That Captured The Crown", Nathen Amin who joins us to rage that Henry VII had a perfectly legitimate claim to the throne of England. He talks to Paul and Kyle about how primogeniture is less important than people think, how Henry comes to the throne i...

This week we welcome Historian of religion and belief, award winning author and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Dr. Francis Young who joins us to rage that Medieval Paganism didn't go underground in the Middle Ages. He talks to Paul and Kyle about how the 'Green Man' is invented in the 1930s, how Christianity is just as weird as anything Paganism might offer and how clinging...

This week we welcome Former Assistant Curator of the Royal Engineers Museum, current Curator of the Royal Logistics Corps Museum and absolute Napoleon groupie Sam Jolley Sam has come to rage at Paul and Kyle about how there is a whole load more to the Royal Engineers than building bridges in World War 2. There's a VC for extreme carpentry, there are armed floating tractors, super gas, giant m...

This week we're staying in 17th Century as we welcome Historian, and author of "Fighting for Liberty", Steve Carter who joins us to rage that the Monmouth Rebellion was not some rag tag bunch of peasants armed with pitchforks. He talks to Paul and Kyle about the backers, the plan and the impressively advanced equipment that Monmouth lands with and how the rebellion falls apart, not...

This week we welcome 17th Century Historian, and History Hack Regular, Charlotte White who joins us to rage that it's about time we shut the **** up about the damned Tudors. She talks to Paul and Kyle about how the Stuarts have all the drama, glamour, intrigue and everything you want from fascinating history, way ahead of just Henry VIII and his collection of wives. How Charles II changes the...

This week we welcome Historian, Author  and host of the Condensed Histories Podcast Jem Duducu who joins Paul and Kyle to rant that we just don't treat the Crusades with enough attention to detail. He talks to Paul and Kyle about how the last Crusade was as late as the 1930s, how some Crusades were Christian against Christian and how some even had Christians and Muslims fighting on the same s...

This week we welcome 17th Century Historian, and author of "The Solemn League and Covenant of the Three Kingdoms and the Cromwellian Union 1643-1663", Dr. Kirsteen MacKenzie who joins us to rage that the English Civil War is far from English and should be referred to as the 'War of Three Kingdoms'. She talks to Paul and Kyle about how Scotland and Ireland reacted when their mon...

This week we welcome Canadian Military Historian, and YouTuber, Brad St. Croix who joins us to rage that Canada was not born in the First World War. He talks to Paul and Kyle about how Vimy Ridge is misplaced as the defining moment in Canadian National Identity and how there were riots as a result of this battle. If you'd like to know more about this subject then you can subscribe the Brad&ap...

This week we welcome Historian, Broadcaster and author of "The Phoney Major", Gavin Mortimer who joins us to rage that David Stirling is not the 'father of the S.A.S'. He talks to Paul and Kyle about how David Stirling took advantage of the death of Paddy Mayne to recast his own history. If you'd like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of ''D...

We have a bonus episode for you to kick off Season Four. We are joined by head of Cold War and Late 20th Century Conflict from Imperial War Museums Duxford, Paris Agar. Paris is here, at the 70th anniversary week of the start of British nuclear testing to rage that the world has detonated far more unclear weapons than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Paris talks about how Britain was involved in nuclear we...

This week we welcome Science Historian, Lecturer  at Falmouth University and author of "Racing Green: How Motorsport Science can Save the World", Dr. Kit Chapman who joins us to rage that people in the Middle Ages knew the earth was spherical. He talks to Paul and Kyle about how this was worked out over 2,000 years ago, how the church is not a barrier to science in Western Europe, how al...

Well welcome back.... we're not gone long, but just to give you a taste of what's coming up in our fourth helping of rage. We bring you Authors Kit Chapman, Gavin Mortimer, Steve Carter, Francis Young, Kirsteen MacKenzie and Nathen Amin. Podcaster Charlotte White and Jem Duducu, Museum Curator Sam Jolley and YouTuber Brad St. Croix. Don't forget you can follow History Rage on Twitte...

This week we welcome Buildings Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant  Dr. James Wright who joins us to rage about the favourite myth of the tour guide, the idea that spiral staircases all go clockwise. He talks Paul and Kyle about the actual history of this myth, how many castles have anti-clockwise newells, and how when battle reaches the stairs the game is up. If you'd like to know more the...

This week we welcome WW2 historian, Research Fellow at Oxford University and author of "A War of Empires"  Dr. Rob Lyman who joins us to rage that we overlook and misunderstand the contribution of India and her people to the fight against the Japanese. He talks Paul and Kyle about how they didn't fight for Britain, how they were completely seperate from the British Army and why Indi...

This week we welcome SOE historian, event professional and author Dr. Kate Vigurs who, after a long time studying SOE in France wants to rage that there are men in SOE as well. A lot of them, and they're getting overshadowed. She talks Paul and Kyle about how SOE set up the BBC radio codes, how SOE managed to get the co-operation of French businessmen to blow up their own factories and how th...

This week we welcome historian, podcaster, blogger and co-founder of the Napoleonic and Revolutionary War Graves Chairty Marcus Cribb who wants to take apart the idea that Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington is a defensive General who fights the easy way.. He talks about his spectacular attacks at Assaye and Salamanca, about his intelligence networks and how he faced down King George IV....

This week we welcome historian, author and lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Northumbria Dr. Waitman Beorn who joins Paul and Kyle to discuss Wehrmacht war crimes, how the Wehrmacht is up to its neck in the atrocities across occupied territory and how those who choose to re-enact SS really need to explain some things. You can follow Waitman on Twitter @waitmanb   You...