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The HistoryNet Podcast
The HistoryNet Podcast features some of the greatest stories from HistoryNet.com 's archive of over 25,000+ features. From ancient Rome to the Middle Ages, from the 18th century to the edge of recent memory, we zero in on the people and events that made the world what it is today. Vividly written by expert authors, thoroughly edited and fact-checked by magazine professionals, these stories bring history to vibrant life. The narrators of this podcast, however, are not human beings but AI voices created by our partner, Instaread.co . Say what you will about AI, but in this case the voices are su...
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Episodes
This German general made a deal with the devil 20.02.2024 19:29
German General Ludwig Beck supported the Nazis—until he didn’t. He paid with his life.
WWI American pilots wanted a great fighter plane. Instead, they got the Nieuport 28 19.02.2024 21:23
The Americans flying in World War I wanted the Spad XIII. They got the Nieuport 28 instead.
One family, 10 sieges: How Spain's Guzman family spent centuries battling for Gibraltar 18.02.2024 12:43
The Guzman family’s quest to dominate the Rock of Gibraltar gives the phrase “family feud” a whole new meaning.
The Turkestan Incident 17.02.2024 16:23
How two F-105 pilots and their commander got entangled in the geopolitics of the Vietnam War.
The Arikara War: avenging Americans 16.02.2024 20:34
Entrepreneur William Ashley’s attempt to trade for Arikara horses led to a ‘beach’ battle that inflicted 30 percent casualties on his brigade and inspired an outraged Colonel Henry Leavenworth to punish the Missouri River tribe.
No, the London Blitz wasn't started by accident 15.02.2024 11:57
It is becoming commonly accepted that the German night bombing of London on Aug. 24, 1940 was due to a “blunder” of Luftwaffe pilots.
When is a Mustang not a Mustang? 14.02.2024 14:27
Australia’s CA-15 was one of the world’s fastest piston-engine fighters, but it was obsolete by the time it first flew.
White Oaks, New Mexico: the onetime haunt of Billy the Kid 13.02.2024 13:36
The New Mexico Territory town had a violent beginning, as Billy the Kid and other outlaws came here to sell stolen livestock, drink, shoot and otherwise blow off steam.
When a Vietnamese ally was wounded, two American soldiers had to choose obedience or compassion 12.02.2024 24:03
There was a time when U.S. helicopters were forbidden from rescuing wounded South Vietnamese soldiers.
Nobody could scale the walls of China's Forbidden City except this American soldier 11.02.2024 13:11
A young American bugler turned the tide in China’s 1900 Boxer Rebellion.
This British officer developed a revolutionary rifle whose worth he was never able to prove in battle 10.02.2024 20:21
Major Patrick Ferguson earned his nickname for his dogged determination to remain in the American Revolutionary War and bring the upstart Patriots to heel.
The last surviving widow of the Civil War 09.02.2024 12:57
A Missouri woman sacrificed much of her own life to help an aged Union veteran.
The old world soldier who conquered the new 08.02.2024 22:46
In 1519 Hernán Cortés set out to invade the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, his boldness earning Spain a foothold in the Americas.
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a great airplane until the propellers started falling off 07.02.2024 20:59
Pan American World Airways wanted something special. Boeing responded with the 377.
The balloon pilots who went boldly where only animals had gone before 06.02.2024 20:31
Project Manhigh took pilots to the edge of space.
Lewis and Clark's race against Spain 05.02.2024 24:39
Thomas Jefferson had his eyes on Louisiana, and so did Spain.
The assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem 04.02.2024 24:08
Did the bloody downfall of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem put the United States on a slippery slope into a quagmire?
This 1945 New Guinea plane crash survivor became known as the Queen of Shangri-La 03.02.2024 20:34
In 1945 Women’s Army Corps Cpl. Margaret Hastings went down aboard a C-47 in a remote New Guinea valley, launching an improbable story of survival.
The bomber that almost wasn't 02.02.2024 18:09
WWII's Convair B-32 Dominator never got the chance to live up to its name.
Mexican War: The proving ground for future American Civil War generals 01.02.2024 40:41
For young American army officers of the time, the Mexican War was not only the road to glory, it was the road to promotion — a proving ground for future Civil War generals.
Most POWs want to go home — but after World War II, some faced death on arrival 31.01.2024 17:47
After WWII, questions rose about which nation POWs belonged to or even whether they would be killed upon going home.
Patsy Cline's final flight 30.01.2024 15:43
What the fatal airplane crash of the country star says about flying then and now.
One week before this pioneering aviator's tragic death, an American watched him work 29.01.2024 19:41
German inventor Otto Lilienthal had flown more than 2,000 times before his glider failed him.
The man behind Monty 28.01.2024 21:18
Bernard Law Montgomery's chief of staff, Sir Francis de Guingand, made things easier for a difficult general.
Marilyn Monroe's Death: Early victim of the opioid epidemic 27.01.2024 22:10
Once a Hollywood scourge, opioid overdoses are now an everyday plague across America. She was one of its most famous victims.
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