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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
The day Miss America almost got shot down over Vietnam 02.01.2024 11:06
Laurel Schaefer-Bozoukoff faced both controversy and mortal danger as she showed support for the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Schaefer-Bozoukoff remembers her life-changing war journey.
The Gloster Gladiator looked outdated when WWII started. It was. 31.12.2023 19:57
The story of the RAF's last biplane has become a mixture of fact and fancy.
Penicillin: The wonder drug of World War II 30.12.2023 22:55
How mold in a petri dish became the soldiers' lifesaver.
The 'Hello Girls' arrived in Europe before the first Doughboys. Here's why they were so crucial 29.12.2023 10:37
It took more than half a century for the women to be recognized as veterans.
Rediscovered photos offer a window into the Army Arctic past 28.12.2023 7:09
You just never know what you might find in storage...
The men who followed Davy Crockett to the Alamo 27.12.2023 20:34
The frontiersman was but the most famous of the handful of Tennessee Mounted Volunteers at the site.
The famed American aviatrix secretly on the Nazi payroll 26.12.2023 16:53
As World War II neared, Laura Ingalls took to the skies in the name of U.S. isolationism—and in support of Nazi Germany.
The Christmas bombing of Hanoi: A great victory or an epic blunder? 25.12.2023 42:09
Was the December 1972 bombing of Hanoi a great victory that brought "peace with honor"? Or was it a blunder that cost South Vietnam its freedom?
The Beast turned loose in New Orleans 24.12.2023 14:34
Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler cleans up and clamps down on the rebellious Crescent City.
Target Berlin: The first air-raid on the German capital 23.12.2023 15:52
The first air raid on the German capital was carried out at night by an antiquated French bomber.
The History of Pie 22.12.2023 12:35
Before they became a dessert staple, pies were a treasured table companion for kings and commoners alike. But in the right hands, they were also an effective weapon.
The Carpathian Winter War, 1915 21.12.2023 18:57
The "Stalingrad of World War I" was an epic bloodletting between the million-man armies of Russia and the inept Habsburg Empire.
The Allies' billion-dollar secret: The proximity fuze of World War II 20.12.2023 22:45
An engineering triumph developed under strict wartime secrecy, the proximity fuze vastly increased the lethality of anti-aircraft guns and field artillery.
The fight at Cedar Creek was over. So why couldn't Union troops let their guard down? 19.12.2023 19:51
Despite the Union’s victory, Jubal Early still haunted the Shenandoah Valley.
The 10 worst fighter planes of World War II 18.12.2023 22:30
From the Brewster Buffalo to the Me-210, here are the fighter planes that belong in the WW2 hall of shame.
'The duty to respect is different than the duty to protect.': A return to Normandy 17.12.2023 8:51
Despite nearly a decade passing since this editor's first — and dramatically different, i.e. better, travel conditions — the emotions Normandy evoked were the same.
The American Civil War through the eyes of the French 16.12.2023 7:26
The French newspaper Le Temps provided a fresh perspective of the American conflict.
Smallpox blankets: myth or massacre? 15.12.2023 23:17
The dreaded disease was a scourge on the indigenous people of America. But did white settlers deliberately engage in biological warfare?
A Soviet icebreaker spelled doom for Allied ships in the Pacific 14.12.2023 22:14
The unexpected alliance between Germany and the Soviet Union helped a Kriegsmarine raider wreak havoc in the South Seas.
Riches and ruin on the high road to the Klondike Gold Rush 13.12.2023 19:58
An 1896 gold strike along the namesake river in northwestern Canada brought a flood of characters who survive in the written works of Jack London and others.
The Royal Navy diver who mysteriously vanished 12.12.2023 15:57
Lionel “Buster” Crabb, one of the Royal Navy’s most celebrated divers, disappeared while spying on a Russian warship in 1956.
A first-hand account of the 1863 New York City draft riots 11.12.2023 19:29
A week after Gettysburg, Elizabeth Oakes Smith watched in horror as violence consumed her city.
The Gurkhas of Nepal are some of the world's toughest fighters 10.12.2023 18:59
Armed with kukri knives, the Gurkha warriors have distinguished themselves in combat for hundreds of years.
Were U.S. pilots crash landing in Sweden on purpose? 09.12.2023 16:22
During World War II, American crews found sanctuary—and fun—in the neutral Scandinavian country.
The 3 feudal warlords who unified Japan 08.12.2023 21:24
Warlords Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu worked both together and at odds to forge a nation from a feudal war zone.
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