Modern History Episodes

As the famine deepens in Ireland under Charles Trevelyan's harsh policies, waves of desperate immigrants flee to the USA.

The background and first years of the Irish famine through the eyes of those who lived it.

Alexander Gates and I stumble through the bizzare Battle Of Castle Itter.

Guest Episode: General Sherman's March to the Sea (History Daily)

The conclusion of our series exploring Operation Barbarossa featuring the last few months of The Battle of Stalingrad and the aftermath.

The penultimate episode of our series exploring Operation Barbarossa, following the Wehrmacht to their doom in the city of Stalingrad.

Part three of our series on Operation Barbarossa. We follow Operation Case Blue up to The Siege of Stalingrad.

Part two of our series on Operation Barbarossa. Starting with the fall of Kiev and ending with The Siege of Moscow.

The first part of our four-part series telling the story of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of The USSR in 1941.

The conclusion of our two-part series on the 1566 Siege of Szigetvár, featuring Nikola Zrinski's renowned last stand.

"The Battle That Saved The Civilization"

"Woe! Woe to us Hungarians! What an evil age we have entered..."

"More was lost at Mohacs" - Hungarian proverb

Featured Podcast: History Daily (The Battle of Gettysburg Begins)

'He would not give up as long he had a single charge of powder...'

‘A man that with the feeblest means, produced the most terrible effects'

‘Go count the bleeding scalps of your murdered countrymen, of all ages, of all sexes!’

“The Christians are doing what even the Turks never did!”

“Hell was a more beautiful sight to behold.”

’This country is mine and no other nation can have it!’

‘If powers at a distance come to partition Africa, I do not intend to be an indifferent spectator...’

The crew of the HMS Bounty were free from their hated captain, but what now? Their old lives were over. And the ferocious Polynesians weren't interested in sharing their islands with British sailors. As the crewmembers couple up with the few women aboard, resentment simmers when there aren't …

“Of all the sea tales told down the ages, none has held its mystique so long as the mutiny on board HMS Bounty” In the year of 1789, in the vast Pacific Ocean; the mutinous crew of the HMS Bounty turn on their loathed Captain. Jeering and laughing the men push him into a tiny, overcrowded row…

Ahmad Shah Durrani had made his mark. Every tribesman in Afghanistan recognised him as King. In Delhi, the Grand Mughal cowered behind his peacock thrown, in fear of what the Afghan warlord would do next. But all was not well for the Pearl of Pearls, by vanquishing the Mughals, he had ripp…