Forgotten Battles
Forgotten Battles highlights and tell the stories of battles in history that played a major role in the unfolding story of humanity. Many of the battles featured in this series are not as well known as they should be and many deserve more attention, and in some cases, re-interpretation.
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Episodes
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Autobots and Decepticons, allied to King Nergill of Sub-Atlantica clash in Washington D.C. Super cool robot stuff happens.
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Saturday Oct 05, 2019
Alexander's Successors fragile alliances fall apart, leading to the Wars of the Successors. The decisive Battle of Gaza looms large. Part 1 of a two part series.
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Wednesday Jul 17, 2019
Tensions flare between China and Japan in a prelude to World War II. Brutal combat and atrocities mount as the world looks on.
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
The Fledging German 3rd Reich launches a surprise attack against the Red army in February 1945. General Zhukov responds quickly and erases German gains. Solstice gives Hitler's Germany time to prepare for defenses and sows discord in the Soviet High Command.
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Saturday Jan 26, 2019
Wilson's Creek was fought on August 10th, 1861 between Union forces under general Nathaniel Lyon and Rebel Forces under General Sterling Price. Wilson's Creek was hard fought and went a long way to setting the path for the state of Missouri in the United States Civil War.
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
Thursday Jan 24, 2019
America and the Imperial Japanese Empire clash in the Philippine Sea in June 1944. Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa leads an attack on the American Fleet in the Philippine Sea only to have the tables turned by Task Force 58. Japan suffers a blow that it cannot recover from.
Written by: Sean Michael Chick
Edits and Corrections: Taiho did not sink on an even keel. Taiho lurched to port and slid under on her side. Truk was attacked by carrier, not land-based aircraft, in 1944.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Winston Churchill orders an attack on the French Fleet in order to keep the ships from falling in to the hands of Nazi Germany. The attack turns into a political mistake and sows discord between allies. One of the most interesting and debated decisions of Churchill during World War 2.
Written by: Sean Michael Chick
Correction: President Franklin Roosevelt told Ambassador René de Saint-Quentin that he would have done what Churchill did at Mers-El-Kebir.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
In order to break the stalemate in Vietnam American forces begin ramping up large scale Search and Destroy Operations to root out Vietcong from the interior of South Vietnam. Operation Attleboro had some success but not as much as was hoped for. This Operation became a template for future operations in Vietnam.
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