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Forgotten Wars

Forgotten Wars

By: James Barton
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Forgotten Wars covers the conflicts overlooked in popular history. Journey to World War One in East Africa with an undefeated German General, trek across Siberia during the Russian Revolution with a lost Czech legion, watch as Britain bombards Chinese forts in service to the Opium trade, and find out if a war actually started because of a football result.


Expect bravery, incompetence, fascinating figures and incredible drama.


By James Barton, proud History Nerd

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James Barton
Episodes
  • Mussolini's Folly - Disaster in the Alps

    Mussolini's Folly - Disaster in the Alps
    26 Oct 2026
    Its 1940, Paris fallen to Hitler's army and France faces its darkest hour. Believing his neighbour is already a defeated nation, Benito Mussolini launches his army across the Alps in search of easy conquests. Instead he will suffer one his worst humiliations. #history #militaryhistory #italy #Mussolini #worldwar2 #historynerd

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    51 min
  • Holy Terror - The Siege of Mecca 1979

    Holy Terror - The Siege of Mecca 1979
    19 Oct 2026

    1979 was a pivotal year in the Muslim world. Iran plunged into revolution, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and most shocking of all, armed fundamentalists seized control of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city.

    For two weeks they held out against everything the Saudi Kingdom could throw at them.

    It is a crisis that even today is barely discussed, either in the Muslim world or the West. Yet the shockwaves from those two weeks would transform Saudi Arabia and help fuel the rise of radical Islam across the world.


    #history #militaryhistory #historynerd #saudiarabia #siegeofmecca

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    1 hr
  • The War over Bird Poop! The Battle for the Chincha Islands

    The War over Bird Poop! The Battle for the Chincha Islands
    12 Oct 2026
    Today we cover one of history’s strangest wars. Find out how islands covered in bird poop and a drunken fight in a tavern, led to Spain fighting a war against most of South America. #peru #chile #history #militaryhistory

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    48 min
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