The Wild History Of War

Mithridates has claimed his throne, built a reputation for being remarkably difficult to poison, and made himself one of Rome’s most determined enemies.Now the Romans are coming to deal with him.In the second half of our mad honey story, we follow the Poison King through decades of warfare, meet the mountain tribes who prepared a rather unusual welcome for Rome’s soldiers, and discover how a few bowls of roadside honey became a devastating military trap.And for Mithridates, a lifetime spent trying to make himself impossible to poison is about to have one final, deeply inconvenient consequence.This is part two of our story. If you haven’t listened to Mad Honey and the Poison King (Part 1), start there.Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.Support the show on PatreonBonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:👉 https://patreon.com/wildhistoryofwarExplore the show👉 https://wildhistoryofwar.comContact: [email protected]

After surviving months of fighting, starvation and freezing mountain passes, thousands of Greek soldiers finally stumble across something worth celebrating: an enormous supply of free honey. And naturally, they start helping themselves, but before long, they're barely able to stand!In part one of our mad honey story, we discover how bees around the Black Sea produced this strange substance, before meeting Mithridates, a young prince whose father’s murder left him deeply suspicious of everyone around him as well as his own dinner. From an army defeated by it's own lunch to the making of the Poison King, this is a story about honey, paranoia and a rather ambitious attempt to become impossible to kill.Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.Support the show on PatreonBonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:👉 https://patreon.com/wildhistoryofwarExplore the show👉 https://wildhistoryofwar.comContact: [email protected]

At its very core, war is essentially throwing everything you have at your enemy and hoping that they break first. And at times, that breaking point can be as much a psychological one as a physical one.Wars of attrition, as in the case of prolonged siege warfare, are all about seeing who can last the longest.And today's story is all about one of those siege warfare breaking points, and how an army was defeated by a woman who had nothing but her cunning, boldness and two loaves of bread.Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.Support the show on PatreonBonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:👉 https://patreon.com/wildhistoryofwarExplore the show👉 https://wildhistoryofwar.comContact: [email protected]

Many people have heard some pretty bizarre tales from World War 2 history, but few come close to matching this one for its scale, scope and sheer absurdity. In this episode we'll explore how the German people's love of margarine (and the concurrent dwindling of their supply lines) led to an audacious plan that almost led to a spectacular German landgrab all the way down in the Antarctic!Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.Support the show on PatreonBonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:👉 https://patreon.com/wildhistoryofwarExplore the show👉 https://wildhistoryofwar.comContact: [email protected]

War often calls for quick thinking and unconventional tactics, but few battles have ever been won with… potatoes. But, during World War II, the USS O’Bannon, a U.S. Navy destroyer, found itself in a tense standoff with a Japanese submarine. With the enemy dangerously close, too near in fact for their deck guns to be effective, the crew resorted to a rather unexpected weapon. This is the incredible tale of how the USS O’Bannon used quick thinking, and a well-stocked pantry, to help sink a Japanese submarine.Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.Support the show on PatreonBonus episodes, early access, and helping keep the podcast independent:👉 https://patreon.com/wildhistoryofwarExplore the show👉 https://wildhistoryofwar.comContact: [email protected]