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In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.
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288Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.
Pain is at the root of most drama and entertainment. When does it get too real? This very disturbing and graphic show looks into some case studies and asks some deep questions. WARNING Very intense subject matter.
Julius Caesar is our travel guide as he takes us through his murderous subjugation of the native Celtic tribal peoples of ancient Gaul. It sounds vaguely like other, recent European colonial conquests...until the natives nearly win.
What happens if human beings can't handle the power of their own weaponry? This show examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind's efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands of its own creation.
If this were a movie, the events and cameos would be too numerous and star-studded to mention. It includes Xerxes, Spartans, Immortals, Alexander the Great, scythed chariots, and several of the greatest battles in history.
From Biblical-era coup conspiracies to the horrific aftermath of ancient combat this second installment of the series on the Kings of Achaemenid Persia goes where only Dan can take it. For better or worse…
Often relegated to the role of slavish cannon fodder for Sparta's spears, the Achaemenid Persian empire had a glorious heritage. Under a single king they created the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
The Americans are coming, but will the war be over by the time they get there? Germany throws everything into a last series of stupendous attacks in the West while hoping to avoid getting burned by a fire in the East they helped fan.
Politics, diplomacy, revolution and mutiny take center stage at the start of this episode, but mud, blood, shells and tragedy drown all by the end.
Machine guns, barbed wire and millions upon millions of artillery shells create industrialized meat grinders at Verdun and the Somme. There's never been a human experience like it and it changes a generation.
The war of maneuver that was supposed to be over quickly instead turns into a lingering bloody stalemate. Trench warfare begins, and with it, all the murderous efforts on both sides to overcome the static defenses.
The Great Powers all come out swinging in the first round of the worst war the planet has ever seen. Millions of men in dozens of armies vie in the most deadly and complex opening moves of any conflict in world history.
The planet hadn't seen a major war between all the Great Powers since the downfall of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. But 99 years later the dam breaks and a Pandora's Box of violence engulfs the planet.
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FreeZby
correction: Gurkhas are not from India, they are the elite warriors from the mountainous nation of Nepal
Korbin Krein
This podcast has opened my eyes to the history and abject treachery of tyranny.thank you so much for the illumination. This is aiding in my resistance and revolution against the American government greatly. civil disobedience is a requirement, comrades.
Kei
Andrew Yang. knowing what can happen when technology leaves the people behind.
Harris Farley
I got a little laugh out of you calling the attacking force on the Eastern front "the Wehrmacht and friends" lol
Kei
Andrew Yang's book. War on normal people. history repeats, and repeats
JOHNNYxx REB
We need more podcasts please!! I cant wait much longer.
Daniel DeTorrice
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Beachsider
A year ago I read all the Wilbur Smith novels. One era he uses is Ancient Egypt - his characters have to retreat from the Assyrians and their chariots as they had little defence against them and they fear and dont know about horses. So i wondered who these Assyrians were and where they came from. Now I know ! Thank you for easy listening education. Also the further information on the Local Gods is something I have an interest in ; I live in Ghana and some people here still have their local Gods. My wife's family have their own god hidden in a shrine !
Levi Martin
Heroically Nude😂
Tyeson Rogers
your wife was right...😁👏🏾
Mats Lindblad
it's NOT scripted?... seriously? that's insane.
J Gihm
I can't believe I only recently discovered this podcast. I wish I could listen to older shows.
Pedram Ghahremani
your sobjective view on this historical events is amazing. thank you. i learned a lot.
Bryan Graham
dan Carlin is the goat
JOHNNYxx REB
I have become death, the destroyer of worlds
Daniel DeTorrice
Dan is the 🐐
mark skeehan
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Zach Hauge
it's amazing how much better this podcast is than any other history podcast...maybe the history of Rome is up there...great job keep it up
Alan Cruz
what of the LGBT community suffering under Putin? is there a cap you're willing to accept or are all acts of inhumanity, without regards to whom it's aimed at, are those worthy of contempt and condemnation or only those which we, now in this time, are only those fitting of our collective scorn.