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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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  • Freikorps Part 2 - Terminate the Republic

    Freikorps Part 2 - Terminate the Republic
    Nov 3 2025
    Despite rampaging through Germany and invading the Baltic States, the Freikorps still thirsted for combat and blood.Turning on the very Republic that had been paying and supplying them, they would bring a reign of terror that would change shake Germany to its foundations. #Germany #WorldWar2 #Nazis

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    1 hr
  • Freikorps Part 1 - Germany's Terminators

    Freikorps Part 1 - Germany's Terminators
    Oct 27 2025

    What does a society do when it has trained killing machines that it can't turn off? That is the situation Germany faced after World War 1, as its elite Storm Troopers returned home to a country where the old order had collapsed. Despising the new German Republic, they would band together to crush Communist revolts and even invade the Baltic states, leaving death and destruction everywhere they went. All the while they waited to turn on the Republic itself. They would become Germany's Terminators.


    #War #Germany #WorldWar1

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    55 mins
  • Operation Flipper - The Failed Attempt to 'Get Rommel'

    Operation Flipper - The Failed Attempt to 'Get Rommel'
    Oct 20 2025

    In 1941 World War 2 isn't going well for Britain. In North Africa a new German General called Erwin Rommel is running rings around them, turning the desert into this own playground. Desperate to turn the tide they launch a commando mission that was as ambitious and daring, as it was badly implemented and dogged by bad luck. Its mission was simple, to 'Get Rommel.'


    #worldwar2 #history /#rommel

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    50 mins
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