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US Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, is divided up into the following. I will talk about each individual unit listed. Army: 75th Ranger...
This episode answers four basic questions: Why were both North and South so unprepared for war? Which side had the initial advantage? Did th...
Vicksburg was a Confederate fortress guarding the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. It was the only thing stopping the Union...
Why has democracy failed in Iraq? Here are some potential theories, with their originators in parentheses: Modernization (Rostow, Lipset): I...
This episode focuses on the decision-making strategies that President Bush used in December of 2006 before choosing to commit the troop surg...
Whether they are seen as acts of God, or as simple climate-related occurrences, natural events have always had a sizeable impact on military...
Whether they are seen as acts of God, or as simple climate-related occurrences, natural events have always had a sizeable impact on military...
This episode covers the period between Bush's declaration of "Mission Accomplished" and the change in coalition leadership (from General Cas...
According to Lawrence Keeley, "90-95% of known societies engage in war". Why? What compels homo sapiens to kill each other? Why do we fight?...
According to Lawrence Keeley, "90-95% of known societies engage in war". Why? What compels homo sapiens to kill each other? Why do we fight?...
Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was a poor peasant girl from Lorraine. One day, she had a vision in which three saints urged her to lead the French...
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, is considered the best commander of the European Enlightenment. Despite possessing relatively few peop...
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a southern sympathizer and a self-proclaimed modern-day Brutus, on April 14...
Crassus was the wealthiest man in Rome. Before he joined the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Caesar, he struggled to make a name for himse...
Today's episode's script was written by Andrew Tumath of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. To submit your own script, please send them to me at mili...
This episode is an analysis of the environmental impacts of the current war in Iraq. There are several major categories, each of which will...
John McCain Sr: Admiral, Commander of Fast Carrier Task Force in South Pacific during WWII John McCain Jr: Admiral, Commander of Pacific Com...
The title of this episode comes from the following George Orwell quote: "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with...
This episode is written by Russell Holman of Merrimack, New Hampshire. If you would like to submit a script to Military History Podcast, ple...
Aircraft Carriers are the ultimate tool of modern power projection. They are symbols of both naval strength and air superiority. This episod...
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the former Yugoslavian countries began to divide along ethnic lines. Of the five states (Serbia and Mont...
Operation Downfall was the proposed invasion of mainland Japan by Allied Forces near the end of WWII. It was canceled because the atomic bom...
The Peloponnesian War was fought by Athens and Sparta in the late 5th century BC. It was an epic war between two superpowers, and the simila...
The Peloponnesian War was fought by Athens and Sparta in the late 5th century BC. It was an epic war between two superpowers, and the simila...
This episode is the 101st episode of Military History Podcast. It is a compilation of 100 MHP clips, tidbits, and funfacts. It is split into...
This episode is the 100th episode of Military History Podcast. It is a compilation of 100 MHP clips, tidbits, and funfacts. It is split into...
The Battle of Vimy Ridge (April 1917) was a turning point in WWI. It was the first great allied victory. It also continues to be the greates...
"The Most Dangerous Man in Europe" was how Eisenhower described Otto Skorzeny, Nazi Germany's most famous commando and special operations le...
The Sword of Allah refers to Khalid ibn al-Walid, the prophet Mohammad's top general. Khalid commanded over 100 battles and never lost, maki...
The Sword of Allah refers to Khalid ibn al-Walid, the prophet Mohammad's top general. Khalid commanded over 100 battles and never lost, maki...
Warsaw is the capital of Poland. It's motto is "Contemnit Procellas", which means "it defies the storms". It is a fitting motto because Wars...
The Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was founded in 1958 in order to ensure that the science gap remai...
This episode is a summary of the USS Scorpion incident of 1968 and a review of the book, Scorpion Down , by Ed Offley (Published by Perseus...
Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the United States. He had the fourth highest rank of all the presidents, below Washington, Eisenhowe...
As Supreme Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, Douglas MacArthur led an island-hopping campaign (Operation Cartwheel) known as "...
Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1880. He was the grandson of a former governor of Wisconsin, and the son of a medal-...
The British Empire is the largest (14.1 million square miles) and most populous (532 million people) empire in history. It is the reason why...
The British Empire is the largest (14.1 million square miles) and most populous (532 million people) empire in history. It is the reason why...
Blitzkrieg (lightning war) was the military doctrine of Germany during the first half of WWII. It consisted of an all-mechanized army blowin...
The Falklands War is one of the few modern wars between two modern adversaries (in this case, Argentina and Britain). The war was over the F...
The Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), also known as Saddam's Qadisiyyah, the Holy Defense, and the Iraqi-Imposed War, had a devastating effect on b...
Nader Shah was the founder of the Afsharid Dynasty of Persia, lasting from 1736 to 1747. During this time, this "second Alexander" returned...
Niccolo Machiavelli was a political and military philosopher around 1500AD in Florence, Italy during the Italian Renaissance. His name is as...
Shamil Basayev became involved in the nearby Dagestan War after he lost his bid for president. This prompted Vladimir Putin to launch the Se...
Shamil Basayev is a politician and self-proclaimed terrorist fighting for Chechnya's independence from Russia. Chechnya is a small Muslim re...
This episode was written by Brian Liddicoat, a real estate attorney in Northern California. The words � Groom Lake � and �Area 51� h...
This episode will only cover the period between March 2003 and May 1 2003. Reasons for Invading Iraq: Iraq's possession of WMDs Saddam's lin...
The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831 as France's non-citizen military. Over the years, it consisted of many refugees, colonial citi...
The Pacific Northwest has many military facilities. Washington State, specifically, has: Naval Base Kitsap: Holds nuclear submarines, a carr...
The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was fought between Shah Pahlevi (supported by America and hated for his pro-American beliefs) and Ayatollah K...