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Oooh! If you are a patreon/podbean contributor for
@hack_history
you now have a closed group on Facebook in which you will be able to hang out with self
@WW2girl1944
, the Mary Rose regulars & some of our guests 💪🏼
@mcribbHistory
@BoneyAbroad
@ZwhiteHistory
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#BoBfest
!! From a target of 5
#BandofBrothers
cast, we ended up with more than 20! So in this first instalment OF FOUR being brought to you all this week, you can hear all about casting, auditions and the hilarity/horror of bootcamp with Dale Dye.
#WW2
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On the 80th anniversary of the first mass transport to Auschwitz, volunteers join us from across the globe to remember 728 prisoners in their own words. 🕯️
@ArkadyRzegocki
@britishpoles
@PolishEmbassyUK
@posklondon
@SlawomirDebski
@Roger_Moorhouse
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Boney and Marcus are prepping to record a retrospective episode on the late, great military historian Richard Holmes.
They will be joined by
@militaryhistori
and Cameron Mcnish to chat about Richard and his work.
If you have any memories of Richard or questions, send them over!
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Today we passed another incredible milestone, 750,000 downloads!
We've come a long way since that very first episode dropped in March 2020. We would like to thank all our amazing guests, incredible listeners and the Mary Rose regulars who, somehow, have gotten behind the bar.
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Coming soon:
Hornblower ✅ Confirmed
Band of Brothers cast reunion - on it
Descendants of epic WW2 personalities - on it
Sharpes Reunion Pt.II ✅ Confirmed
😱😱😱
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Ever had a question about
#Pompeii
? You are in the right place! Pop your questions to
@pompei79
who will be joining us on a podcast this week. We will try and answer as many as we can!
#twitterstorians
#history
#Classics
#ancientrome
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Could wait no longer!
@ioangruffudd
&
@ImJamieBamber
join us with
@kateejamieson
#Hornblower
Mullets,
@robertlind
, theorising on a return of the series & who DID push Captain Sawyer? Be ready for
#WhatWouldHoratioDo
*&
#RebootHornblower
!
@AliceEvansGruff
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Today we’ve hit 300,000 downloads since the end of March. We could not have DREAMED of this. Thank you to all who contribute their wonderful knowledge and all those who listen. We appreciate it 🤗
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Ahem. So thanks to the most tenacious & lovely
@AliceEvansGruff
you can now put in questions for a
#HORNBLOWER
REUNION PODCAST! We’ll be sitting down with Horatio himself,
@ioangruffudd
& Archie Kennedy
@ImJamieBamber
@kateejamieson
will also be on hand to talk naval history 🥰
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A year ago, Alex, Woody and Alina had an idea to chat to 'a couple' of the Band of Brother cast. It got a bit out of hand.
Here is our supercut of our Band of Brothers Cast Reunion with a new intro from Alex and Woody.
🎧:
📽️:
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Find out about of all this in Pt.I of our
#BandofBrothers
cast reunion. Hear all about the bootcamp trials of
@rain_goblin
@DickWarden
@ScottGrimes
@dicksp8jr
@bartruspoli
@timmatmusic
@jason_omara
@philbarantini1
@nickaaron101
@Cudlitz
@gomezwastaken
etc
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It’s here! Sean Bean & Jason Salkey join Alex & Alina for Sharpe's Reunion. Enjoy tales of toy soldiers, looting the set, lockdown in the Crimea & character sketches of fellow cast members including the late, much loved Pete Postlethwaite
@The_95th_Rifles
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@TinMann0715
@Based_Jedi
@JesseKellyDC
@muffnbear
@dicksp8jr
Never bored! And
@dicksp8jr
for president
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History Hack is ONE MONTH OLD! In which time we’ve put out a years worth of content to entertain people in lockdown.
@churchill_alex
&
@WW2girl1944
are exhausted & about to take some time off recording till next week, but SO grateful for everyone’s contributions & support 🙏🏼💙😘
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31000 downloads in our first month. You guys are AMAZING 😱
@WW2girl1944
&
@churchill_alex
overwhelmed by all the contributions, downloads & support, esp
@smith_design
&
@WW2TV
Also Sean Bean, Sharpe boys
@AliceEvansGruff
@ioangruffudd
@ImJamieBamber
for taking a chance on us! 💙
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And then... The mighty Miss
@kejamieson_
&
@churchill_alex
lament why there are so many fictional naval heroes when the world has not paid enough attention to the awesomeness of Admiral Pellew Don’t forget to subscribe on Youtube!
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Brace yourselves for a medieval masterclass with Eleanor Janega later on. Out. Of. The. Park.
@GoingMedieval
#medievaltwitter
#medieval
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Coming to this year's
#WeHaveWays
and giving talks are
@churchill_alex
and
@WW2girl1944
! A definite must see if you are going.
Go see them live doing what they do best!
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Want to win a pile of history books?! Some of our lovely contributors are donating prizes (titles may vary) To win tell us your favourite person in history and why in 1 TWEET with
#HistoryHack
🤗
@HouseHistorian
@NuclearTeeth
@BarrettsBooks
@claremulley
@churchill_alex
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On what would have been Richard Holmes' 75th birthday,
@militaryhistori
and Cameron Macnish recollect their time working with the great man and celebrate his work with
@BoneyAbroad
and
@mcribbHistory
.
🎧Listen:
📽️Youtube:
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Shops are opening, so can we remind everyone to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSHOP!
@indiebound
Can Historian girls get
#UseThemOrLoseThem
trending?
@RebeccaRideal
@HelenhCarr
@KateWilliamsme
@kateejamieson
@WhoresofYore
@k8_lister
@GoingMedieval
@DrJaninaRamirez
@bettanyhughes
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We’re booking next few weeks of guests & chaps are far more forward about getting on the schedule! So girls get in touch! Ancient history, archaeology & Non 20thC/non military particularly
@kejamieson_
@KateWilliamsme
@RebeccaRideal
@GoingMedieval
@womnknowhistory
@CatharineEdwa
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Brace yourselves! We had so much fun with
@wmarybeard
and we’ll be uploading her Q&A at 2pm!
#HistoryHack
#ClassicsTwitter
In the meantime you can hear the first EIGHT podcasts here 👉🏼
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Do you want the opp to contribute to a volume on incredible women that history has “forgotten?” If you’d like to see your name in print, & you can prepare an essay on one, drop us a 250 word pitch to chatterbox
@historyhack
.co.uk! A great shot for baby historians so please RT 💙
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We are just amazed. We didn’t even exist two months ago and this figure is already way behind 😱
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Eleanor Janega takes on all of your questions about medieval women. No subject is off limits as we talk war, jobs, family & sex. And about how much we miss pubs.
@dgjones
@GoingMedieval
#medievaltwitter
#medieval
@5MinMedievalist
@TracyBorman
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Hail Mary! The Queen of Antiquity joins us to answer your questions on the ancient world. Plagues, Pompeii, parenting & a bit of porn, hear why G&Ts changes lives, & why personal grooming during pandemics is for wimps
#ClassicsTwitter
#Classics
@wmarybeard
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Alina and I are so thrilled to announce a series of special podcasts on military aviation - we’ll have
@PeterHart1915
&
@Joshua_Levine
on
#WW1
,
@JohnNicholRAF
on the Lancaster - Any other historians want to participate on other eras or topics get in touch! 💙
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Kate Jamieson
@kejamieson_
joins
@ZwhiteHistory
&
@churchill_alex
to
#NelsonTheShitOutOfBoatyWeek
with the tale of Nelson and the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
🎧Listen:
🎦Watch:
Support us at
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On Saturday
@GoingMedieval
takes the floor and smashes it, taking on all of your questions about medieval women. Warrior women, prospects, family life, hygiene and a breakdown on medieval sex toys!
@WhoresofYore
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Today the lovely
@jimalkhalili
takes us back to the days of the Arabian Nights to tell us the amazing story of when Arabic/Islamic science lit the way forward for the world!
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Following on from our in-depth discussion of
@BloodPhilip
's Birds of Prey recently, we are delighted to be giving away a copy of Dr Blood's book!
To
#win
you have to:
- Follow Us!
- Like This Tweet
- Reply to this tweet with
#WinBirdsOfPrey
Closes 18/11/21 - Good luck!
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The girls are taking over this weekend!
@KateWilliamsme
joins us to discuss the life of Mary Queen of Scots, including her youth, marriages, & her relationship with Elizabeth I.
@womnknowhistory
@RebeccaRideal
@TudorsDynasty
@thetudortimes
@welovehistory
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This escalated quick!
@ZwhiteHistory
joined us along with Jason Salkey AKA Rifleman Harris and SEAN BEAN 😱😱😱 for
#SharpesReunion
We talked about the history, the show & the legacy of this much loved series in inspiring historians! It’ll go out 12/4 14:00UK a THANKYOU
@ITG_Ltd
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Don’t forget tomorrow we bring you Holland vs. Holland! Get your questions in!
@James1940
@holland_tom
#HistoryHack
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This week History Hack will reduce to 5 days a week & we’ll go from there. We 💙 you guys but we are all busier, & sadly we need to earn livings as we aren’t rich enough to retire & have not managed to find ourselves millionaires (yet) either. We’ll post episodes Mon-Fri for now
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Join us tomorrow for a one off special when
@WW2TV
takes over! He decided he wanted to interview us about History Hack, how it happened, where it’s going and how you can get involved 🤘🏼
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Beyond our wildest dreams! I can’t even get my mum to listen 😂🤦🏼♀️
Just checked & it totally bypassed me that this morning we two clowns passed 150,000 downloads since the beg. of April
100+ countries
6 continents
All 50 states in the US
Thank you to all our regulars & ALL who’ve participated/listened. We thank you kindly 😘
@Smith_Design
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Want to see your name in print? Got a story to tell about an overlooked woman in history? We’re looking to collate a collection of pieces to get more people reading & thinking about them. DM us your ideas to be in with a chance of appearing & please RT!
#realtitlepending
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A very Merry Christmas from the whole team at History Hack 🎄
@churchill_alex
@WW2girl1944
@mcribbHistory
@BoneyAbroad
@smith_design
@ZwhiteHistory
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You can access our
#WW2
greatest hits at Contributors so far include the dazzling likes of
@Roger_Moorhouse
@James1940
@sauldavid66
@guywalters
@Joshua_Levine
@lukedalygroves
on a wide range of topics 😍 Thank you so much guys
@WW2TV
@WW2Nation
@almurray
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#BoBfest
- our
#BandofBrothersReunion
has got us all afluster here at HHHQ 🥰 What questions would you like us to put to the cast and writers? I fear
@tomhanks
may be slightly out of our league 😂 But we can grovel! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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This week sees the anniversary of the opening of the Third Battle of Ypres - stay tuned for a special episode discussing the tactics, strategy, wrongs, rights and some of the fallen on Friday with
@bigandylock
@HistoryandMoore
@agh57
@churchill_alex
#NewProfilePic
#WW1
🕯
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Later today we hit 100 EPISODES when
@JohnNicholRAF
talks Lancasters
#WW2
85,000 downloads, 2.8 MILLION interactions here on Twitter. Just wow.
@churchill_alex
@WW2girl1944
thank
@WW2TV
@Smith_Design
@agh57
&
@KaiserJonny
& all of our guests & YOU for the incredible support 😱
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Alina and Alex would like to offer a small respite for all those spending Christmas alone, or feeling blue tomorrow. If you’d like some company 7-9pm UK time, email chatterbox
@historyhackpod
.co.uk for the link
@WW2girl1944
@jerijerod14
@WyattBeth
@Smith_Design
@churchill_alex
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Happy New Year from everyone at History Hack! Let’s see what 2033 has to offer…
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The lovely
@bettanyhughes
joins us to talk all about The Odyssey and why you shouldn’t be afraid to pick it up and have a go!
@rogueclassicist
@greekhistorypod
@TheAncientWorld
@AncientWorldMag
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Happy New Year! Alina returns, Locky, Beth & Charley join, Alex, Boney & Zack as we all talk about the story behind History Hack, and regale you with our best moments.
Support us:
Tips:
Merch:
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Are you interested in Pompeii? We definitely are! The fabulous
@pompei79
will be joining us on our podcast!
Watch this space for more info to come!
#podcast
#twitterstorians
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#BoBfest
is coming May Day weekend. First three Band of Brothers stars joining us:
@rain_goblin
@philbarantini1
@bartruspoli
Babe, Tipper and We are SO excited! Star binge-watching and thinking of questions!
@churchill_alex
@WW2girl1944
@WW2TV
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Archaeologist Simon Verdegem
@SimonVerdegem
talks about exhuming newly uncovered WW1 remains on the Western Front and attempting to give the fallen back their identity.
Listen:
Watch:
Support us:
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Sharpe is coming back! The Chosen Men are bringing the crew GET YOUR QUESTIONS IN for props, locations, set design on the visual side & scripts, photography& editing on for production. Going to be a very unique opportunity to find out how historical drama is brought to life
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Join us next weekend for
#BoBfest
#BandofBrothers
@WW2TV
May Day is the big one, our cast reunion
@DickWarden
@timmatmusic
@gldnfsh
@rain_goblin
@bartruspoli
@philbarantini1
@maccageezer
@Cudlitz
@matt_settle
@ScottGrimes
@nickaaron101
@gomezwastaken
@MatthewLeitch
& more! 🦅🇺🇸
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The amazing
@DanKaszeta
joins us to talk all about his time in the Secret Service and life at the White House. And we get into how he lost a fight with a llama... He’s also on YouTube!
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Brace yourselves! A whole day of programming featuring (so far)
@DrEstellePrnq
@TracyBorman
&
@Regina_Saba
#AnneBoleynDay
👑 🪓 👑🪓👑🪓👑🪓👑🪓👑🪓
@sixteenthCgirl
@Society_Anne
@hevercastle
@thetudortimes
@TudorsDynasty
@HRP_palaces
@HRP_PressOffice
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Does your whole family roll their eyes when you start talking about your history speciality? Then come hang out with US!
#twitterstorians
#history
#podcasting
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We’re just spoiling you all now. Crusaders, Plantagenets, Yorkists, Lancastrians, even the bloody Tudors. If you’ve got questions for the medieval guru that is
@dgjones
shoot them over and we’ll do our very best to include them on his upcoming podcast with us 👌🏼
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And next weekend, Saturday is a history of sex panel chat with
@GoingMedieval
@k8_lister
@pompei79
etc and then the rise of the dinosaurs on Sunday with the amazing
@SteveBrusatte
. That’s SEX and DINOSAURS. You’re welcome!
@WhoresofYore
@PaleoSoc
@holland_tom
@vagina_museum
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Hi everyone, if you have been enjoying the podcast over the last year, we were wondering if you would mind voting for us in this years
@britpodawards
?
You just need to search for History Hack, pop your details in and submit your vote. You are all epic.
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And Easter Sunday is cracking. We interview SEAN BEAN and Jason Salkey (Rifleman Harris) in
#SharpesReunion
with historian
@ZwhiteHistory
Well be looking at the series and the history behind it
@The_95th_Rifles
@SeanBeanOnline
@NapoleonicAssoc
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History Hack is going on holiday! It’s our first break in more than three years, so I hope that you won’t begrudge us a couple of weeks to put our feet up. After Friday, we’ll be off air until Monday 19th June ⛱️🏝️🐚🍸🍹
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Naval guru
@navalhistorian
joins us to talk all about the Royal Navy's contribution to Britain's "Finest Hour."
@James1940
@Roger_Moorhouse
@militaryhistori
@dhartley_NMRN
@NavalAirHistory
@AC_NavalHistory
@kejamieson_
@WW2TV
@BoneyAbroad
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Our 3 day special dedicated to
#BandofBrothers
is here! We're joined by
@WW2TV
@James1940
& writer of episodes 2&9
@johnorloff
to discuss how the story of Easy Company was brought to film
#BoBfest
@gldnfsh
@rain_goblin
@Cudlitz
@DickWarden
@timmatmusic
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There are some mindblowingly exciting things brewing at
#HistoryHack
HQ 😱😱😱🙏🏼
@kateejamieson
@navalhistorian
@guywalters
@Roger_Moorhouse
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In case you missed it,
#Hornblower
reunion 😱😱 Airing on 26/4 you have till 23rd to get questions in for the lovely
@ioangruffudd
&
@ImJamieBamber
We are a little bit excited!!! & for all she’s done to help us plan we felt
@AliceEvansGruff
needed to joint the artwork party 🤪
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Morning lovely people 👋 we've got a cracking new episode for you. James Holland
@James1940
returns to History Hack to discuss his fantastic new book The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
🎙
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The lovely
@historylizzie
joins us to talk all about adventurous women who packed their bags in the 18th Century and decided not to let young men have all the tourist fun.
@womnknowhistory
@WomenOfLDN
@carolynaday
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Don’t miss a history of sex with
@GoingMedieval
@k8_lister
@AmandaCharland
and
@AircraftArchaeo
- Some fascinating insight into archeological and documentary evidence as wells as trends and perceptions!
@WhoresofYore
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We are looking for a WW2 North Africa historian. Send us your suggestions 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
#twitterstorians
#history
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Three more for
#BoBfest
- get your thinking caps on for
#BandofBrothers
questions for
@timmatmusic
@DickWarden
and Mark Lawrence - Penkala, Welsh and Dukeman! 🙏🏼💙🦅
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The fab
@claremulley
will be joining us for a podcast to talk about female SOE agents. Send us your questions! 👇👇
#twitterstorians
#history
#ww2
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On Wednesday you get
@claremulley
talking about the female agents of the SOE 👌🏼
@WW2TV
@WW2Nation
@James1940
@Roger_Moorhouse
@guywalters
@almurray
#WW2
#HistoryHack
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Today, the wonderful
@SilenceInPolish
join us to tell us about General Stanisław Maczek and the role of his Polish forces in the Second World War.
🎧:
📽️:
Ko-fi Tip:
Patreon:
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This Thursday we celebrate the release of
@James1940
' latest book, Brothers in Arms, which we rightly take credit for, and discuss many remarkable men, none more so than the Padre, Leslie Skinner.
You can pre-order your copy now through our Bookshop at:
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Archaeologist
@pompei79
joins us to answer all of your questions on Pompeii. We talk earthquakes, eruptions, art, architecture & it'll be the only podcast that dedicates ten academic minutes to the Roman penis
@wmarybeard
@TheAncientWorld
@greekhistorypod
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Just finished our recording session with the “Easy Kids” for
#BoBfest
- thank you so much guys! Relatives of Smith, Guanere, Luz, Ranney, Malarkey, Gordon & Roe 🦅 🙏🏼💙
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Another instalment of Pole Position for you - The Katyn Massacre.
@katyn1940
joins Alina to talk about this tragic, much requested piece of Polish history.
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On Saturday
@churchill_alex
is going to break down the Battle of the Somme and tell you why it was not a total waste of time, however unfortunately conducted at times
@WW1_Series
@ProfGSheffield
@PeterHart1915
@ProfPeterDoyle
@DanHillHistory
#WW1
@agh57
@KaiserJonny
@dizzernp
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Next up is Shivering Sands forts and they are pretty surreal. Props to the (likely) drunk Norwegian skipper for smashing into the one in the middle.
#FortyBoomyBoatyTrip
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We have no life! But there are two of us and we split the work 50/50. We also support each other in our regular lives and help each other as much as possible.
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That’s a wrap. The tech has had enough of Zack’s waffling, gone on strike, and the gang are on their way home. Massive thank you to
@WhyBelgium
. We simply could not have done it without your support. Massive thank you also to
@1815Memorial
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On Saturday we have an awesome discussion with
@TracyBorman
about Thomas Cromwell and the Wolf Hall Trilogy and what it does for our knowledge of Henry VIII’s faithful servant
#Tudors
@LeandadeLisle
@AlisonWeirBooks
@sixteenthCgirl
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So we did a thing when Roe v Wade was overturned, we recruited some of the ballsiest American lady brains to talk about the history of battles women have fought to get to the rights they have. We start with
@efweiss5
& the fight to vote
@GoingMedieval
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Because we love you
@hack_history
and we made 200 episodes without killing each other, or anyone else, here’s a weekend treat...
@PikeGrey1418
with the 2nd part of his look at Austria-Hungary in
#WW1
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We’ve just heard that lovely Paul, who was improving after we wished him well on our podcast with
@holland_tom
&
@James1940
has passed away. Our hearts break for his family, including his beloved daughter Molly.
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Here it is! Or 400th episode (yes 400th!) sees
@GoingMedieval
join us to celebrate and she tells us why the Dark Ages weren't dark at all, just medieval.
🎧Listen:
🎞️YouTube:
Join the
@Patreon
fun!
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A nod from the team at History Hack 🕯️
@churchill_alex
@WW2girl1944
@Smith_Design
and dedicated to Grandad Lucy
@LMBD1418
and all who served in a shocking theatre of war
#WW2
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The lovely
@NavalAirHistory
joins us to talk all about the Battle of Taranto, the first all-aircraft ship to ship battle in history, in 1940
@James1940
@Roger_Moorhouse
@guywalters
@militaryhistori
#WW2
@NatMuseumRN
@navalhistorian
@AC_NavalHistory
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Sick of 2020? Join the club. Here’s a feature length chat with
@militaryhistori
on the life of Erwin Rommel by way of escapism
YouTube:
Patreon:
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Brace yourselves! Christmas is coming on History Hack!
@PikeGrey1418
@restorationcake
@ChemistryKit
@jameswardg
@mcribbHistory
@HistoryandMoore
@cliveoconnell
@LMBD1418
@bigandylock
@agh57
@ZwhiteHistory
@rentaquill
@OwenSGriffiths
@churchill_alex
@WW2girl1944
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Our
#RemembranceDay
ep:
@churchill_alex
&
@agh57
in a detailed look at the end of the Battle of the Somme led by
@bigandylock
which challenges perceptions of the futility of 1916 & commemorates a brave act by 1 group of men Youtube
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One to enjoy in the garden
#WW1
bods
@Joshua_Levine
@PeterHart1915
&
@GaryBain1280
, join us for a relaxed chat about flying in the Great War
@HartMilitary
@ProfGSheffield
@ProfPeterDoyle
@DanHillHistory
@WW1_Series
@agh57
@KaiserJonny
@JohnNicholRAF
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