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Hanging with HistoryAuthor: Harald Hansen
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series. Language: en-us Genres: History Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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1799 Anglo Russian Invasion of Holland
Episode 163
Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
You can send me a text if you have a comment or questionA rapidly thrown together expedition to the Batavian Republic in expelled by the French.And yet, there were key successes and innovations that point the way to the future. We'll focus on these as we cover the events of the invasion itself.The new Light Infantry doctrine of the British Army, that John Moore and the Duke of York push through the Army, over all their resistance to change, is part of the package that makes British infantry the best in the world by 1808. Many of the lessons learned, were learned in this campaign.Also, there was the experience of relying on the reverse slope, where in the 2nd battle, the British infantry were able to inflict 2,000 Franco-Batavian casualties at the cost of only 37 dead. Many more lessons learned and the end of the Dutch fleet as a threat were the major results.
