The Redcoat History Podcast

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Episodes: 100

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The podcast for military history geeks and people with a passion for good stories.

Episode Date
For the Honour of the Regiment! The British army's unique regimental system
Apr 29, 2024
American Revolution: An Elite Regiment at War
Apr 15, 2024
American Revolution: Who were the Redcoats?
Apr 08, 2024
Zulu War: Did this Victoria Cross Hero Fake His Own Death? Captain Cecil D’Arcy VC
Apr 01, 2024
Who are Britain’s elite bearded pioneer sergeants?
Mar 25, 2024
Private Henry Hook VC - the true story behind the "bad lad" of Zulu
Mar 18, 2024
Colonial Marines: The escaped American Slaves who fought for Britain during the War of 1812
Mar 11, 2024
Indians in the Trenches: The Indian Corps on the Western Front 1914-15
Mar 04, 2024
Disaster!:The worst British defeats of the Victorian era...
Feb 26, 2024
Redcoats versus Samurais: The story of British troops in Japan during the 1860s
Feb 19, 2024
The Jameson Raid: Prelude to the 2nd Anglo-Boer War (walking the battlefield)
Feb 12, 2024
Purchase: The Fascinating Story of How British Officers Bought and Sold Commissions
Feb 05, 2024
The Mini Rorke's Drift You've Never Heard of: Forgotten Sieges of the Basotho Gun War (1880-81)
Jan 29, 2024
The First Anglo-Boer War: A full documentary (1880-81)
Jan 22, 2024
The Forgotten Revolutionary War Campaign: The Siege of Pensacola 1781 (w/ Josh Provan)
Jan 15, 2024
From the Zulu War to the Somme: The incredible career of Tim Lukin
Jan 08, 2024
Fit to Command? British Regimental Leadership in the Peninsular War w/ Steve Brown
Dec 18, 2023
The Mazoe Patrol: A daring rescue in the Rhodesian bush (1896)
Dec 11, 2023
Allan Wilson - the Maverick who became a Victorian legend (Shangani Patrol, 1893)
Dec 04, 2023
Regimental Colours: What are they and why do they mean so much?
Nov 27, 2023
Up From the Ranks: More interesting than Richard Sharpe?
Nov 20, 2023
The Epic Heroism of the Relief of Lucknow: The most VCs awarded in a single day (1857)
Nov 13, 2023
British expedition to Abyssinia and the Battle of Magdala (1867-68)
Oct 30, 2023
Peninsular War: British Cavalry - Brainless gallopers? (w/Mark Thompson)
Oct 23, 2023
The Victoria Cross: Everything You Need to Know (w/ Kevin Brazier)
Oct 16, 2023
Exploring the Siege of Lucknow’s Battlefield Today (Indian Mutiny)
Oct 09, 2023
Warriors in Scarlet: The Last Redcoats (w/Ian Knight)
Oct 02, 2023
The Storming of Delhi - September 1857 (Indian Mutiny)
Sep 25, 2023
From Shaka to Misuzulu: The Epic Tale of the Zulu Kings (w/ John Laband)
Sep 18, 2023
Wellington’s Enemies: Who was the best French Marshal of the Peninsular War? (w/ Marcus Cribb and John Viscardo)
Sep 11, 2023
Gurkhas: How this elite unit came of age during the siege of Delhi (1857 - Indian Mutiny)
Aug 26, 2023
The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 (Part 4): The British besiege Delhi
Aug 14, 2023
The Sepoy Mutiny (Part 3): Cawnpore - Deadly siege, bloody massacre
Aug 07, 2023
Making Military History Cool Again? An author, a podcaster and a musician walk into a history symposium...
Jul 24, 2023
Lord Chelmsford: The man who lost the Battle of Isandlwana (w/ John Laband)
Jul 13, 2023
Rorke’s Drift - the comic book! An interview with Colin Mathieson
Jul 07, 2023
The Natal Mounted Police: Blue-Blood Troopers in Zululand
Jul 01, 2023
Huge Zulu War Exhibition! Clash of Empires
Jun 18, 2023
The Sepoy Mutiny, part 2: Delhi Explodes and the oldest ever Victoria Cross recipient earns his award!
Jun 05, 2023
Op Banner: The British army’s longest deployment (w/Jonathan Trigg)
May 27, 2023
The Most Important Victorian General You May Not Know: Henry Brackenbury
May 14, 2023
The Sepoy Mutiny, part 1: Why did it happen?
Apr 27, 2023
Wellington: Crime and Punishment in the Peninsular War (with Zack White)
Apr 06, 2023
The James Bond of the Great Game: Alexander Burnes (Ep. 69)
Mar 13, 2023
Moorosi’s Rebellion: The Victoria Cross winners
Mar 01, 2023
The Siege of Moorosi’s Mountain: Southern Africa’s other war of 1879
Feb 17, 2023
Eyre Coote: From Court Martial to Commander-in-Chief (The Battles of Plassey, Wandiwash and Porto Novo)
Feb 02, 2023
ZULU: Colour Sergeant Bourne - the real story
Jan 22, 2023
Zulu: The heroes of Rorke’s Drift - Gonville Bromhead VC
Dec 19, 2022
Zulu: The heroes of Rorke’s Drift - John Chard VC
Dec 01, 2022
If In Doubt - Charge! Sir Hugh Gough and the Anglo-Sikh Wars
Nov 04, 2022
The First Opium War (1839-1842): Sir Hugh Gough Part 3
Oct 22, 2022
The Irish Rockite Rebellion: Sir Hugh Gough Part 2
Oct 14, 2022
The Best Battalion Commander of the Peninsular War? (Sir Hugh Gough, Part 1)
Oct 01, 2022
Was this the greatest cavalry charge of the Peninsular war? (Ep.58)
Sep 26, 2022
Zulu vs Boer and the Battle of Blood River (w/ John Laband)
Sep 10, 2022
Britain’s West Indies Campaign of 1794 - a tale of victory and disease
Aug 27, 2022
The Rise of the Sikh Soldier - w/Gurinder Singh Mann (Ep. 55)
Jul 30, 2022
The Shangani Patrol and the birth of Rhodesia - 1893
Jul 02, 2022
The professor of tactics who lost every battle - General Colley (1st Anglo Boer War part 3)
Jun 16, 2022
Boer vs Brit: The First Anglo-Boer War Part 2 (with John Laband)
May 26, 2022
The 1st Anglo-Boer War, part 1 - The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit (Ep.51)
May 10, 2022
The Frontier Light Horse: Special Forces of the Anglo-Zulu War (Ep.50)
May 02, 2022
The Peninsular War: Rifleman Plunket. What was the distance of his legendary shot? (Ep. 49)
Apr 14, 2022
The Peninsular War: End Game -The Invasion of France 1813-14 (Ep. 48)
Apr 01, 2022
The Peninsular War: The Siege of San Sebastian, 1813 (Ep.47)
Mar 21, 2022
Zulu War: A ’mini-Isandlwana’ - The Battle of Ntombe Drift (ep.46)
Mar 12, 2022
The Peninsular War: The Battle of the Pyrenees 1813 (Ep. 45)
Mar 01, 2022
Anglo-Zulu War: The heir to the French throne died fighting for the British? (Ep.44)
Feb 10, 2022
The Man in the (WW1) Poster - Kitchener: The Full Story (Ep.43)
Feb 01, 2022
The Red River Expedition of 1870: A logistics masterpiece in the Canadian wilderness (Ep.42)
Jan 03, 2022
Peninsular War: Who were the British redcoats and how were they organised? (Ep.41)
Dec 20, 2021
Vitoria, 1813: How Wellington swept the French from Spain (Ep.40)
Nov 25, 2021
Capturing the French Eagle at Barrosa - how Sergeant Masterson became a real-life Richard Sharpe (Ep.39)
Nov 15, 2021
Why was the Duke of Wellington so successful during the Peninsular War? w/Marcus Cribb (Ep.38)
Nov 01, 2021
Napoleonic wars: The fascinating story of black soldiers in the British army (Ep.37)
Oct 18, 2021
The Battle of Assaye and the 2nd Anglo-Maratha War w/Josh Provan (Ep.36)
Oct 04, 2021
The Peninsular War: Disaster at Burgos with Charles Esdaile and Mark Thompson (Ep.35)
Sep 19, 2021
The First Anglo-Sikh War part 2: Ferozeshah and Sabraon (Ep 34)
Aug 23, 2021
Disaster in Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul - then and now (Ep.33)
Aug 15, 2021
The First Anglo-Sikh War: Ranjit Singh and the road to war w/Amarpal Singh (Ep.32)
Aug 02, 2021
The Battle of Salamanca: Wellington’s greatest victory? w/Gareth Glover and Marcus Cribb (Ep.31)
Jul 15, 2021
Horror in the Breaches: The Storming of Badajoz during the Peninsular War (Ep.30)
Jun 14, 2021
Job Maseko MM - the story of a South African Hero (Ep.29)
May 28, 2021
Albuera: The bloodiest battle of the Peninsular War (Ep.28)
May 16, 2021
The Peninsular War: The Battle of Fuentes De Oñoro, May 3-5th 1811 (Ep.27)
Apr 14, 2021
The Peninsular War: Wellington and the Lines of Torres Vedras (Ep.26)
Mar 15, 2021
Peninsular War: Was Wellington a Defensive General? w/Marcus Cribb (Ep.25)
Mar 01, 2021
Peninsular War: The Baker Rifle - an interview with Rob from Britishmuzzleloaders (Ep.24)
Feb 14, 2021
The Peninsular War: An interview with Forlorn Hope Band - Heavy Metal meets Military History (Ep.23)
Feb 01, 2021
The Peninsular War: The Battle of Bussaco, September 1810 (Ep.22)
Jan 13, 2021
Peninsular War: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Talavera w/Marcus Cribb (Ep.21)
Dec 14, 2020
Britain’s Foreign Legion: The 5/60th Rifles in the Peninsular War (Ep.20)
Nov 16, 2020
Galloping at Everything: British cavalry in the Peninsular War w/Marcus Cribb (Ep.19)
Oct 13, 2020
The Peninsular War: The return of Sir Arthur Wellesley and the crossing of the Douro River May 1809 (Ep.18)
Sep 16, 2020
The Early Life of the Duke of Wellington - a conversation with Joshua Provan (Ep.17)
Aug 17, 2020
The Brown Bess Musket: With Rob from Britishmuzzleloaders (Ep. 16)
Jul 15, 2020
The Peninsular War, Part 4: The Battle of Corunna (Ep.15)
Jun 22, 2020
The Peninsular War, Part 3: Sir John Moore takes command, the advance into Spain and the Battle of Sahagun (Ep.14)
May 28, 2020
The Peninsular War: Part 2, The Battle of Vimeiro (Ep.13)
Apr 27, 2020