Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

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1. Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV

   31 juli 2026 · 4 uur 1 min

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   The stage is set for an in-person showdown between Alexander and Persia's Great King. The resulting Battle of Issus, although often ignored by Hollywood, is one of the most important battles in all ancient history. It gets its due here.

2. Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III

   22 december 2025 · 4 uur 14 min

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   Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way.

3. Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

   3 januari 2025 · 3 uur 51 min

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   Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions.

4. Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation

   7 juni 2024 · 4 uur 12 min

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   What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism.

5. Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II

   19 november 2023 · 6 uur 23 min

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   Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth and Svein Forkbeard it's debatable whether things will be any less horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors

6. Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir

   16 januari 2023 · 5 uur 11 min

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   This show picks up where Dan's Thor's Angels show left off. In the early Middle Ages Pagan Germanic-language speakers like the Vikings are a dying breed. Many of their contemporaries wish they'd die faster.

7. Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources

   7 maart 2022 · 5 uur 39 min

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   The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches the surface of this enormous subject. Lees meer

8. Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI

   9 juni 2021 · 5 uur 46 min

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   When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.

9. Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

   14 november 2020 · 3 uur 33 min

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   Can suicidal bravery and fanatical determination make up for material, industrial and numerical insufficiency? As the Asia-Pacific conflict turns against the Japanese these questions are put to the test. The results are nightmarish.

10. Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

    4 juni 2020 · 3 uur 59 min

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    Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will shift the momentum in the Pacific theater and usher in the era of modern naval and amphibious warfare.

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