A look at why none of the combatants on the Western Front of WW1 could acheive a meaninful breakthrough on the battlefield.
Link for the video below:
https://youtu.be/R_E7j0k1iwI
Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@warandconquest6522
Website:
https://www.warandconquest.com/
War And Conquest
by Neil Eckart
The rise of Western Civilization through its political and military conflicts. Sarcasm throughout but still as grounded to reality as possible, there's no reason this can't be fun. Multiple episodes on a specific time period or leader with a different metal intro for every episode
Latest Episodes
The content drought is over. A new viedo is up on the Youtube page, it's a full length episode on All Quiet On The Western Front and its impact on the WW 1 genere of films and my ideas for how to fix that
Link: https://youtu.be/LeRx8Ui6ido
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The likely final episode of War and Conquest.
1066-1087: William has won his great victory at Hastings, but he's not king of England yet. There are plenty of Anglo- Saxons who would rather end up dead than see a French flag fly over London
Song; Vangaurd by August Burns Red- Found In Faraway Places…
To make up for next episode being late again, here is a free episode from the Patreon exclusive content
1066 AD: William of Normandy finally crosses the English Channel and begins his invasion of England. He is confronted by Harold Godwinson and the remains of the Anglo Saxon army recovering from their recent victory at Stamford Bridge.
Song; I'm Over Being Underrated by blessthefall- Hard Feelings
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I sit down down with the creator of The Cynical Historian Youtube channel, who is also a published historian with a specialty in Southwest American history.
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1066: Harold Hardrada and his Norwegian army invade Northumbria intent to conquering the entire Anglo Saxon kingdom
Song: Ghosts by August Burns Red- Found in Faraway Places
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1066 AD: After the death of Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, and William of Normandy all press the claim to his throne and ready their armies for the great war to decide the issue
Song: Johhny B Goode - Chuck Barry- Berry on Top
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1035-1060 AD. William suffers a horrible childhood as he struggles to keep the Norman duchy together after the early death of his father.
Song: Invisible Scars by Breakdown of Sanity- Perception
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1035-1066: After the death of Cnut, his heirs struggle to hold the North Sea Empirer togehter as Earl Godwin manuvers his family to ultimate power
Song: Everlasting Ending by August Burns Red- Found in Farway Places
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990-1035: Part 1. We go back and review how the Anglo Saxons began to sow the seeds of their eventual demise.
Song: Blood Code by Le Castlevania- John Wick 4 Soundtrack
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996-1035 AD: After the death of Richard I, the Normans strive to find their place in Frankish society as the last great phase of the Viking Age begins and internal issues begin to spring up like weeds
Song: Landmine by Polaris- The Death of Me
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970-1099 AD: The Church scrambles to reform itself in anticipation of the end days and in the process gives birth to the idea of European unity
Song: Crusades by August Burns Red- Constellations
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As a thank you for the patience the entire community has had while i get the next episode ready, here is a free episode thats usually exclusive on Patreon. Watching on Youtube is better becasue there are several visual parts of the show that don't work with just audio
927-996: After the death of their founder, Rollo, the Normans must struggle to establish a coherent political system before they are consumed be the chaos enveloping 10th century France.
Song: Monsters by Currents- The Way It Ends
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850-1015: The Carolingian monarchy finally ends its century of terminal decline when they are usurped by one of the nobles who had seized power in the age of lawlessness
Song: Cutthroat by blessthefall- Hard Feelings
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878-932: An enterprising Viking warband decides to settle in the Siene valley and establish a kingdom in the French heartland lead by their mysterious leader, Rollo
Song: Broken Glass by Famous Last Words- Arizona EP
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The video of this was released early and is on Youtube, which you should also be subscrubed to.
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979-1016: Aethelred II badly shepherds his kingdom from one disaster to another as he vainly tries to keep the Anglo Saxon Kingdom afloat in the face of renewed Viking raids
Song: Vangaurd by August Burns Red- Found in Farway Places
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