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That's it folks.  Jamie and I have produced over 90 episodes for this show.  Here we talk about some of our favourites.  Thank you for listening.E79 Spy PlaneE69 WaterlooE80 Civil WarE91 MobsterE76 Disastrous ExpeditionsE77 Dambusters RaidE11 Twentieth Century HeroinesE2 Cavalry ChargeE8 Irish Terrier - True Dogs of WarE49 IED pt2 - The Combat SurgeonE51 PiratesE28 Bomber Harris speech 1977 so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.Intro  2.Mutiny through the ages  3.Naval Mutiny  4.Army Mutiny  5.Air Force Mutiny  ps The Wagner GroupThere is always an underlying grievance.  Jamie and Tom dive into the history of Mutiny.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.Mob Rule  2.Power Play  3.The Hit  4.Global Rampage  PS ' The 5 Families'Organised crime has huge resources, wealth, high political connections.  They own and operate billion dollar corporations.  Jamie and Tom take a look at the underworld - the mafia man, the gangster, the mobster.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.Intro  2.Foundation  3. Genocide  4.Rampage  5.Explotation  6.Cull  ps St Valentine's Day MassacreJamie and Tom take a long look at Massacre - the wholesale, indiscriminate killing of persons.  This episode was recorded before Palestinian Hamas terrorists massacred over 1,300 Israelis, mostly civilian men, women and children on 7th october 2023.It is a difficult subject so we have split it into 5 sub headings, listed above.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reference:Richard 1 and the Massacre at Acre - reportage See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Royalty v Republic  2.  The 'Crown' tv show  3.  Princess Alice, the Duke of Edinburgh's mother  4.  Mad, bad and bonkers  5. Modernisation of the Royal Family.  6. ConclusionTom talks with the UK's pre-eminent expert on royalty, Hugo Vickers.  He has written many biographies of 20th century figures, including Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Andrew of Greece, and the Queen Mother.  His book, The Quest for Queen Mary, sold 40,000 copies in various forms.  He has attacked the fifty episodes of the Netflix series of The Crown – in his book, The Crown Dissected (2019), all of which are available as an e-book.So It GoesTom Assheton & James JacksonRef:Hugo VickersSee also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Jamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Chapters cont... 4. Dysentery  5. Typhoid & Cholera  6. Yellow Fever, Typhus and Malaria  7. Small Pox  8. Aids to Covid  ps Biological WarfareThe second and concluding part to our dive into the story of Contagion.Mankind has defeated all comers in the struggles we have had with the animal kingdom – no sabre-tooth tiger, crocodile or shark has been able to stall the Ascent of man … except perhaps our microscopic competitors; pathogens in the form of a virus, bacteria or God forbid, fungus.  Throughout our history these miniscule machines of death have destroyed huge numbers of people across the planet.  And we, humans, seem to positively encourage their many successes with our move to urbanisation, our migrations, our wars.  Pestilence and plague seem to follow our every geopolitical convulsion.  These crafty pathogens find any convenient vector to invade our fragile bodies – they are in the water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breath.From the distant past to the present day ‘Plagues' have been sawing at the trunk of human progress:  in this episode we take a tour through their greatest hits.  Pity the poor Pangolin.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Mankind has defeated all comers in the struggles we have had with the animal kingdom – no sabre-tooth tiger, crocodile or shark has been able to stall the Ascent of man … except perhaps our microscopic competitors; pathogens in the form of a virus, bacteria or God forbid, fungus.  Throughout our history these miniscule machines of death have destroyed huge numbers of people across the planet.  And we, humans, seem to positively encourage their many successes with our move to urbanisation, our migrations, our wars.  Pestilence and plague seem to follow our every geopolitical convulsion.  These crafty pathogens find any convenient vector to invade our fragile bodies – they are in the water we drink, the food we eat, the air we breath.From the distant past to the present day ‘Plagues' have been sawing at the trunk of human progress:  in this episode we take a tour through their greatest hits.  Pity the poor Pangolin.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reading by David Hartley - The Black Death, 1348, Henry Knighton See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Chapters cont... 4. Anglo Norman period  5. Medieval  6. Early Modern  7. C20 &21  ps The Queen MotherThe concluding section to 'Royals in War', continuing from th previous episode.  But before we go any further, please SHARE this podcast with a friend – do it nowhttps://www.bloodyviolenthistory.com/episodesTo be King, Queen, Pharaoh, Tsar or Emperor a person had to gain power over people, a person had to hold power over people and lastly that person had to pass that power onto their successor of choice.  ‘War should be the only study of a Prince.  He should consider peace only as breathing time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans'.  Yes Machiavelli; despite being tortured by a prince, was still clear headed enough to understand what a prince, a king, had to do to stay on top.  In peacetime a king can maintain his power with spectacles, tournaments and Royal progression across him realm – bread and circuses.  But when a challenge looms, war is not far behind.  The ruler must don his amour and lead his men to victory.  Or death.Even as young democracies emerged, kings, with their conviction upheld by Divine Right, would only reluctantly surrender the levers of power when a sharp blade is held to their throat.  How can monarchs gain, hold and pass on absolute power – have a listen to find out.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.Setting the Scene  2. Classical World  3. Dark Ages.  Chapters 4 to 8 in the next episodeToday's episode is Bloody and Violent, but before we go any further, please SHARE this podcast with a friend – do it now https://www.bloodyviolenthistory.com/episodesThank you.  Many of you will recognise the opening quote from the fictional TV series A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin.  It may be fiction but it doesn't mean the sentiment isn't true.  What Cersei said.  Before democracy, sovereigns ruled – often with absolute power over their court, their military, their subjects.  To be King, Queen, Pharaoh, Tsar or Emperor a person had to gain power over people, a person had to hold power over people and lastly that person had to pass that power onto their successor of choice.  ‘War should be the only study of a Prince.  He should consider peace only as breathing time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans'.  Yes Machiavelli; despite being tortured by a prince, was still clear headed enough to understand what a prince, a king, had to do to stay on top.  In peacetime a king can maintain his power with spectacles, tournaments and Royal progression across him realm – bread and circuses.  But when a challenge looms, war is not far behind.  The ruler must don his amour and lead his men to victory.  Or death.Even as young democracies emerged, kings, with their conviction upheld by Divine Right, would only reluctantly surrender the levers of power when a sharp blade is held to their throat.  How can monarchs gain, hold and pass on absolute power – have a listen to find out.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. British Crown Jewels  3. European Crown Jewels  4. Beyond Europe  5. ps  Bling for TodayJamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Fight or Flight  2. Deliverance  3. Embarrassing Retreats  4. Arduous  5. Catastrophic  6. ps TrafalgarToday we are going to discuss the contentious issue of going backwards in war.  And no, we are not just talking about certain nations driving their tanks with 10 reverse gears.  We are talking about retreat, generally seen as a bad thing and withdrawal, sometimes seen as not such a bad thing. As Demosthenes put it ‘Sometimes you need to live to fight another day'.  And we've seen leaders turn disaster into triumph – Rourke's Drift, the evacuation at Dunkirk comes to mind.  The US General Smith coined perhaps the best phrase for it when describing his military reverse ferret, at the Chosin Reservoir retreat by UN forces in the early stages of the Korean War in 1950.  General McArthur ordered him to retreat and his reply, ‘Retreat, hell we're not retreating we're just advancing in the wrong direction'.  It's a known feature in war that the time of highest danger for men in battle is if they run, and the retreat turns into a rout.  Many of the great massacres in battle begin with a disordered group of soldiers running from the battlefield, as happened in 1416 at the battle of Towton the greatest slaughter of men on English soil.  Today we'll look at four categories of retreat, Deliverance, the Embarrassing retreat, the Arduous and the Catastrophic.  We should remember Churchill's line in his great Dunkirk speech, ‘Wars are not won by evacuations'.  However, a successful withdrawal can allow those men to live, to fight another day.  Jamie and Tom discuss.So It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. Antiquity  3. Crusaders  4. Middle Ages  5. C18  6. C19  7. C20  8. postscript Jamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. The Violence of Civil War  2. England  3. Ireland  4. America  5. Russia  6. Europe  7. Africa  8. China  9.  Democracy or Bread and OrderThere is nothing more brutal than when a country goes to war with itself.  The scale of horrors almost always descends from the battlefield to ragged lines of refugees, violent insurgency, mass starvation, and long term schismatic destruction.  Towns are divided, the country sunders into ragged parts.  Throw in a giant dollop of religion or ideology and very quickly the people will be consumed by all manner of violence.In this episode we are going to look at some examples - there are no good wars (although there can be just wars) but civil war,  brother against brother, is probably the worst.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reference:Extracts from The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue by Frederick Forsyth See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Ancient spies to the 19th century  2. WW1 & WW2  3. Cold War  4. ps Drones and planesJamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. Spy Ships  3. Merchant Raider WW 1 & 2   4. Cold War Spy Trawlers  5. Middle East  6. ps Future RolesJamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Genesis  2. The People  3. The Plan - Operation Chastise  4.  AftermathOn the night of 16th May 1943, 133 men of the Royal Air Force, in 19 Lancaster Bombers, flew a daring mission to destroy the Dams in Germany's Ruhr valley.  Flying at night, at low level, these intrepid men destroyed 2 out of 3 of the dams.  1,300 where killed on the ground. 8 out of the 19 bombers didn't return.  3 airmen were taken prisoner.  Of the 133 men who took part in the Dam Buster's Raid, 53 were killed.This is perhaps the most famous story of a bombing mission in WW2.I first heard today's guest give a terrific description Op Chastise at the Turf Club a couple of years ago, and I'm very pleased he is with us today in person.  Welcome back to the podcast, Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan.and so it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reference & Readings:Enemy Coast Ahead by Guy GibsonBomber Harris by Henry ProbartHugh Macdonald-Buchanan  http://www.hmbtourguide.co.uk See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Reality Bites   2. Cannibals   3. Desert & Jungle   4. Mountain  5. Sea  6. The Odd Triumph  7. Aviation  8. Outer Space  9.  postscriptI hope you have calibrated your compass and zeroed your altimeter - for we are about to set off on a journey of exploration.  Anyone who has led any sort of life will have embarked on an expedition or two: some more hair raising than others, but things can still go awry at Centre Parks as they do paddling up the Limpopo or straddling Crib Goch wearing your grand father's tweed suit and a pair of wellies.  But in the field of human endeavour there are some expeditions which end in a truly disastrous manner.  Humans love to explore and set records: on land, at the Poles, at sea, in the air and in outer space.  And some of these are undertaken by the amateur, who may be ill prepared or subject to bad luck.  So let's get in amongst the bodies dangling from mountain tops, frozen in the ice or bobbing amongst the waves awaiting a call from Bruce.  Jamie and Tom summon the ghost of Phileas Fogg and describe how often, on expeditions, reality bites.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.comRef.Cannibal Song, Flanders & SwamMichel Montaigne Essays, Of CannibalsRonald Reagan broadcast, Space Shuttle Challenger - disaster See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Today we talk about a subject close to our hearts on this show – what happens when the Brits get in touch with their inner pirate.  To help me I am joined by Colonel Tim Spicer OBE.  Tim had an illustrious career in the army, including commanding his Regiment, the 1st Battalion Scots Guards.  He then had 20 years running Private Military Security businesses; founding both Sandline International and Aegis Defence Services. He has published ‘A Dangerous Enterprise: Secret War at Sea'.  It is a  brilliant example of a few brave men, at great odds to themselves, making an important and vital difference to the prosecution of the war against Nazi Germany. so it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson A Dangerous Enterprise, Secret War at Sea by Col. Tim Spicer OBEhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/447683/a-dangerous-enterprise-by-spicer-tim/9781999589134 See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. Evolution  3. WW2,  all grown up  4. The Funnies  5. C20 & C21 - Battles  6. Ukraine  7. ps In ExtremisJamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

On 14th Oct, northwest of the town of Hastings, the Anglo-Saxon army of the English King Harold met and fought the invading Norman army of the Duke of Normandy, later to be known as William the Conqueror.  This was the moment, the turning point in English history, still considered today as the last successful invasion of the British Isles by a foreign army.  The Battle roiled from dawn to dusk – a long, bloody and exhausting encounter – at the end William was victorious and Harold was dead.  Tom interviews the historian and novelist, Allan Mallinson,  who has written extensively on military matters.  His latest book, ‘The Shape of Battle' was published in 2021 and is a study of why battles are fought, and to do this he examines 6 military encounters, all of which took place in the preceding one thousand years. The first of these is the Battle of Hastings.The Battle of Hastings ended the Anglo-Saxon rule in England.  Under the Norman rule of William the Conqueror the feudal organisation of the country began.and so it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reference:The Shape of Battle by Allan MallinsonFace of Battle  by John Keegan See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. The Missile  3. Comparing today's missiles with the past  4. The beginning  5.  Air to air missiles  6. Air to surface missiles  7. The range extends - surface to air  8.  Ballistic missiles and interceptors  9.  Lasers, particle beams and railgunsJamie goes solo while we are on our end of series break.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

We examine an iconic event from World War Two carried out by Greek and British members of the Special Operations Executive.  The SOE.   To help me with this is I am joined by Rick Stroud.  Rick, a director of film and television, has also published a number of books, mostly within the military sphere.  His latest, Lonely Courage, is the true story of SOE heroines in WW2.  As some of you know we published our own episode on Twentieth Century Heroines last year (that being Episode 11).  In 2014 Rick published Kidnap in Crete, the true story of the Abduction of a Nazi General.  This is our subject today.so it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Route taken by PLF across Crete: https://patrickleighfermor.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/imgp5485.jpgRick Stroud latest book: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Lonely-Courage/Rick-Stroud/9781471155666Reading:  Kidnap in Crete by Rick StroudSee also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.Intro  2. Soft Underbelly  3.An Old Profession  4. US Civil War  5. Boer War  6. Latin America 7. Lawrence of Arabia  8. World War 2  9. Cold War  10. Afghanistan  11. What have we learnt  PS UkraineAs this podcast demonstrates, Insurgency is one of the world's oldest professions.  It is a chance for the oppressed or the invaded to push back, to challenge the larger force with unconventional and guerrilla tactics.  Whether assassination or ambush, punji stakes or IEDs, the Insurgent has many tricks and answers to the larger enemy.  The Chinese strategist Tzu Su argued it was a key aspect of warfare, and today it is as relevant as it ever was.  Spartacus used such methods, as did TE Lawrence.  Indeed, even Lawrence's approach to demolishing bridges – leaving them upright but destroyed – is a formula adopted by Ukraine when attacking the Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea.The indirect approach and keeping the enemy off balance; Insurgency embraces it all. so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reference:Reportage by TE Lawrence, Sep 1918 See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.Intro  2. Lead up to the Campaign (2:07)  3.  Commanders (9:17)  4.  Weapons (30:37)  5.  Lead up to the Battle (41:16)   6. The Battle of Waterloo (58:20)  7.  Key Moments/Hot Points (1:49:20)  8. Troops, Tactics and Tech (1:52:50)  9.  Individuals in Action (1:58:58)  10.  Conclusion and AftermathToday we are going to talk about the famous Battle of Waterloo which took place on 18thJune 1815 just south of Brussels.  This was the finale, the culminating contest between Napoleon and his reconstituted French Army after his escape from exile on Elba, and the British and the nations of the 7th Alliance, most notably the Prussians.  It was a vicious and bloody day with more than 20,000 causalities on the Alliance side and more than 40,000 on the French.  To gain a true understanding of something as complex as a battle, a visit to the site is paramount.  Today we give you the next best thing.  I have with me an historian and expert on the Napoleonic period, who has taken many lecture tours to Napoleonic battlefields, and especially Waterloo. and so it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reference:Hugh Macdonald-Buchanan  http://www.hmbtourguide.co.ukhttps://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/maps/1815/waterloo1.jpgFace of Battle  by John Keegan See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Intro  2. Dust to Dust  3.Making of a Monster  4. Taking and Holding Power  5.Tyranny by Example  6.Hubris and Downfall  7. The Enlightened Despot?  PS Woke - The Modern TyrannyTyrants have populated every century, from the ancient pharaohs through the monsters of the twentieth century Vladimir Putin today.  They leave in their wake a trail of blood and their institutions and legacy often involve systematic torture and abuse of power, and the occasional invasion of neighbours.  Some are outsiders, many are psychopathic, and all have delusions of grandeur and megalomania.  Uniforms and military parades, vast economic schemes and a misreading of the political runes often accompany their rise and fall.  What starts as a radical or revolutionary movement which can all too frequently end in a bunker and oblivion.  The shadow of Ozymandias is dark and powerful.  This is the tale of the despot.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reference:Blood Rock by James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Jamie goes solo while we are on our end of series break.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Jamie goes solo while we are on our end of series break.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson Ref.  Sir Arthur Harris Bt, audio memoir See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Jamie goes solo while we are on our end of series break.  These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.  talk@bloodyviolenthistory.comSo It GoesTom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Intro   2. E58 - Battle of Britain  3. E55 - Gladiator  4. E59 - Artillery  5.  E47, 53 & 62 - Bloody Russia  6. Banditry  7.  E48,49 & 50 -  I.E.D  8. What's coming in 2023Bloody Violent History Season 2 is drawing to a close - this being our valedictory episode for 2022.  James Jackson and I have published 29 episodes since our last summary in 2021.  I hope you agree the range has been wide and that you have enjoyed our output.  Listen to all episodes on our website or via your podcast app.  Please send us feedback and requests to talk@bloodyviolenthistory.com – we read and respond to all your messages. And fear not the airways wont collapse into silence on this channel – Jamie will record a Bloody Bite for you, to keep you ticking over until the New Year.  So if you haven't listened to our show yet, or need a gentle reminder of what we like to talk about, here are some snippets from 2022.So it goesTom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Bloody Bites are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.So It GoesTom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. Mindset   3. Defence and Offence   4. Air   5. Artillery   6. Armour   7. Naval   8. Asymmetric Warfare   9. Winter & Spring ThawToday we're going to take a third look at the war being waged by Russia against Ukraine. 215 days have passed since the invasion began. In that time we've seen the Russian offensive stopped and then pushed back from Kiev and now Kharkiv in the east.  And so Putin, inspired perhaps by his St Petersburg's rat story, is doubling down, making threats proclaiming annexed Ukrainian territory is now part of mother Russia, rattling the nuclear sabre. But this won't work, the Ukrainians are winning, they are highly motivated, morale is strong and the culmination approaches. And the endgame for Putin's Russia. Now of course we don't know what will happen to Russia and Putin: perhaps some murky figure from the FSB (ex KGB) will remove Putin and after a couple of days silence we will be introduced to the new leader of the Russian Federation. Or if the Russians get lucky (and the rest of us into the bargain) there will be a citizen's revolution like the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in February 2014, the war curtailed and a real attempt at democracy beginning in Russia. A third option, Putin is removed by the army, but don't hold your breath on this, the army is a mess and run by incompetents and crooks; as we've seen Sergei Shoigu, head of the army, is an engineer by profession.  Lastly the Russian Federation might just collapse, the empire sundering into a mish-mash of countries and fiefdoms, no doubt ready to argue with their neighbours about borders and some with access to nuclear weapons. We don't want that.No doubt there are other possibilities, but whatever we think, Putin is finished, in some fashion Russia will collapse and most important Ukraine will win the warso it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Intro  2. Moving Target  3. Throwback  4. Scapegoat and Redemption  5. Cold War  p.s.  Judas IscariotTraitors have always been the most hated and vilified of creatures.  And rightly so.  Often it involves the very survival of a tribe, nation or belief and the traitor is the viper at the heart of the body politic.  We all know their names and whether it is Kim Philby or Aldrich Ames, Klaus Fuchs or the Rosenburgs, they epitomise the worst of human behaviour.  There will ever be those who sell out through personal weakness or for thirty pieces of silver.  Yet in the more autocratic regimes, anyone can be painted and scapegoated as a traitor.  There was the Dreyfus affair in late nineteenth century France fuelled by antisemitism and in Russia today there will surely be those selected by Putin as fall-guys for his own failure.  In this episode we peer into the dark recesses of treachery and statecraft, and discover it is not always as clear-cut and simple as it seems.so it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reference:Cold Cut by James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy informationShow Less

1.  Intro  2. Myth & Psychopathy  3. Ancient & Classical    4. Merry England  5. Wild West   6. Bounty Hunters  p.s. Biker GangsWhether myth or reality, Robin Hood or Jesse James, the truth behind Outlaws is often darker and more bleak than we suppose.  There was a great deal of bloodshed beyond the songs and fictional gun smoke.  John Brown was not averse to killing people in cold blood.  The bushranger, Ned Kelly, was little more than a robber and a murderer.  As for Jesse James, he was a Confederate guerrilla and known participant in the massacre of unarmed Union soldiers.  Later still, Bonnie and Clyde died in a hail of gunfire down in Louisiana, having had an infamous career of brutal robberies and car jackings.  Free spirits they might have been, but often it was a tale of trial and woe, betrayal and slaughter.  They were not nice people.  Like pirates and highwaymen, they join our trio of episodes on Banditry through the centuries.  They created hell and were certainly no angels. So it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson All episodes available on Amazon Podcast  Reading: The Trial of John Brown from Flashman and the Angel of the Lord by George MacDonald FraserClips: John Brown's Body and The Outlaw Josey Wales - The Malpaso CompanyReference:  Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy informationShow Less

1.  Today & Ukraine  2.  Classical & Biblical Times  3.  Medieval Artillery   4.  Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century  5.  Naval Gunnery  6. World War I & II   7.  Back to Today   ps  The Super Gun  Artillery has been around for millennia.  Even Philip of Macedonia and his son, Alexander the Great, were early exponents of artillery on the battlefield, and their techniques and technology were avidly copied and improved apon by the Romans.  Whether hurling giant bolts or basilisk rocks, torsion catapults had a devastating effect from the Bible lands to the Iron Age forts of southern England.  There was too the use of naphtha, the terrifying heat and flame of wildfire and incendiary ordnance at distances of several hundred yards.  Such weapons were even used at sea, with the Greeks deploying ancient flame-throwers.Later there were trebuchets and mangonels, and eventually the invention of black powder.  Siege warfare and then the battlefield itself were to be transformed for ever.  Today, we have witnessed the effects of the high mobility rocket system in Ukraine, terminally-guided munitions, and the importance of target spotting drones.  Artillery is as integral to the combined arms battle as it ever was.So it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson  Reference:Now All Roads Lead to France, The Last Years of Edward Thomas by Matthew HollisDespatch by Samuel Wilkeson from the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy informationShow Less

1.  Lead up to the Battle  2.  The Commanders and the Kit  3.  Summary of the Battle  @ 43.42 Reading,  Richard Hillary cont.... 4.  Key moments and Hot points  5.  Troops, tactics and tech  6.  Some individuals  7.  Conclusion and AftermathToday we going to discuss the Battle of Britain with James Holland.  Fought in the skies above Britain between the Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in the summer of 1940.  We are very fortunate to be joined by a historian who has written extensively on the second world war.  His 2010 book, the ‘Battle of Britain', is highly regarded and a must read on the subject.  Per Ardua Ad Astra.This is, our section on some of the most important Battles in History.  The Prussian military theorist, Carl von Clausewitz, said that War is Politics by other means.  And in war, battles are fought – on land, on sea and in the air.  Many are inconclusive, some are a step towards eventual victory and of course the winner of the last battle is generally the victor.  We are going to examine some iconic Battles which have either brought a war to a close or have had such an important effect on the war that they have decisively changed its direction and outcome.  A very few of these end up defining a conflict or even a nation.So it goes,Tom Assheton and James Jackson Reference:Battle of Britain (2010) and Brothers in Arms (2021)   by James HollandThe Last Enemy by Flight Lieutenant Richard HillaryReach for the Sky by Paul BrickhillBooks recommended by James Holland:First Light by Geoffrey WellumSmoked Trails in the Sky by Tony BartleyScramble by Tom Neil See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. Biblical & Classical Highwayman   3. 18th & 19th Century bandits    4. Decline  p.s. Backpack murdersThere has always been highway robbery.  From the tale of the good Samaritan, through ancient China and onto the infamous and murderous Thugees of India, these thieves and cut-throats have made such an impact that their legend and reputation endure.  Yet it was in 18th and 19th century Europe, and England in particular, that the romance and modern-day image of the highwayman were forged.  There was Dick Turpin and Black Bess, and there was the Wicked Lady.  These stories, many untrue, have dominated books and movies ever since.  But they represented a high watermark of road building and stagecoaches, and it was all too brief, for urbanisation and policing – not to mention the blunderbuss -  outpaced and outgunned these villains on the road.Where there is unprotected road travel and wealth on the move, there will always be robbers and victims.  So deliver up your purse and we will let you enjoy this podcast.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reading reference:The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes read by David Hartley See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Intro  2. Famous gladiators   3.  Allure of the gladiator  4. Types  5. Training   6. Gladiatorial spectacular   p.s. MandingoGladiators have intruded on the public consciousness for two millennia.  Fuelled by books and movies.  Yet the truth behind them all is often more vivid and brutal than fiction could ever convey. Training was hard, specialised skills were prized, and the spectacle was all.  Bread and circuses.  There were horsemen and charioteers, mock naval battles, and dramatic re-enactments of famous Roman victories.  Blood was usually demanded.  Around the Roman empire, amphitheatres were constructed to take this popular entertainment to the masses and to imprint Roman culture and values, and to carry Roman influence across the world.Some gladiators became famous, some the lovers of society women, some led revolts or were used as bodyguards by emperors and generals under threat.  With the Colosseum still standing and the remains of the gladiator school nearby, this era of history evokes powerful emotions and imaginings.  It continues to fascinate to this day. Stansted Park - Battle of Waterloo event:  Stansted Park Summer JamboreeAlso check out our: BVH E2 Cavalry Charge So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Spanish Inquisition  2. Chinese   3.  French Revolution  4. Cheka – KGB - FSB  5. Nazi - Stasi   6. 3rdworld  PS The Chinese futureTyrannies require their servants, and none are more obedient and loyal than the secret police.  These are the instruments off oppression and control, the guarantor of regime continuity.  Using torture and terror – and with the coercive instruments of state control – they ensure that opponents disappear and criticism is silenced.  You will never find secret police in a democracy.  As guardians of tyranny, they are more than just intelligence agencies and it is the domestic population that is their target.  They pry into private lives and pervert the politics of the state; their instruments range from blackmail to torture, and fear always pervades their activities.  In East Germany, the Stasi drove people mad with their subtle psychological games, whilst in Haiti corpses were hung as a voodoo ritual in the trees. Terror is everywhere and the Secret Police is its executor.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Introduction  2. Evolution of the conflict   3.  Where things stand    4. Putin  5. The Battlefield – land, air, sea   6. Predictions and conclusions  7.   PS The intelligence gameOver three months in the grinding war in Ukraine, events have shifted their focus to the Donbas.  Even here, where the Russians have a distinct advantage in artillery and rocket forces, and where its supply lines are shorter, the Ukrainians continue to go toe to toe with their enemy.  Russian gains have been slow and often amount to little more than squeezing out salients and pushing out Ukrainian forces from areas already dominated by Russia. Attrition of Russian forces has been heavy, witnessed by their recourse to 1960's vintage T62 tanks.  Ukrainian losses have also been heavy in this relentless campaign, yet large supplies of weaponry from the US and others will continue to be a game changer and allow Ukraine both to defend its territory and to mount selective counter- offensives.  Kherson, northeast Ukraine and the east of the Dnieper will all be areas to watch. Russian failures will continue to mount and its inability to dominate the air space will undermine any offensive thrusts that it chooses to make.We believe that by the end of August, after a war lasting 6 months, Russia will have truly lost its way and its aggressive impetus.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reading reference:Putin the Putrid - essay by James Jackson Feb 2015 read by Jo Pelissier See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. The Big Reveal  2.  Command Bunkers  3. Tunnels and Hidden Holes  4.  Spy Bases  5.  Secret Airstrips  6.  Summary & PostscriptSecret sites have often intrigued.  From the bunkers of despots to guerrilla tunnels and underground routes, the subterranean lairs of history sometimes emerge by mistake, redundance or military victory.  Most governments have bomb-proof shelters, whether it is the granite-bound command station of Russian leaders in the Urals or the American Presidential facilities in the situation room beneath the White House.  Some look remarkably like the famous war room in the Doctor Strangelove movie but others have adopted a more mundane appearance. There will always be a nook for commanders and despots.  For some it will be the site of their final stand.  Then there are the spy bases and secret airfields dotted about the globe.  One day perhaps they will fall into disuse and simple become novelty home in far flung places.  A few people seem to yearn to live below ground in a disused missile silo in Arkansas.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Myth and romance  2.  Ancient world  3. Privateers  4.  Corsairs  5.  Famous Pirates  6.  State Pirates  7.  Modern Piracy  PS The LegendsPirates have always captured the imagination.  And romance and myth surround them.  Yet the reality was often bleak and violent.  We have images of peglegs and parrots, but the story of piracy often ended at the end of a hangman's noose and a rotting corpse imprisoned in a gibbet.  They were outcasts and run-of-the-mill criminals and many earnt a wage by working on occasion for navies and governments.  Certain factors helped the pirate:  lawlessness on land, availability of hidden harbours and a ready market for the goods they stole.  We remember pieces of eight and hidden treasure, but in fact the merchandise they looted and subsequently traded was usually more prosaic.  Figures such as Blackbeard and Calico Jack have featured in many books and movies.  Today there is still piracy, but it is oil tankers and container ships that are the target.  Piracy costs the world money and poses a challenge to governments.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

see The HALO Trust website to donate and to support the Ukraine Crisis Fund1.  Mines & minefields - background history  2. I.E.D.s   3.  HALO and the situation today    4.  The future - will mines and IEDs be discovered and deactivate in all parts of the world.Simon Conwayis a former British Army office and international aid worker who has cleared landmines and unexploded bombs in the aftermath of war in Africa, Asia and the Midde East.  As co-chair of the cluster munitions coalition he sucsessfully campaigned for an international ban on cluster bombs.  He currently serves on the board of directors of the minefield clearance charity, the HALO Trust and the weapons policy organisation, Article 36.  He travels regularily overseas to conflict afflicted countries.  He is also the author of 5 novels including the 2010 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger winner a loyal spy.  So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com Reading reference:The Stranger by Simon ConwayAnatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Dr Tom Carrell - background  2. Battlefield Medicine   3.  Route to War - the training  4. reading - The Oscillating saw @ 32.15    5.  Camp Bastion, Hellmand   6. The IED - lessons and thoughtsTom Carrell is a doctor who qualified in the 90s.  He also served as a territorial soldier based out of the Duke of York's barracks in London.  In 2004 he was appointed consultant vascular surgeon specialising in minimally invasive endovascular surgery at St Guy's and St Thomas' hospital.  He was posted as a Combat Surgeon to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan in 2008/2009 and 2012.  He is now a partner in the Cambridge medical research company Cydar, which he founded with others in 2012. This is his account of his time in Afghanistan as a Combat Surgeon.  It is a very moving and personal description of the intense pressure a frontline medic is subjected to.  Although the training is extremely rigorous, the work of a field hospital in a war zone is almost indescribable.  New techniques are tested, developed and rediscovered in the hellish environment of  war, and then applied across the NHS and other health services for the great benefit of the civilian population.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com Reading reference:Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1.  Harry Parker - background  2. The Soldier – his story   3.  His book – Anatomy of a Soldier  3a. 1st reading @ 27.17    3b.  2nd reading @ 34.02 4. I.E.D. 4. Lessons for today and tomorrow An interview with ex-soldier, Harry Parker, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.  Harry talks about his experience as an officer in the Rifles, having to deal every day with the dangers of operating in a hostile environment, especially when the enemy are fighting an asymmetrical war using I.E.D.s to injury and kill.A raw and deeply moving account that sheds light on aspects of both warfare and human behaviour.  Something that so few of us will ever know.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com Reading reference:Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. State of play 2. Should we have seen it coming  3.  Can Russia win    4. Long term prospects for Putin and Russia  5. Prospects for Ukraine   6. Prospects for the WestAggression and mendacity are shared characteristics of many Russian leaders and territorial expansion an on ongoing pastime.  Ivan the Terrible sought to capture the Baltic region and eventually has to settle for Siberia, while Peter the Great shifted the centre of gravity of Russia towards Europe, and established the mighty capital of St Petersburg.  Putin has similar pretension to power and glory, and his current invasion of Ukraine follows the same hubristic vein.  Yet the modern Russian armed forces are not what they were.  They have forgotten how to operate combine arms and rapid advance; and they are suffering from the deadly effect of handheld anti-tank weaponry.  This episode examines the calamitous Russian invasion of Ukraine today and looks for the reasons and the historic threads that led to this moment.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jackson Reading reference:Cold Cut by James Jackson read by Jo Pelissier See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

1. Yemen in the 60s  2. Mercenaries in the ancient world   3. Medieval mercenaries    4. Nineteenth Century   5. Twentieth century   6. TodayMercenaries are once again in the news. And Russian use of the Wagner Group in Ukraine has raised everyone's interest.  Yet mercenaries go back a long way, and even a pharaoh used hired help to defeat an aggressor on his boarders.  In the Middle Ages, there was the White Company who helped Florence achieve prominence and dominate the surrounding region. There were too the famed pikemen of Switzerland, who were employed by France and the German states to defeat all adversaries on the battlefield.  In Constantinople, the Varangian Guard helped secure the future of the city state's rulers.  But there is always the risk that the paid foreigner will change sides, and throughout history mercenaries have been used to under mine regimes and mount palace coups.  In the 1960s and 1970s, Africa became the hub for such ventures, and money and blood diamonds were often the key and catalyst for such escapades.  Mercenaries were made famous by the likes of Mad Mike Hoare and captured in best selling thrillers such as Fredrick Forsyth's The Dogs of War.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James JacksonReading reference:The Dogs of War by Fredrick Forsyth read by David HartleySee also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

Bloody Bites are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of  BVH glossary.Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic.So It GoesTom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information

On today's show I drink too much wine and sit down with my lit-ass minister friend @DannFranklin to find out how we can have THE BEST F*CKING YEAR EVER!! It's hilarious, insightful, and honestly this episode could low-key change your life. Be sure to share this with a friend!!! Episodes available on SPOTIFY, ITUNES, SOUNDCLOUD, STITCHER, & GOOGLE PODCAST APP!! Follow us on Instagram & Twitter @WereAllTrashPod