Forgotten Wars

• The Mayaguez Incident - The Last Battle of the Vietnam War

  It's 1975 and the United States is still reeling from the Watergate scandal and the fall of Saigon, when Communist Cambodians seize an American ship on the high seas. What sounds like the start of an 80's action flick would turn into one of the most tragic, hilarious and flawed operations ever launched by the US military. #History #USA #MilitaryHistory #War Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Boxer Rebellion Part 3 - The Fall of Beijing

  In the final part of our series on the Boxer Rebellion, the allied army fights its way to the gates of Beijing, all the while dealing with the terrible heat and squabbling among themselves. Meanwhile in the besieged Legations, the foreigners desperately try to hold on as the Chinese go all out to crush them. #History, #militaryhistory #war #china Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Boxer Rebellion Part 2 - The Empires Strike Back

  The Boxer Rebellion is in full swing as Northern China descends into chaos. While one of the strangest army's ever assembled, combining troops from all the Great Powers, assaults Tientsin, the foreigners trapped in the Beijing Legations desperately fight for their very survival as the siege rages on. #History #War #China Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Boxer Rebellion Part 1 - Kill the Barbarians!

  Get ready for a tale of one the strangest wars in history. China explodes into the blood chaos of the Boxer Rebellion, as rebels who believe their martial arts make them invincible to bullets go on the rampage. Trapped in Beijing and Tientsin, the Western and Japanese communities are soon desperately fighting for their very lives. Meanwhile one of the strangest alliances in history is being formed, as all the great powers join forces to rescue their citizens. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• St Clair's Defeat - Washington's Worst Disaster

  Today the US army is the most formidable in the world, but in the young nations early years it was a very different story. Amateurish, badly led and underfunded, it stumbled into the worst military defeat in American history. A defeat so terrible it would change the American army forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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