Introduction to Series - Bloody Violent History
07/20/20 • 7 min
Our mission is simple. It is to make history come alive, to inform and provoke, and to encourage listeners to dig deeper and read more widely for themselves. As Mark Twain said:
‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes’.
History is our hinterland, the past that influences our present and future. From Crossbows to Crosshairs, from Gunpowder to Gun-Running, we aim to cover a wide range of subjects. We hope that these Podcasts both illuminate and entertain and that you enjoy them as much as we do making them.
It will be Bloody, It will be Violent, It will be Fun
So it Goes
Tom Assheton & James Jackson
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Our mission is simple. It is to make history come alive, to inform and provoke, and to encourage listeners to dig deeper and read more widely for themselves. As Mark Twain said:
‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes’.
History is our hinterland, the past that influences our present and future. From Crossbows to Crosshairs, from Gunpowder to Gun-Running, we aim to cover a wide range of subjects. We hope that these Podcasts both illuminate and entertain and that you enjoy them as much as we do making them.
It will be Bloody, It will be Violent, It will be Fun
So it Goes
Tom Assheton & James Jackson
https://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/
https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.com
https://www.tomtom.co.uk
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Cavalry Charge
The cavalry charge throughout history is synonymous with both pluck and daring and with catastrophic failure and defeat. Its advantages of speed and power have too often been squandered by commanders who have failed to use its potential or appreciate its flaws. Whether Crusaders or Napoleon’s cuirassiers, the result has been a battlefield littered with dead men and horses.
Yet occasionally there is triumph: the Charge of the Heavy Brigade in Crimea, the famous action by the 21stLancers at Omdurman, the elan and spirit of the Deccan Horse at High Wood during the Great War.
Even today, in conflicts such as Afghanistan, horse and rider have their use. They provide speed and flexibility over rough and inhospitable terrain. On many occasions, the horsemen of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan outmanoeuvred their Taliban opponents and quickly seized the initiative. This is their story.
So it Goes
Tom Assheton & James Jackson
https://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/
https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.com
https://www.tomtom.co.uk
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Readings by David Hartley:
Horse Guards by General Sir Barney White-Spunner KCB, CBE
An Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
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