To battle! From the Normans to the Taliban

From the Normans to the Taliban, Graeme Callister and Rachael Whitbread take us on a wide-ranging tour back through history of some of the world's most iconic battlefields they researched for their fascinating new book, 'Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand'

The Norman Conquest, the Hundred Years War, the Wars of Religion, the Napoleonic Wars and the world wars..we cover a lot of ground in this episode of The Hipstorians..Wellington had the opportunity to blast Napoleon from the back of his horse on the morning of the great Battle of Waterloo..Why didn't he? Find out here in this chat where we also talk about the critical factors that determine the outcome of battles, leadership, terrain, weapons and supplies over more than one thousand years of history..

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