The Unknown Soldiers Podcast
By James Houser
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Episodes: 120
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Host James Houser tackles forgotten wars, battles, and perspectives of military history from across the ages and across the globe. Whether it's the women of the American Revolution, lost Indian kingdoms, neglected World War II campaigns or medieval power struggles, this podcast sheds light on real people with real stories...who don't deserve to be Unknown Soldiers.
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Episode #68: The Hussite Wars, Part 2
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May 11, 2026 |
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Episode #67: The Hussite Wars, Part 1
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Episode #66: The Battle of the Golden Spurs
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode #65: Soldier of Fortune
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode #64: The Life and Times of Sir William Marshal
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Short Round: General Agricola at the Edge of the World
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode #63: Furies of Britannia
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode #62: Wailing Walls, Part 2
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode #61: Wailing Walls, Part 1
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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An Unknown Soldiers Podcast Update! - August 2025
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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The Soviet-Afghan War: Footnotes
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Episode #60: The Soviet-Afghan War Part 5 - The Unlucky Country
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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The Soviet-Afghan War Part 4.5 - Women of the Soviet-Afghan War
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Episode #59: The Soviet-Afghan War Part 4 - Exit Strategy
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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The Soviet-Afghan War Part 3.5 - A Deployment to Afghanistan
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May 26, 2025 |
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Episode #58: The Soviet-Afghan War Part 3 - One Man's Terrorist
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May 12, 2025 |
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Episode #57: The Soviet-Afghan War Part 2 - The Bear and the Lion
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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The Soviet-Afghan War Part 1.5 - Stumbling Bear: The Soviet Armed Forces in Afghanistan
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Episode #56: The Soviet-Afghan War Part 1 - A Special Military Operation
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The Soviet-Afghan War, Prologue: Welcome to Afghanistan
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Introduction to the Soviet-Afghan War
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Episode #55: Go for Broke!
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Short Round: Mill Springs 1862, The Union's First Victory in the West
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Short Round: Legacy of the Khalsa
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode #54: Glory of the Khalsa
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May 17, 2024 |
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Episode #53: World War 622 A.D.
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Episode #52: The Last King of Africa
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Not-so-Short Round: The Tragedy of Dom Pedro II and the Brazilian Empire
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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The Paraguayan War: Footnotes
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Episode #51: The Paraguayan War Part 5 - Death of a Nation
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Short Round: The Paraguayan War Part 4.5 - The Many Lives of Madame Lynch
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode #50: The Paraguayan War Part 4 - Gibraltar of the South
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Short Round: The Paraguayan War Part 3.5 - The Retreat from Laguna, a Brazilian Odyssey
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode #49: The Paraguayan War Part 3 - The Funnel of Death
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode #48: The Paraguayan War Part 2 - The Triple Alliance
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode #47: The Paraguayan War Part 1 - The Rivers of Destiny
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode #46: The Chains of Command
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May 29, 2023 |
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Episode #45: Daughters of Liberty
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode #44: Hellfighters
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode #43: House of the Conqueror
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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An Unknown Soldiers Podcast Update - Schedule Change
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode #42: Give Me Back My Legions!
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Short Round: The Kaiser's African Queen
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode #41: The Kaiser's Lions
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Short Round: Elihu Root and the Creation of the Modern U.S. Army
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Episode #40: The Philippine War Part 4: A Howling Wilderness
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The Philippine War Bonus: Women of the Philippine War
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode #39: The Philippine War Part 3: Hearts and Minds
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Short Round: The Philippine War 2.5: Buffalo Soldiers - African Americans in the Philippine War
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode #38: The Philippine War Part 2: Shock and Awe
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Short Round: The Philippine War Part 1.5: Uncle Sam's Imperial Army
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode #37: The Philippine War Part 1: American Empire
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Introduction to the Philippine-American War
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Unfiltered Soldiers: Civil War Myths
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode #36: Between Blue and Gray
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Short Round: Emu War!!!
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode #35: The Legend of Kokoda
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Episode #34: Return to the Graveyard of Empires
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Welcome to Season 2 of the Unknown Soldiers Podcast!
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Episode #33: The Iron Hand of Logistics
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Unknown Scholars #1 - My Road to Mandalay, with David Townsend
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode #32: Gettysburg of the West
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Crimean War Bonus: Ration Strength and Liquid Courage - Food and Drink in the Crimean War
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May 30, 2022 |
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Crimean War Bonus: Lord of the Caucasus
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May 30, 2022 |
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Episode #31: Crimea Part 5: Food for Powder
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May 23, 2022 |
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Short Round: Crimea Part 4.66 - Mother Seacole: A Woman of Color in the Crimean War
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May 16, 2022 |
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Short Round: Crimea Part 4.33 - Sevastopol Sketches: Leo Tolstoy in the Crimean War
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May 16, 2022 |
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Episode #30: Crimea Part 4: The Melting Dark
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May 09, 2022 |
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Episode #29: Crimea Part 3: The Jaws of Death
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May 02, 2022 |
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Episode #28: Crimea Part 2: Four Armies on the Alma
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Introduction to the Crimean War
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Episode #27: Crimea Part 1: The Sick Man of Europe
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Unfiltered Soldiers: Beyond the Western Front
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode #26: South Atlantic Death Ride
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode #25: Camp Followers
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode #24: How to Steal a Country
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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An Unknown Soldiers Podcast Update!
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Imjin War Bonus: Logistics of the Imjin War
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode #23: The Imjin War Part 4: The Last Command
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Episode #22: The Imjin War Part 3: Korean Thermopylae
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Imjin War Bonus: Guns of the Dragon
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Episode #21: The Imjin War Part 2: Enter the Dragon
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Imjin War Bonus: Hideyoshi's Samurai Army
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Episode #20: The Imjin War Part 1: Samurai Blitzkrieg
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Introduction to the Imjin War
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Short Round: Heaviest Cavalry
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Episode #19: Caesars of India
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode #18: One More Such Victory
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode #17: The Spartan PR Department
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Unfiltered Soldiers: Wehrmacht Myths
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Unfiltered Soldiers: The Only Man for the Job
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Episode #16: The Other D-Day
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Short Round: The Spanish Lafayette
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Short Round: Fire on the Rock
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Episode #15: The American Insurgency
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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The Jacobite Wars Bonus: Women of the '45
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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The Jacobite Wars Bonus: The Lies of Lord Lovat
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Episode #14: The Jacobite Wars Part 4: The Stones of Culloden
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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The Jacobite Wars Bonus: The Armies of Culloden
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode #13: The Jacobite Wars Part 3: Decision at Derby
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode #12: The Jacobite Wars Part 2: Who'll Be King But Charlie?
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Jacobite Wars Part 1.5: The Highland Clans
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Introduction to the Jacobite Wars
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Episode #11: The Jacobite Wars Part 1: The Exiled Kings
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Unfiltered Soldiers: From Mustangs to Muskets
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Episode #10: After the Armistice
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Episode #9: The Wrath of Njinga
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Short Round: To Encourage the Others
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Episode #8: The Shores of Tripoli, Part II
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Episode #7: The Shores of Tripoli, Part I
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Short Round: The Janissaries
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode #6: The Last Crusade
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Episode #5: Thunderbolt
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Short Round: A Tree at the DMZ
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Episode #4: Battalions of Death
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode #3: Fight No More Forever
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode #2: Divine Wind
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Episode #1: Graveyard of Empires
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Welcome to the Unknown Soldiers Podcast!
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Introducing the Unknown Soldiers Podcast
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Jul 29, 2021 |