Why Wars Happened History Podcast

By Emily Ross

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Hey guys, welcome back to the Why Wars Happened History Podcast, where you learn about the causes of wars and things like, why did it happen? Was it inevitable? Who was involved?

Sometimes I go back hundreds of years just so we can understand what happened in our narrative episodes covering the long course of a war and the background of the war.

And if you want to talk more about war, we also have authors, historians, war generals, royalty, actors, filmmakers, a whole bunch of people come on as guests and we talk about everything about before, during, and after war. So let's go!

The Why Wars Happened History Podcast covers The American Revolution, World War I, World War II, Medieval Wars in England, The Habsburg Empire, The War in Iraq, Scottish wars, The War of the Roses, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Cold War, The Thirty Years War, The Hundred Years War, The American Civil War, and many others.


Episode Date
INTERVIEW: CIA Secrets & the Space Race: How Hollywood Legends Are Reinventing History
Aug 26, 2025
INTERVIEW: What Triggered a Century of War?
Aug 19, 2025
The Tragic Tale of Charles I: England’s First Executed King
Aug 19, 2025
INTERVIEW: The Marine Raiders: WWII’s Secret Origins of U.S. Special Forces
Aug 12, 2025
INTERVIEW: How War Created the English Language
Aug 05, 2025
INTERVIEW: Why Germany Fought So Many Wars (1500–1871)
Jul 29, 2025
INTERVIEW: Why Did the Ottoman Empire Rise to Power?
Jul 22, 2025
INTERVIEW: The Tudors, Richard III, and Bosworth with historian Michael Jones
Jul 15, 2025
INTERVIEW: Reddit r/AskHistorians mod Talks Ancient Greek Warfare with Us [Guest Roel Konijnendijk]!
Jul 08, 2025
INTERVIEW: WWII Espionage Before Pearl Harbor with NCIS Agent Leon Carroll
Jul 01, 2025
INTERVIEW: The Hundred Years' War with UK Supreme Court Justice, Lord Jonathan Sumption
Jun 24, 2025
INTERVIEW: Medieval France: Crusades, Chivalry & the Kings Who Built an Empire
Jun 17, 2025
INTERVIEW: Inside the Anti-Axis Alliance of WWII with historian Tim Bouverie
Jun 10, 2025
INTERVIEW: 36th US Army Chief of Staff, General George Casey, on Iraq, 9/11, and Leading in Chaos
Jun 03, 2025
INTERVIEW: The 82nd Airborne’s Heroic D-Day Mission with Author James Donovan
May 27, 2025
INTERVIEW: WWII The Battle of Midway with Martin Dugard
May 20, 2025
INTERVIEW: How Scotland Fought for Freedom with Professor Michael Brown
May 13, 2025
INTERVIEW: President Bush Biographer on the Iraq War - Robert Draper
May 06, 2025
INTERVIEW: Mastermind of Operation Iraqi Freedom Col. Kevin Benson joins us in a candid talk
Apr 29, 2025
INTERVIEW: Cuban Missile Crisis, CIA, JFK - Behind the Scenes with Jeff Shaara
Apr 22, 2025
INTERVIEW: The Drama Behind the Declaration of Independence with Tom McMillan
Apr 15, 2025
INTERVIEW: BTS on Apple’s “Masters of the Air” with John Orloff
Apr 08, 2025
INTERVIEW: Making Apple's 'Masters of the Air' with Donald L. Miller & Kirk Saduski
Apr 01, 2025
INTERVIEW: World War I Strategy, Battles, and Mistakes with Dr. Nick Lloyd
Mar 25, 2025
INTERVIEW: Nazi POWs in America: The Forgotten Camps with William Geroux
Mar 19, 2025
INTERVIEW: Unraveling the End of the Civil War with Michael Vorenberg
Mar 18, 2025
INTERVIEW: Archduke Edward Habsburg on Habsburg Legacy, Catholic Values, and Imperial History
Mar 11, 2025
INTERVIEW: Austria-Hungary’s Downfall and The Eastern Front in WWI with Dr. Geoffrey Wawro
Mar 04, 2025
INTERVIEW: Gas, The Somme, and the Depths of WWI with Experts Dan Hill and Dr. Spencer Jones
Feb 11, 2025
The Governor Who Went Too Far | America Before the Revolution
Feb 05, 2025
INTERVIEW: From Medieval Combat to the Rise of Professional Standing Armies
Feb 04, 2025
The Royal Governor Who Crushed Virginia | America Before the Revolution
Jan 29, 2025
INTERVIEW: Lost Paratroopers of Normandy and Villagers Battle Nazis in WWII
Jan 28, 2025
Tobacco Riots in Virginia | America Before the Revolution
Jan 22, 2025
INTERVIEW: Time Travel, Buddy Comedy & The American Revolution with Sarah Peters
Jan 21, 2025
The Governor Thief of Virginia | America Before the Revolution
Jan 15, 2025
Death, Debt, and Disorder | America Before the Revolution
Jan 08, 2025
The Governor Who Wouldn't Leave | America Before the Revolution
Jan 01, 2025
The Governor Who Was Forced to Return | America Before the Revolution
Dec 25, 2024
INTERVIEW: WWII’s Secret Soldiers: The Forgotten British Spies of World War Two
Dec 25, 2024
The Governor’s Bloody Revenge | America Before the Revolution
Dec 18, 2024
INTERVIEW: Jon Cryer Reveals Dark WWII Secrets in New Podcast - The Man Who Calculated Death
Dec 17, 2024
The Governor's Hunt for Rebels | America Before the Revolution
Dec 11, 2024
The Rebel Who Burned Jamestown | America Before the Revolution
Dec 04, 2024
The Betrayal and the Execution | America Before the Revolution
Nov 27, 2024
INTERVIEW: Military History with Dr. Chris Newton: From Old Wars to Modern Conflicts
Nov 26, 2024
The Mob that Forced the Governor | America Before the Revolution
Nov 20, 2024
INTERVIEW: Religion and Revolution: A Deep Dive with Professor Kate Carté
Nov 19, 2024
The Citizens Who Defied Their Governor | America Before the Revolution
Nov 13, 2024
INTERVIEW: Tim Downie: From Outlander’s Governor Tryon to Gale in Baldur’s Gate 3
Nov 12, 2024
The Governor Who Refused to Help | America Before the Revolution
Nov 06, 2024
INTERVIEW: The American Revolution with historian Jim Ambuske
Nov 05, 2024
Omens of Murder | America Before the Revolution
Oct 30, 2024
The King's Greed | America Before the Revolution
Oct 23, 2024
The King Who Gave Virginia Away | America Before the Revolution
Oct 16, 2024
The Year Virginia Almost Collapsed | America Before the Revolution
Oct 09, 2024
The Laws That Chained Them | America Before the Revolution
Oct 02, 2024
The Crown That Was Restored | America Before the Revolution
Sep 25, 2024
The Governor Who Closed the Doors | America Before the Revolution
Sep 18, 2024
The Almost Civil War | America Before the Revolution
Sep 11, 2024
Those Who Refused to Kneel | America Before the Revolution
Sep 04, 2024
The Massacre of 1644 | America Before the Revolution
Aug 28, 2024
Mutiny in Virginia | America Before the Revolution
Aug 21, 2024
A Villainous Governor | America Before the Revolution
Aug 14, 2024
The Massacre of 1622 | America Before the Revolution
Aug 07, 2024
Democracy of Ashes | America Before the Revolution
Jul 31, 2024
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Jul 30, 2024
The Damned Crew in Jamestown | America Before the Revolution
Jul 24, 2024
The Starving Time in Jamestown | America Before the Revolution
Jul 17, 2024
The Colony That Chose Death | America Before the Revolution
Jul 10, 2024
The Rot Within | America Before the Revolution
Jul 03, 2024
The King Who Needed Gold | America Before the Revolution
Jul 03, 2024
The Prisoner on the Ship | America Before the Revolution
Jul 03, 2024