Coverbild der Sendung Random History

Random History

Podcast von The Nvg8r

Englisch

Geschichte & Religion

Begrenztes Angebot

2 Monate für 1 €

Dann 4,99 € / MonatJederzeit kündbar.

  • 20 Stunden Hörbücher / Monat
  • Podcasts nur bei Podimo
  • Alle kostenlosen Podcasts
Loslegen

Mehr Random History

Join The Nvg8r as he teaches you about lesser known events and people throughout history. I'd like to dedicate this show to my incredible wife, without whom I'd be lost. -Nvg8r This show is an Argos101 production.

Alle Folgen

39 Folgen

Episode Battle on Skates and the Green Beret that was shot over 30 times Cover

Battle on Skates and the Green Beret that was shot over 30 times

Today we're plunging into one of Europe's longest, strangest, and most consequential conflicts: the Eighty Years' War, or the Dutch Revolt. From 1568 to 1648, a ragtag coalition of merchants, sailors, farmers, and Calvinist firebrands fought the mightiest empire on Earth – Habsburg Spain – for their faith, their freedoms, and their future.   But we're not just skimming the surface. We're going to focus on one jaw-dropping episode that sounds like a Hollywood script: the so-called Battle on Skates.    Picture this… Spanish tercios – Europe's elite infantry – slipping and sliding on frozen canals while Dutch rebels glide past on wood bladed ice-skates, muskets blazing, turning winter into a weapon. This wasn't a footnote; it was a perfect microcosm of why, sometimes, underdogs win.

28. März 2026 - 27 min
Episode The Island that Exploded and The Real GI Joe Francis Currey Cover

The Island that Exploded and The Real GI Joe Francis Currey

For the main story, we're charting a course straight into one of the loudest, deadliest, and most colorful disasters in human history: the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait of modern Indonesea. For our true hero segment, we are going to examine one of the most amazing heroes of the European theater in World War II. Defying orders, he held a key bridge during the Battle of the Bulge. Had he failed, his entire division could have been wiped out. But before we look at the cold blustery night in the Ardennes forest, we first must travel to the Dutch East Indies. So close your eyes and picture this—a sleepy volcanic island sandwiched between the bustling islands of Java and Sumatra in what's now Indonesia, part of the Dutch East Indies back then. It's the 1880s, the height of colonial empire-building, steamships puffing across oceans, telegraphs buzzing with news from London to Batavia (that's old-school Jakarta). But beneath the waves, hell's kitchen is heating up. This wasn't just a volcano blowing its top; it was a global gut-punch that turned sunsets blood-red, skies eerie green, and the world a little colder for years. Over 36,000 souls lost, tsunamis tall as cathedrals, and a boom heard 3,000 miles away. Yeah, we're going there. Grab your hiking boots—as we explore this island of volcanic fury.

31. Jan. 2026 - 33 min
Super gut, sehr abwechslungsreich Podimo kann man nur weiterempfehlen
Super gut, sehr abwechslungsreich Podimo kann man nur weiterempfehlen
Ich liebe Podcasts, Hörbücher u. -spiele, Dokus usw. Hier habe ich genügend Auswahl. Macht 👍 weiter so

Wähle dein Abonnement

Am beliebtesten

Begrenztes Angebot

Premium

20 Stunden Hörbücher

  • Podcasts nur bei Podimo

  • Keine Werbung in Podimo Podcasts

  • Jederzeit kündbar

2 Monate für 1 €
Dann 4,99 € / Monat

Loslegen

Premium Plus

100 Stunden Hörbücher

  • Podcasts nur bei Podimo

  • Keine Werbung in Podimo Podcasts

  • Jederzeit kündbar

30 Tage kostenlos testen
Dann 13,99 € / monat

Kostenlos testen

Nur bei Podimo

Beliebte Hörbücher

Loslegen

2 Monate für 1 €. Dann 4,99 € / Monat. Jederzeit kündbar.