For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its k
With the Japanese taking control around the Pacific in early 1941, it became apparent that more reso
In Episode 6, we dive into two pivotal battles in the First Barbary War: Tripoli and Derne. It start
The 17th-century battlefield ushered in a new era, with formed musketeers and pistol-wielding cavalr
The USS Philadelphia, launched in 1799, played a crucial role in early American naval history but wa
Over a 100,000 Jewish Americans lived in the Old South before the Civil War. They were active member
The First Barbary War began in response to decades of harassment of American traders by North Africa
It’s been fifty years since the end of the Vietnam War, yet the memory of the war lives on, the nati
The Barbary States (Morocco, Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis) were the greatest thorn in the side of the you
Churches are many things to us - they are places of worship, vibrant community hubs and oases of cal
The American Navy was birthed in the Barbary Wars. Sure, there was a token navy in the Revolutionary
On May 29, 1453, Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II captured Constantinople, bringing an end to over a thousan
In this new mini-series, Scott Rank is rejoined by James Early (his co-host on many other military h
James Early and Scott will be doing a nine-part series starting tomorrow called Key Battles of the B
The Civil War wrought horrible devastation on its soldiers: Nearly 500,000 were wounded by bullets,
The pirates that exist in our imagination are not just any pirates. Violent sea-raiding has occurred
Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grand
Aesop’s fables are among the most familiar and best-loved stories in the world. Tales like “The Tort
Since the dawn of the Greek Classical Era up to World War II, thousands have lost their lives fighti
In 1864, a young Austrian archduke by the name of Maximilian crossed the Atlantic to assume a farawa
Over the past few years, much has been written and created around Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Proj
