Eddie Slovik: The Only American Killed for Desertion in WWII
In this gripping episode, we tell the haunting story of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier executed for desertion during World War II among tens of thousands who fled the front lines. Terrified of combat and repeatedly honest about his refusal to fight, Slovik was court-martialed and shot by firing squad in January 1945 as General Eisenhower sought to set a brutal example amid the carnage of the Battle of the Bulge. Seventy-five years later, his case still sparks fierce debate: was Slovik a coward, a scapegoat, or a tragic victim of a broken system? DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now
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Conversations: How the American Revolution was a Global Conflict, w/ Richard Bell
In this engaging episode, Peter speaks with author and historian Richard Bell about re-framing the American Revolution in the context of a global conflict. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! CHECK OUT RICHARD'S BOOKS: https://www.richard-bell.com/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ EPISODE SPONSORED BY THE COLLECTOR: www.thecollector.com THIS WEEK'S THE COLLECTOR.COM'S ARTICLE SELECTION: The Economic Effects of the American Revolution The Political Effects of the American Revolutionary War
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The Lost Labyrinth of Egypt
Long before the pyramids captured the world's imagination, ancient writers described a structure so vast, so mysterious, and so extraordinary that even the Egyptians considered it a marvel: the Labyrinth of Hawara. Said to contain thousands of chambers, secret passages, underground levels, and a hidden tomb, the Labyrinth became one of antiquity's greatest legends, and then it vanished. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now
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The Madness of Emperor Caligula
In the year 37 CE, Rome welcomed a new emperor who was young, charismatic, and adored by the people. Within months, that same emperor, Caligula, descended into a reign so unhinged, so theatrical, and so violently unpredictable that even Rome, a city used to tyrants, was stunned. This episode explores the wild myths and the documented madness: the war declared on Neptune, the assassination plots, real and imagined, the lavish spectacles, the terror, and the unraveling of a mind with absolute power. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now
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The Woman Spy Who Outsmarted Hoover's FBI
In the late 1940s, as America entered the paranoid dawn of the Cold War, a brilliant young Justice Department analyst named Judith Coplon was accused of stealing classified FBI documents for the Soviet Union. Her arrest shocked Washington, not only because she was one of the earliest alleged Soviet moles inside the U.S. government, but because her trial revealed deep cracks in American justice, surveillance, and political fear. This episode unravels the scandal, the romance, the espionage, and the legal chaos that turned Judith Coplon into one of the most controversial spies in American history. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A RATING OR A REVIEW! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now
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