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The History Chap Podcast

Chris Green
The History Chap Podcast
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    250: The Man Who Named "The Great Game" & Who Was Executed Playing It.

    2026/05/07 | 27 mins.
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    In 1842, the man who coined the phrase "The Great Game" was executed whilst playing it in a remote city in central Asia.

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    249: Why Kitchener Blocked Winston Churchill's Victoria Cross.

    2026/04/29 | 14 mins.
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    How Winston Churchill's recommendation for a Victoria Cross, during the Anglo-Boer War, was blocked by Lord Kitchener.

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    248: Before Gallipoli - Forgotten Siege That Defined The ANZAC Spirit.

    2026/04/15 | 23 mins.
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    August 1900. Five hundred colonial troops. Two thousand Boer fighters. Thirteen days of siege — and a refusal to surrender that changed how the world understood the ANZAC spirit.

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    Stories like this one — the ones that should be famous but never quite made the textbooks — are exactly what I write about in my free weekly newsletter. Join 1,500 readers here:
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    247: The Island Where Nelson Lost His Eye.

    2026/04/09 | 16 mins.
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    In the summer of 1794, Horatio Nelson lost the sight in his right eye on a small Mediterranean island. That island was the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte. And for two years — it was British.
    This is the story of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom 1794-1796.

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    245: The Army That Vanished: The Retreat From Kabul 1842

    2026/03/26 | 25 mins.
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    In January 1842, a British-led force marched out of Kabul and into one of the most devastating episodes in British military history.
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Join Chris Green - The History Chap - as he explores the stories behind British history - the great events, the forgotten stories and the downright bizarre!Chris is a historian by training, and has a way of bringing history to life by making it relevant, interesting and entertaining.www.thehistorychap.com
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