Bloody Violent History

The End

#93

12/19/2023

That's it folks. Jamie and I have produced over 90 episodes for this show. Here we talk about some of our favourites. Thank you for listening. Some of our favourites:

E79 Spy Plane

E69 Waterloo

E80 Civil War

E91 Mobster

E76 Disastrous Expeditions

E77 Dambusters Raid

E11 Twentieth Century Heroines

E2 Cavalry Charge

E8 Irish Terrier - True Dogs of War

E49 IED pt2 - The Combat Surgeon

E51 Pirates

E28 Bomber Harris speech 1977

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Mutiny

#92

12/05/2023

1.Intro 2.Mutiny through the ages 3.Naval Mutiny 4.Army Mutiny 5.Air Force Mutiny ps The Wagner Group

There is always an underlying grievance. Jamie and Tom dive into the history of Mutiny.

so it goes,

Tom Assheton and James Jackson

Mobster

#91

11/22/2023

1.Mob Rule 2.Power Play 3.The Hit 4.Global Rampage PS ' The 5 Families'

Organised crime has huge resources, wealth, high political connections. They own and operate billion dollar corporations. Jamie and Tom take a look at the underworld - the mafia man, the gangster, the mobster.

so it goes,

Tom Assheton and James Jackson

Massacre

#90

11/07/2023

1.Intro 2.Foundation 3. Genocide 4.Rampage 5.Explotation 6.Cull ps St Valentine's Day Massacre

Jamie and Tom take a long look at Massacre - the wholesale, indiscriminate killing of persons.

This episode was recorded before Palestinian Hamas terrorists massacred over 1,300 Israelis, mostly civilian men, women and children on 7th october 2023.

It is a difficult subject so we have split it into 5 sub headings, listed above.

so it goes,

Tom Assheton and James Jackson

Reference:

Richard 1 and the Massacre at Acre - reportage

on Royalty with Hugo Vickers

#89

10/24/2023

1. Royalty v Republic 2. The 'Crown' tv show 3. Princess Alice, the Duke of Edinburgh's mother 4. Mad, bad and bonkers 5. Modernisation of the Royal Family. 6. Conclusion

Tom talks with the UK's pre-eminent expert on royalty, Hugo Vickers. He has written many biographies of 20th century figures, including Cecil Beaton, Vivien Leigh, the Duchess of Windsor, Princess Andrew of Greece, and the Queen Mother. His book, The Quest for Queen Mary, sold 40,000 copies in various forms. He has attacked the fifty episodes of the Netflix series of The Crown – in his book, The Crown Dissected (2019), all of which are available as an e-book.

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Black on Black Slavery - Bloody Bites #20

#88

10/10/2023

Jamie goes solo to keep you up to speed with tech, tactics and time honoured aspects in war, conflict and adversity. These 'Bloody Bites' are short podcast episodes which will hopefully answer a few questions thrown up in our general podcast discussions. A kind of BVH glossary.

Let us know if you would like to hear Jamie's take on a particular topic. talk@bloodyviolenthistory.com

So It Goes

Tom Assheton & James Jackson

Contagion part 2

#87

09/26/2023

Chapters cont... 4. Dysentery 5. Typhoid & Cholera 6. Yellow Fever, Typhus and Malaria 7. Small Pox 8. Aids to Covid ps Biological Warfare

The second and concluding part to our dive into the story of Contagion.

Mankind has defeated all comers in the struggles we have had with the animal kingdom – no sabre-tooth tiger, crocodile or shark has been able to stall the Ascent of man … except perhaps our microscopic competitors; pathogens in the form of a virus, bacteria or God forbid, fungus. Throughout our history these miniscule machines of death have destroyed huge numbers of people across the planet. And we, hum...

Contagion part 1

#86

09/12/2023

1. Introduction 2.The Plague ... to be continued

Mankind has defeated all comers in the struggles we have had with the animal kingdom – no sabre-tooth tiger, crocodile or shark has been able to stall the Ascent of man … except perhaps our microscopic competitors; pathogens in the form of a virus, bacteria or God forbid, fungus. Throughout our history these miniscule machines of death have destroyed huge numbers of people across the planet. And we, humans, seem to positively encourage their many successes with our move to urbanisation, our migrations, our wars. Pestilence and plague seem to follow our every geopoliti...

Royals in War part 2

#85

08/29/2023

Chapters cont... 4. Anglo Norman period 5. Medieval 6. Early Modern 7. C20 &21 ps The Queen Mother

The concluding section to 'Royals in War', continuing from th previous episode. But before we go any further, please

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To be King, Queen, Pharaoh, Tsar or Emperor a person had to gain power over people, a person had to hold power over people and lastly that person had to pass that power onto their successor of choice.

‘War should be the only study of a P...

Royals in War part 1

#84

08/15/2023

1.Setting the Scene 2. Classical World 3. Dark Ages. Chapters 4 to 8 in the next episode

Today’s episode is Bloody and Violent, but before we go any further, please

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Thank you. Many of you will recognise the opening quote from the fictional TV series A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. It may be fiction but it doesn’t mean the sentiment isn’t true. What Cersei said. Before democracy, sovereigns ruled – often with absolute power over their court, t...