The Wild History Of War
The Wild History of War uncovers the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from wartime history. From Civil War Donkey Missiles to CIA vampires, each episode delivers gripping, humorous tales that reveal the chaos, ingenuity, and unpredictability of war in ways you never could have imagined.
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But in 1763, outside Fort Michilimackinac, the Ojibwe and Sauk used it for something even more dramatic: a deception so simple the British never saw it coming.
This is the bizarre but true story of how a ball game, an open fort gate, and one very badly timed lack of susp...
This episode tells the bizarre true story of Edward Lansdale, the Aswang legend, and one of the CIA’s most disturbing psychological warfare operations.
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This is the infamous Emu War, a true story involving machine guns, some entirely misguided military strategy, and of course a deeply humbling loss for the Australian forces.
Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).
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Covered in foliage, fake trees, and camouflage so ridiculous it fooled the Japanese forces, this is the story of one of the most bizarre naval escapes ever attempted.
Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of&nb...
In part two, we follow the ripple effects of one of history’s most unbelievable intelligence operations and see just how close it came to catastrophic failure.
Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).
New episodes release EVERY TWO WEEKS!.
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This is the setup to a plan so strange it sounds almost fictional, yet it helped change the course of World War II.
Hosted by history teacher turned podcaster, Nick Charlie Key (host of The Fantastic History of Food).
New episodes release EVERY TW...
In this episode, we dive into the bizarre and brilliant story of the Ghost Army, a top-secret unit of artists, designers, and sound engineers who used inflatable tanks, fake radio traffic, and theatrical deception to fool the Nazis on a massive scale.
From the beaches of D-Day to the banks of the Rhine, their illusions redirected entire German div...
Or that a Dutch warship escaped the Japanese by disguising itself as a floating tropical island…
Or that the Australian military once declared war on a group of emus…and lost?
Well all of these stories are true, and there are plenty more where they came from!
This show brings you the strangest, funniest, and mo...
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