The History Network
The military history podcast specialists, looking at all aspects of war through the ages.

Mikhail Petrovic Devyataev was the 13th child of a Moldovian blacksmith who provided one of the most extraordinary stories of World War 2. The Soviet pilot, captured by the Germans in July 1944, made an incredible escape from Usedom, an island on the Baltic coast, where Hitler's V rockets were being made to return home, eventually becoming a Hero of the Soviet Union. Dur: 13mins File: .mp3

Direct download: 2402_Mikhail_Petrovic_Devyataev.mp3
Category:military -- posted at: 9:29am UTC

In the year 1754, twenty two year old George Washington was on a mission from the Governor of Virginia to enforce the colony's land claim on the area of western Pennsylvania. The French forces had just built Fort Duquesne (modern day Pittsburgh) as a means to solidify their claim to the land. At this time both England and France had started to develop the area. Dur: 15mins File: .mp3

Direct download: 2401_Fort_Necessity_and_the_Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen.mp3
Category:military -- posted at: 9:10am UTC