https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/turning-points-history-s-greatest-battles--6740731
]]>enHistoryCopyright Kieran Baxterhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/71bbd6c6a1a94ef00cca992f0f0beb0a.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/turning-points-history-s-greatest-battles--6740731Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:38:08 +0000Kieran BaxterKieran Baxterseiler.maja7ax@gmail.com"From the ancient fields of Greece to the trenches of the world wars, battles have stood as decisive moments — turning points where nations rose, empires fell, and history changed forever. In this podcast, we bring you closer to the great clashes of...
]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-syrian-civil-war-aleppo--71581308https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71581308Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:15:37 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 36 explores the Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) — one of the most devastating and strategically significant battles of the Syrian Civil War. Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo became divided between government-controlled west and rebel-held east,...421false36fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-libyan-civil-war-intervention-and-the-fall-of-a-regime--71330696https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71330696Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:32:39 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 35 explores the Libyan Civil War (2011) — a conflict that combined popular uprising with international military intervention, leading to the سقوط of Muammar Gaddafi. As part of the Arab Spring, protests against Gaddafi’s long rule escalated...416false35fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-russo-georgian-war-the-return-of-conventional-war--71181730https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71181730Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:43:00 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 34 explores the Russo-Georgian War (2008) — a short but decisive conflict that marked the return of conventional state-on-state warfare in the post–Cold War era. Tensions between Georgia and the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia,...410false34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-second-chechen-war-fire-in-the-caucasus--71041877https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71041877Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:21:36 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 33 explores the Second Chechen War (1999–2009) — a brutal conflict that reasserted Russian control over Chechnya and reshaped modern counterinsurgency strategy. After instability followed the First Chechen War, renewed violence—including a...447false33fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-of-fallujah-fire-in-the-city--70863131https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70863131Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:09:28 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 32 examines the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004) — one of the most intense and brutal urban battles of the Iraq War. After the city became a stronghold for insurgents, including forces linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq under Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,...445false32fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-kosovo-war-air-power-and-the-new-rules-of-intervention--70718598https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70718598Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:48:10 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 31 explores the Kosovo War (1998–1999) — a conflict that redefined NATO’s role and introduced a new era of humanitarian intervention. As tensions escalated between Serbian forces under Slobodan Milošević and ethnic Albanian groups in Kosovo,...445false31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-of-mogadishu-urban-combat-that-reshaped-u-s-intervention-policy--70609543https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70609543Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:39:20 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 30 examines the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) — a fierce urban confrontation that reshaped U.S. military intervention policy. During a United Nations mission to stabilize famine-stricken Somalia, American forces attempted to capture key...497false30fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-first-gulf-war-desert-storm--70471710https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70471710Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:30:10 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 29 explores the First Gulf War (1990–1991) and Operation Desert Storm, a conflict that marked the emergence of modern precision warfare and large-scale international military coalitions. After Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait in...538false29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-war-on-terror-a-battlefield-without-borders--70261289https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70261289Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:47:26 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 28 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the War on Terror (2001–present) — the global conflict that transformed modern warfare after the September 11 attacks. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the...393false28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yugoslav-wars-the-return-of-war-to-europe--70132776https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70132776Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:22:51 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 27 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999) — the conflicts that shattered the illusion of lasting peace in post-World War II Europe and reshaped international intervention. After the death of Josip...416false27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-soviet-afghan-war-the-empire-that-bled-to-death--69935296https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69935296Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:46:18 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 26 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the Soviet-Afghan War (1979–1989) — the conflict that drained Soviet power and accelerated the collapse of the Cold War order. After a communist coup destabilized Afghanistan, the...430false26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-yom-kippur-war-when-surprise-changed-the-middle-east--69749279https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69749279Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:15:22 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 25 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the Yom Kippur War (1973) — the conflict that shattered Israel’s sense of invincibility and reshaped Middle Eastern politics. After Israel’s decisive victory in the Six-Day War of 1967,...507false25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tet-offensive-when-victory-turned-into-doubt--69610765https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69610765Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:39:00 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 24 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles examines the Tet Offensive (1968) — the moment the Vietnam War shifted from a military contest to a crisis of confidence. Despite repeated assurances from U.S. leadership that victory was near,...349false24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inchon-the-amphibious-gamble-that-saved-south-korea--69517660https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69517660Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:15:01 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 23 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles examines the Battle of Inchon (1950) — the bold amphibious assault that reversed the course of the Korean War. After North Korean forces drove South Korean and UN troops to the brink of defeat...324false23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-of-the-bulge-hitler-s-last-gamble--69412411https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69412411Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:08:15 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 22 explores the Battle of the Bulge (1944–1945) — Nazi Germany’s final major offensive of World War II. With Allied armies closing in after D-Day, Hitler launched a last desperate counterstroke through the heavily forested Ardennes, hoping to...407false22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/el-alamein-the-desert-turns-against-hitler--69314788https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69314788Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:30:59 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 21 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles examines the Second Battle of El Alamein (1942) — the clash that halted Axis expansion in North Africa and marked a decisive shift in World War II. After a series of British defeats, Axis forces...375false21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/midway-the-battle-that-turned-the-pacific-war--69251694https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69251694Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:06:50 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 20 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles focuses on the Battle of Midway (June 1942) — the decisive naval clash that reversed the momentum of the Pacific War. After early Japanese victories, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto planned to lure and...368false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stalingrad-breaking-the-nazi-tide--69167740https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69167740Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:12:00 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 19 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles examines the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943), the pivotal confrontation that broke the momentum of Nazi Germany in World War II. As part of Hitler’s southern campaign, German forces advanced...366false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-somme-the-cost-of-modern-war--69041022https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69041022Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:19:12 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 18 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles examines the Battle of the Somme (1916), one of the deadliest and most defining battles of World War I. Launched by Britain and France to relieve pressure on Verdun and break the stalemate on...352false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/verdun-the-furnace-of-french-resistance--68938387https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68938387Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:12:57 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 17 explores the Battle of Verdun (1916) — one of the longest, bloodiest, and most symbolically powerful battles in World War I. Seeking to break the stalemate on the Western Front, German Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn launched an...357false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gettysburg-the-high-water-mark-of-the-confederacy--68818666Day 2 brought Lee’s attempt to roll up the Union flanks, leading to brutal fighting at Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, and Devil’s Den. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain’s bayonet charge saved Little Round Top and prevented a Confederate breakthrough.
Day 3 culminated in Pickett’s Charge, a massive Confederate assault across open fields toward Cemetery Ridge. The attack was shattered by Union artillery and rifle fire. The Confederates briefly breached the Union line at the Angle — the “High-Water Mark of the Confederacy” — before being repulsed. The Confederates suffered nearly 28,000 casualties, a devastating blow that ended Lee’s northern invasion. Combined with the fall of Vicksburg the next day, Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War, ensuring the Union would maintain strategic momentum.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68818666Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:59:37 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 16 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles covers the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — the pivotal moment of the American Civil War. After a string of Confederate victories, General Robert E. Lee invaded the North, hoping to force political...Day 2 brought Lee’s attempt to roll up the Union flanks, leading to brutal fighting at Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, and Devil’s Den. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain’s bayonet charge saved Little Round Top and prevented a Confederate breakthrough.
Day 3 culminated in Pickett’s Charge, a massive Confederate assault across open fields toward Cemetery Ridge. The attack was shattered by Union artillery and rifle fire. The Confederates briefly breached the Union line at the Angle — the “High-Water Mark of the Confederacy” — before being repulsed. The Confederates suffered nearly 28,000 casualties, a devastating blow that ended Lee’s northern invasion. Combined with the fall of Vicksburg the next day, Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War, ensuring the Union would maintain strategic momentum.]]>393false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/waterloo-the-fall-of-an-emperor--68723402https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68723402Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:01:11 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 15 recounts the Battle of Waterloo (1815), the final, decisive clash that ended Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule. After escaping exile and returning to power, Napoleon attempted to defeat the British under Duke of Wellington and the Prussians under...419false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/austerlitz-napoleon-s-greatest-victory--68612069https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68612069Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:50:01 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 14 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) — widely regarded as Napoleon’s greatest military triumph. Facing the combined armies of Russia and Austria, Napoleon deliberately appeared weak,...327false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trafalgar-nelson-s-naval-supremacy--68532282https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68532282Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:52:47 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 13 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles recounts the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) — the defining naval clash of the Napoleonic Wars. Facing a combined French and Spanish fleet intent on invading Britain, Admiral Horatio Nelson led 27...346false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/yorktown-the-birth-of-a-new-nation--68442901https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68442901Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:22:07 +0000Kieran Baxter301false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/saratoga-america-s-turning-point--68360056https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68360056Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:22:13 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 11 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles revisits the Battle of Saratoga (1777) — the defining moment of the American Revolution. British General John Burgoyne marched south from Canada with 8,000 troops, planning to split the colonies...326false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vienna-the-siege-that-stopped-the-ottomans--68276698https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68276698Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:23:08 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 10 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles recounts the Battle of Vienna (1683) — the decisive clash that halted the Ottoman Empire’s final advance into Europe. Led by Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, an Ottoman army of more than 150,000...344false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lepanto-clash-for-the-mediterranean--68214502#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfLepanto #NavalWarfare #OttomanEmpire #HolyLeague #DonJohnOfAustria #AliPasha #MediterraneanHistory #GreatBattles #TurningPointsInHistory]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68214502Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:39:52 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 9 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the Battle of Lepanto (1571), one of the largest naval battles in history and the final great clash of oar-powered warships. The battle was fought between the expanding Ottoman Empire,...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfLepanto #NavalWarfare #OttomanEmpire #HolyLeague #DonJohnOfAustria #AliPasha #MediterraneanHistory #GreatBattles #TurningPointsInHistory]]>306false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/agincourt-arrows-against-armor--68159785#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfAgincourt #HundredYearsWar #HenryV #Longbowmen #MedievalWarfare #FrenchvsEnglish #MilitaryStrategy #AgainstAllOdds #GreatBattles]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68159785Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:53:55 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 8 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles covers the Battle of Agincourt (1415), a stunning English victory during the Hundred Years’ War. King Henry V, leading a small, exhausted force of around 6,000 men, faced a vastly larger French...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfAgincourt #HundredYearsWar #HenryV #Longbowmen #MedievalWarfare #FrenchvsEnglish #MilitaryStrategy #AgainstAllOdds #GreatBattles]]>283false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hastings-the-norman-conquest-of-england--68086091#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfHastings #NormanConquest #WilliamTheConqueror #HaroldGodwinson #MedievalHistory #1066 #GreatBattles #MilitaryStrategy #HistoryOfEngland]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68086091Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:21:56 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 7 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles recounts the Battle of Hastings (1066), where William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold Godwinson of England. After Harold had just repelled a Viking invasion in the north, he rushed south...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfHastings #NormanConquest #WilliamTheConqueror #HaroldGodwinson #MedievalHistory #1066 #GreatBattles #MilitaryStrategy #HistoryOfEngland]]>291false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/zama-rome-s-revenge-against-carthage--68026372#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfZama #HannibalBarca #ScipioAfricanus #SecondPunicWar #Carthage #RomanHistory #MilitaryStrategy #GreatBattles #TurningPointsInHistory]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68026372Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:41 +0000Kieran BaxterBattle of Zama (202 BCE), the climactic encounter that ended the Second Punic War. After years of devastating victories in Italy, Hannibal Barca was recalled to defend Carthage against the rising Roman commander Publius Cornelius Scipio. On the plains...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfZama #HannibalBarca #ScipioAfricanus #SecondPunicWar #Carthage #RomanHistory #MilitaryStrategy #GreatBattles #TurningPointsInHistory]]>332false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cannae-hannibal-s-tactical-masterpiece--67982133#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfCannae #HannibalBarca #RomanHistory #MilitaryStrategy #DoubleEnvelopment #SecondPunicWar #GreatBattles #AncientWarfare #TurningPointsInHistory]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67982133Thu, 02 Oct 2025 06:55:24 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 5 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles tells the story of the Battle of Cannae (216 BCE) during the Second Punic War. Hannibal Barca, outnumbered by a massive Roman army, executed one of the most brilliant battlefield maneuvers ever...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfCannae #HannibalBarca #RomanHistory #MilitaryStrategy #DoubleEnvelopment #SecondPunicWar #GreatBattles #AncientWarfare #TurningPointsInHistory]]>303false5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gaugamela-alexander-s-triumph-over-persia--67927451#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfGaugamela #AlexanderTheGreat #DariusIII #PersianEmpire #HellenisticAge #AncientHistory #MilitaryStrategy #TurningPointsInHistory #GreatBattles]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67927451Sun, 28 Sep 2025 04:52:53 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 4 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles recounts the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE), where Alexander the Great faced the Persian king Darius III in one of antiquity’s most decisive clashes. Vastly outnumbered, Alexander’s 40,000 men...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfGaugamela #AlexanderTheGreat #DariusIII #PersianEmpire #HellenisticAge #AncientHistory #MilitaryStrategy #TurningPointsInHistory #GreatBattles]]>316false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/salamis-naval-brilliance-saves-greece--67880668https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67880668Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:54:21 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 3 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles focuses on the Battle of Salamis (480 BCE), a decisive naval encounter in the Persian Wars. After the fall of Thermopylae and the burning of Athens, the Greek city-states faced destruction....296false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thermopylae-300-spartans-against-an-empire--67823282#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfThermopylae #Spartans #Leonidas #PersianWars #Xerxes #AncientGreece #300Spartans #SymbolOfResistance #GreatBattles]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67823282Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:38:10 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 2 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BCE), where a small Greek force led by King Leonidas of Sparta confronted the massive Persian invasion under King Xerxes I. Around 7,000 Greeks...#TurningPointsPodcast #BattleOfThermopylae #Spartans #Leonidas #PersianWars #Xerxes #AncientGreece #300Spartans #SymbolOfResistance #GreatBattles]]>333false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-battle-of-marathon-the-birth-of-western-resistance--67795770https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67795770Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:04:37 +0000Kieran BaxterEpisode 1 of Turning Points: History’s Greatest Battles explores the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE), where a small Greek force of about 10,000 Athenians and allies defeated a much larger Persian army. The Persians, led by King Darius I, sought to punish...241false1full