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The History Chap Podcast
Chris Green
207 episodes
4 days ago
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's most famous naval rebellions, but what most people know comes from Hollywood, not history. The films of 1935, 1962, and 1984 portrayed William Bligh as a tyrannical monster and Fletcher Christian as a heroic champion of the oppressed. But the real story is far more nuanced—and far more interesting. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make ...
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Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's most famous naval rebellions, but what most people know comes from Hollywood, not history. The films of 1935, 1962, and 1984 portrayed William Bligh as a tyrannical monster and Fletcher Christian as a heroic champion of the oppressed. But the real story is far more nuanced—and far more interesting. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make ...
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Episodes (20/207)
The History Chap Podcast
214: The Mutiny On The Bounty: What Really Happened?
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's most famous naval rebellions, but what most people know comes from Hollywood, not history. The films of 1935, 1962, and 1984 portrayed William Bligh as a tyrannical monster and Fletcher Christian as a heroic champion of the oppressed. But the real story is far more nuanced—and far more interesting. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make ...
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4 days ago
18 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
213: Edgehill: The Most Haunted Battlefield in Britain?
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. EDGEHILL: THE MOST HAUNTED BATTLEFIELD IN BRITAIN? In December 1642, just weeks after the Battle of Edgehill, terrified villagers in Warwickshire reported seeing an entire battle being fought in the sky above their heads. Night after night, phantom armies clashed in the darkness—ghostly cavalry charges, spectral infantry formations, and the terrible sounds of dying men echoing across the frozen f...
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1 week ago
14 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
212: What Happened to the Survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade?
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. What happened to the survivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, during the Crimean War? The answer is a tale of two fates. While some survivors found success and prosperity, others ended their days in workhouses and paupers' graves—a shocking reality that would eventually spark national outrage. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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1 week ago
19 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
211: The Soldier Who Stole England's Crown Jewels
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. This is the story of the audacious theft of England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, by Thomas Blood, in 1671. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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2 weeks ago
14 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
210: The British & Irish At The Alamo
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Did you know that one in eight of the defenders at the battle of the Alamo (Texas 1836) were actually born in the British Isles? This is their incredible and little-known story... Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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3 weeks ago
19 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
209: Britain's Strangest Battle: Redcoats vs The Messiah
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The Battle of Bossenden Wood, Kent 1838, when British redcoats took on farm workers led by a self-proclaimed Messiah. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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1 month ago
17 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
208: General Grenfell Defeats Mahdists at Battle of Toski
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation On the 3rd August 1889, British general, Francis Grenfell, defeated a Mahdist invasion of Egypt at the battle of Toski. This is the story of that battle and of the general after whom Grenfell Tower in London was named. Support the show
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1 month ago
15 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
207: Besieged by the Zulus: Eshowe 1879
Send me a message Besieged by the Zulus: Eshowe 1879 Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation While the world knows about Rorke's Drift from the famous 1964 film "Zulu," another British garrison faced an even longer ordeal during the Anglo Zulu War of 1879. This is the story of the Siege of Eshowe - 71 days of isolation, disease, and determination deep in Zululand. Following the catastro...
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1 month ago
23 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
206: The Forgotten Crimean War Battle That Was Fought In The Pacific
Send me a message The battle of Petropavlovsk 1854, during the Crimean War. A forgotten battle on Russia's remote Siberian Pacific coast. Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation In the summer of 1854, while the world's attention was focused on events in the Crimea, a combined British and French naval squadron was sailing towards the isolated Russian port of Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka ...
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1 month ago
17 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
205: The White Indian Mutiny 1858
Send me a message The forgotten story of the White Indian Mutiny. Following the Indian Sepoy Revolt, which began in 1857, the British government took over ruling India from the East India Company. As part of that transfer, they proposed that the European regiments within the EIC army would become part of the regular British army. Believing that their pay and promotion opportunities would be adversely impacted and the traditions of their old regiments (some older than almost all British army r...
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1 month ago
14 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
204: Dawn Attack on the Nile: The Battle of Firket 1896
Send me a message The Battle of Firket (also called the battle of Ferkeh or Firka), 7th June 1896, Sudan. It was the opening battle in General Kitchener's invasion of the Mahdist, fundametal Muslim state, that would end with his victory at the battle of Omdurman two years later. Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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1 month ago
21 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
204: The Desert Rorke's Drift - The Battle of Mirbat 1972
Send me a message The Epic SAS battle in Oman - the battle of Mirbat 1972 Become A Patron Make A Donation In July 1972, nine SAS soldiers faced impossible odds in a forgotten battle that helped shape the Cold War. The Battle of Mirbat stands as one of the most extraordinary feats in British Army history - a modern-day Rorke's Drift where elite Special Forces held the line against overwhelming communist forces. Deep in the mountains of Oman's Dhofar province, a Marxist insurgency backed b...
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2 months ago
19 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
203: The Last Stand of the Shangani Patrol, 1893
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that bring British History to life. The Shangani Patrol: Major Wilson’s Last Stand Against Impossible Odds (1893) Become A Patron Make A Donation On December 4th, 1893, near the banks of the Shangani River in what is now Zimbabwe, fewer than 30 British soldiers under Major Allan Wilson made their final stand against over 3,000 Matabele warriors. Surrounded, outnumbered, and cut off from reinforcements by a raging ri...
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2 months ago
28 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
202: Irish Convict Rebellion in Australia 1804: The Castle Hill Rebellion
Send me a message The Castle Hill Rebellion: When Irish Revolutionaries Fought British Redcoats in Australia (1804) Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. Become A Patron Make A Donation On the morning of March 5th, 1804, the sound of musket fire echoed across the hills northwest of Sydney, marking the largest convict uprising in Australian history. But these weren't ordinary criminals - they were seasoned Irish revolutionaries who had already...
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2 months ago
19 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
201: When Hawaii Almost Became British...by Mistake!
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap, telling stories from British history. This is the moment in 1843 when for 5 months the British occupied Hawaii. Not part of some master plan, but because a Royal Navy officer went way beyond his orders! Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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2 months ago
21 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
200: 48,000 Shells in 2 Hours: Why Was Acre Attacked in 1840?
Send me a message 48,000 shells in 2 Hours: Why Was Acre Attacked in 1840? Become A Patron Make A Donation In November 1840, a British naval squadron unleashed one of the most devastating bombardments in military history against the ancient fortress of Acre. In just over two hours, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford's fleet fired 48,000 shells, reducing walls that had withstood Napoleon himself to rubble and killing over 1,000 defenders in a single magazine explosion. But why were Britis...
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2 months ago
20 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
199: Zulu's Greatest Injustice: The True Story of Henry Hook VC
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The movie "Zulu"'s Greatest Injustice: The True Story of Henry Hook VC. Become A Patron Make A Donation If you've watched the classic 1964 film "Zulu," you'll remember Henry Hook as a drunken, cowardly malingerer who miraculously finds his courage during the Battle of Rorke's Drift. But what if I told you the real Henry Hook was the exact OPPOSITE of his film portrayal? In this episode, we u...
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3 months ago
22 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
198: Britain's Forgotten First Victory In The Crimean War
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling forgotten stories from British history. The Forgotten Victory: Battle of Bomarsund 1854 - The Baltic Campaign That Shaped the Crimean War Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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3 months ago
27 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
197: Britain's Forgotten Chinese Territory: Weihaiwei
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling forgotten stories from British history. This is the story of Britain's forgotten naval port in China - Weihaiwei (1898-1930) Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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3 months ago
22 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
196: General Charles Gordon - the reality vs the film “Khartoum”
Send me a message The 1966 film "Khartoum" tells the story of General Charles Gordon and his battle with the Mahdi in Sudan. But how close to historical reality was the film? Chris Green is The History Chap; telling forgotten stories from British history. Become A Patron Make A Donation Support the show
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4 months ago
26 minutes

The History Chap Podcast
Send me a message Chris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life. The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's most famous naval rebellions, but what most people know comes from Hollywood, not history. The films of 1935, 1962, and 1984 portrayed William Bligh as a tyrannical monster and Fletcher Christian as a heroic champion of the oppressed. But the real story is far more nuanced—and far more interesting. Ways You Can Support My Channel: Become A Patron Make ...