Send us a text In 1755, Britain decided to move its collnnia problem he od fashioned way- by sending a general. Major General Edward Braddock, veteran ion the Coldstream Guards and chosen of the Duke of Cumberland, arrived in Virginia with two regiments of regulars and an unshakable conviction that discipline and geometry could tame a continent. they could not... This episode follows Braddock's il fated march to Fort Duquesne - the road building, the supply chaos, and the infamous battl...
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Send us a text In 1755, Britain decided to move its collnnia problem he od fashioned way- by sending a general. Major General Edward Braddock, veteran ion the Coldstream Guards and chosen of the Duke of Cumberland, arrived in Virginia with two regiments of regulars and an unshakable conviction that discipline and geometry could tame a continent. they could not... This episode follows Braddock's il fated march to Fort Duquesne - the road building, the supply chaos, and the infamous battl...
Send us a text The world of 1748 balanced precariously on the edge of chaos. The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle had technically ended the War of Austrian Succession, but as we explore in this first episode, it was less a peace treaty and more "like cramming eight angry cats into a sack, tying it shut and walking away." From this uneasy truce would emerge the Seven Years' War—a conflict Winston Churchill would later dub "the First World War." We journey across the chess board of 18th-century power...
The History of the 7 Years War
Send us a text In 1755, Britain decided to move its collnnia problem he od fashioned way- by sending a general. Major General Edward Braddock, veteran ion the Coldstream Guards and chosen of the Duke of Cumberland, arrived in Virginia with two regiments of regulars and an unshakable conviction that discipline and geometry could tame a continent. they could not... This episode follows Braddock's il fated march to Fort Duquesne - the road building, the supply chaos, and the infamous battl...
