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British Redcoats: everything you wanted to know
Episode 1924

British Redcoats: everything you wanted to know

Saul David answers listener questions on the evolution of the British Army from the Civil War to the Victorian era

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

March 10, 202435m 18s

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Show Notes

Was the Duke of Marlborough Britain's greatest ever military commander? How did Britain face down the challenge of an expansionist France? And did soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars feel that they were living in the shadow of the Royal Navy? Military historian Saul David talks to Spencer Mizen about the evolution of the British Army between the 17th and 19th centuries.


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