Dan Snow

Imagine every clash and blow at the Battle of Bosworth.

Follow Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful women in the medieval world, as she goes on crusade to the Holy Land with 300 handmaidens in tow.

She leads her own army.

Everyone goes gaga for Eleanor.

And trace the voyage of the first Vikings as they arrive on Iceland's lonely shores.

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Hi folks, it's Dan Snow here from the Dan Snow's History Hit podcast, and we are currently sponsored by Audible. There's nothing quite like getting lost in great storytelling, something that totally immerses you in an extraordinary new world. Well, that's where Audible comes in, folks.

Hi folks, it's Dan Snow here from the Dan Snow's History Hit podcast, and we are currently sponsored by Audible. There's nothing quite like getting lost in great storytelling, something that totally immerses you in an extraordinary new world. Well, that's where Audible comes in, folks.

Hi folks, it's Dan Snow here from the Dan Snow's History Hit podcast, and we are currently sponsored by Audible. There's nothing quite like getting lost in great storytelling, something that totally immerses you in an extraordinary new world. Well, that's where Audible comes in, folks.

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What an honor.

What an honor.

What an honor.

Well, this is the huge question. This is the great hinge point of modern British history. It's what everyone is obsessed by. These few days in May 1940, when the fate of Britain, its empire and probably the democratic world hung in the balance. You have the greatest defeat in the history of the British Army takes place on the continent of Europe. And we've had a few. We've had a few knockbacks.

Well, this is the huge question. This is the great hinge point of modern British history. It's what everyone is obsessed by. These few days in May 1940, when the fate of Britain, its empire and probably the democratic world hung in the balance. You have the greatest defeat in the history of the British Army takes place on the continent of Europe. And we've had a few. We've had a few knockbacks.

Well, this is the huge question. This is the great hinge point of modern British history. It's what everyone is obsessed by. These few days in May 1940, when the fate of Britain, its empire and probably the democratic world hung in the balance. You have the greatest defeat in the history of the British Army takes place on the continent of Europe. And we've had a few. We've had a few knockbacks.

There was a little local difficulty down there in Virginia in the early 1780s. Some of your listeners may remember. But this was a humiliation, a catastrophe. The British and French armies together combined, still on paper, there's still two great imperial states on earth. They were eviscerated, destroyed, humiliated by the German war machine in May 1780. 1940.

There was a little local difficulty down there in Virginia in the early 1780s. Some of your listeners may remember. But this was a humiliation, a catastrophe. The British and French armies together combined, still on paper, there's still two great imperial states on earth. They were eviscerated, destroyed, humiliated by the German war machine in May 1780. 1940.