Wars That Shaped The World

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2 - The Empire is brought to its knees

The conflict had now begun and was expected to result in a swift decisive victory for the British, the world’s most powerful Empire. The butchery of Spion Kop to the resistance of Mafeking however were stops on a journey to a series of humiliating military reverses and devastating sieges.  Narrated by Paul Waggott Written by David Thomas Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn A Goalhanger Podcasts Production Cast; Conrad Reid Thomas Mitchells  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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  4 - The hard yards

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  3 - The battle for Goose Green

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  2 - Sink the Belgrano

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  1 - The Malvinas are Argentine

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  4 - The bloody finale

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  3 - The fight for survival

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  2 - Into the Valley of Death

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  1 - The rise of the Russian bear

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  4 - The Boers... decisions must be made

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  3 - The inglorious siege of Kimberley

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  1 - A single spark starts the fire

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  4 - The nuclear option

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  3 - They came from the north

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  2 - The Old Master’s last hurrah

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  1 - Red alert: the Communists are coming