# Forgotten Wars A podcast by James Barton. Forgotten Wars covers the conflicts overlooked in popular history. Journey to World War One in East Africa with an undefeated German General, trek across Siberia during the Russian Revolution with a lost Czech legion, watch as Britain bombards Chinese forts in service to the Opium trade, and find out if a war actually started because of a football result. Expect bravery, incompetence, fascinating figures and incredible drama. By James Barton, proud History Nerd Contact - bartonjames84@proton.me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Feed: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2 ## Latest episodes - [Mussolini's Folly - Disaster in the Alps](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/3ab3aea1f43e) (2026-10-26, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6ad75e63d068f3179606303d/media.mp3 - [Holy Terror - The Siege of Mecca 1979](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/b5c008a638c2) (2026-10-19, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6acd1e375f788808a71b61bc/media.mp3 - [The War over Bird Poop! The Battle for the Chincha Islands](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/76d5c9b892f2) (2026-10-12, 49 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6ac7bdb09fea6e0a640e924d/media.mp3 - [The Kingmakers Last Battle - The Battle of Barnet](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/0d4029457b59) (2026-10-05, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6abf52fb67b6d36f87184905/media.mp3 - [Japanese Blitzkrieg - Conquest of the Dutch East Indies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/8fe1e4ec5ae1) (2026-09-28, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6ab1a69335231e4f55d01a2e/media.mp3 - [Japanese Blitzkrieg - Singapore Surrenders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/affb280004b9) (2026-09-21, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6aa9aaad7f8a8df43369c98e/media.mp3 - [Japanese Blitzkrieg - Collapse in Malaya](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/179a38bb46f9) (2026-09-14, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6aa32558ff74edfd003a6388/media.mp3 - [Japanese Blitzkrieg - The Fall of the Philippines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/ddc227765d7a) (2026-09-07, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a984f9ebe98057961946c3d/media.mp3 - [The Plot that Started the Boer War - The Jameson Raid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/42b82df5e66b) (2026-08-31, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a8c2231adc772a05e473397/media.mp3 - [The Miracle that Saved Europe - The Polish Soviet War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/c87d47f23d3e) (2026-08-23, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a85c9c66701ba1ebb610bcf/media.mp3 - [Bootleggers VS The Klan - Prohibition Wars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/26d2247407b4) (2026-08-17, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a789efbe188bf946fe78dbd/media.mp3 - [Rome’s Most Corrupt War - The Jugurthine War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/e68ba7f6bce4) (2026-07-12, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a53af26d2dde6b09aa1d114/media.mp3 - [America's Deadliest Riot - The New York Drafts Riot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/09cdc6466e5e) (2026-07-06, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a46e55fecd1239143f0891c/media.mp3 - [African Cold War Chaos - The Ogaden War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/df428ca484be) (2026-06-28, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a3d933ba3fa9782372036bf/media.mp3 - [The Bombing of Darwin - Australia's Pearl Harbour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/d79d197c582b) (2026-06-21, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a38719ab53e8a6e087e1100/media.mp3 - [The French & Indian War Part 5 - The Final Showdown](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/6f37d88267ff) (2026-06-15, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a2f221b685069f99fbc4123/media.mp3 - [The French & Indian War Part 4 - Louisbourg to Ticonderoga](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/73ac4d2be5f2) (2026-06-07, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a25df37250fa4918b8a7e9b/media.mp3 - [The French & Indian War Part 3 - Rogers Rangers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/3a9d06f2564b) (2026-06-01, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a1c43e5ad1ed3d7b514615a/media.mp3 - [The French & Indian War Part 2 - The French Strike Back!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/92c48f932e11) (2026-05-25, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a0e26bed7997e788c13365a/media.mp3 - [The French & Indian War Part 1 - Braddock's Expedition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/e6693c82fe32) (2026-05-18, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a0a21013fd6979bfc1b6082/media.mp3 - [Peter Ortiz - American Hero of the French Resistance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/dd42133e9e35) (2026-05-11, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6a00a54a385e8d5e30632810/media.mp3 - [Black September - Jordan's Civil War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/5da54e88cb82) (2026-05-04, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69f667238dd960ac616e3133/media.mp3 - [The Invasion of Panama - Nabbing Noreiga](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/7adfdc41131b) (2026-04-26, 70 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69ee6c17abe143da5b283339/media.mp3 - [Operation Panzerfaust - Nazi Germany's most daring Commando Mission](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/ba09aad3c328) (2026-04-19, 44 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69e2b12dabe143da5b6197c5/media.mp3 - [The First Ashanti War - Don't go Losing your Head Now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/c6344f16498e) (2026-03-30, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69c9a0e8b7902354901052d4/media.mp3 - [Operation Countenance - The Invasion of Iran in WW2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/b96b4ddba954) (2026-03-23, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69c0606c007cdcf83f834f48/media.mp3 - [The Nuku Hiva Campaign - Adventures on Cannibal Island](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/781009d3108c) (2026-03-09, 53 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69aead237036d73902b92b11/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 7 - The Triumph of Franco](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/87722fcfb2bf) (2026-03-02, 64 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69a59ab75517cf499dd0c025/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 6 - And Things Fall Apart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/76d27776af14) (2026-02-23, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/699b993a240b4a2d75a539e2/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 5 - The Failed Offensives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/3d9aa08f9251) (2026-02-16, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69917de2d6c27a06bbdf9d4c/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 4 - From Guadalajara to Guernica](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/4ab248f3bd8c) (2026-02-09, 58 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6988fe6045f62cfe94a374b0/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 3- The Battle for Madrid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/f8ba15a06cf7) (2026-02-02, 59 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6976a2ff79d88bc8eea559ce/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 2- Into the Abyss](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/92aaf22bcf2e) (2026-01-26, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/696e3ac44788cf9ec6e64dbc/media.mp3 - [The Spanish Civil War Part 1- The Centre Cannot Hold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/ece97ab59ef2) (2026-01-19, 50 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6968296190f7d9d87fd6c8cf/media.mp3 - [The Hicks Expedition - Don't Mess with a Mahdi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/b01e4bcfcd6f) (2026-01-12, 55 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6963ce983a409cca4978982c/media.mp3 - [Operation Menace - De Gaulle's Debacle at Dakar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/623b12d0810c) (2026-01-05, 61 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6958558818c941d6d6cf14fd/media.mp3 - [The Mayaguez Incident - The Last Battle of the Vietnam War](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/ffc80466491d) (2025-12-15, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/693fd4cf80257c9e35d274d4/media.mp3 - [The Boxer Rebellion Part 3 - The Fall of Beijing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/c45a8bd30fb3) (2025-12-08, 57 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6935ce14aef2c71c1d806ca7/media.mp3 - [The Boxer Rebellion Part 2 - The Empires Strike Back](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/486ae2763121) (2025-12-01, 48 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/692d6b68635c16d640419a36/media.mp3 - [The Boxer Rebellion Part 1 - Kill the Barbarians!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/25530de1d944) (2025-11-24, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/69239aaf53b254a538dad860/media.mp3 - [St Clair's Defeat - Washington's Worst Disaster](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/62699d5c6beb) (2025-11-17, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/691a5c187a0043834af36136/media.mp3 - [Freikorps Part 3 - Terminators of the Third Reich](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/5639e59b7dbe) (2025-11-10, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6911dae8b6efc63d684fa5c6/media.mp3 - [Freikorps Part 2 - Terminate the Republic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/72c4d1666baf) (2025-11-03, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/6908a3d6229e95a53f67afdb/media.mp3 - [Freikorps Part 1 - Germany's Terminators](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/9d9c829948b1) (2025-10-27, 56 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68fde67318bcdad2abe3e96a/media.mp3 - [Operation Flipper - The Failed Attempt to 'Get Rommel'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/16927d61527c) (2025-10-20, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68f6089b842e1823cc390327/media.mp3 - [James Wilkinson - America's Worst Traitor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/79f331e0392f) (2025-10-13, 54 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68ecd383f30b8c4f91bbf7d4/media.mp3 - [Jeanne de Clisson - The Bloody Lioness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/3ac81e8ad94a) (2025-10-06, 38 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68e39972965488b63af6be0c/media.mp3 - [Mussolini's War - Invading the USSR](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/72ce702f4fcd) (2025-09-29, 51 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68da57d3099369ce420f8014/media.mp3 - [Mussolini's War - A Greek Tragedy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/5fab9ac1891b) (2025-09-22, 52 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68d11916f5e00f6ca4574ede/media.mp3 - [Mussolini's War - Operation Compass](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1775566254/a128e66837be) (2025-09-14, 60 min): audio https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6716cb4307c991f259cc0fe2/e/68c72df86078db9201955c6d/media.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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