Episodes

  • S1E2 - The road to World War I: the Wars of Italian Unification

    S1E2 - The road to World War I: the Wars of Italian Unification
    Mar 5 2023

    For centuries Italy had been divided, cast into the role of mere battleground to the powers of Europe, its people divided and its former unity shattered. From the second decade of the 19th century, however, a slow yet decisive movement began, and as the First War of Italian Unification broke out, something had just changed forever.
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    9 mins
  • S1E1 - The road to World War I: the Crimean War

    S1E1 - The road to World War I: the Crimean War
    Jan 15 2023

    Ever since the dawn of time, the armies of Europe have been clashing under the guise of war. The Crimean War, which might look like an exercise in futility, shows us how even the biggest quagmires can lead to real political and military changes, to the death of olden covenants and the birth of new ones, all at the cost of hundreds of thousands, if not millions at a time.
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    9 mins