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The epic charge of the Australian Light Horse - Battle of Beersheba 1917.

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On the 31st October 1917, during the First World War, 800 Australian horsemen charged against Turkish machine guns.
Using their bayonets as swords, it was the culminating action in the allied victory at the Battle of Beersheba, and was depicted in the film;”The Lighthorsemen”.

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The Battle of Sobraon fought on the 10th February 1846, was the fourth, last and decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War.

At the end of that bloody morning, over 12,000 men had been killed or wounded and the last formidable army opposing British rule in India had been defeated.

This is part 4 in my series on the First Anglo Sikh War.
P1 - Episode 133: Sikh Swords v British Bayonets (The Battle of Mudki)
P2 - Episode 137: Egos, Madness & Traitors (Battle of Ferozeshah)
P3 - Episode 141: The Charge of the 16th Lancers (Battle of Aliwal)

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The Battle of Coronel fought on the 1st November 1914, was the first defeat for the Royal Navy in over 100 years.


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Books About Battle of Coronel:

"The Grand Fleet 1914-19" - Daniel Ridley-Kitts


"Naval Warfare 1914-1918" - Tim Benbow


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Tommy Macpherson, the "Kilted Killer", was a British World War 2 commando.

Parachuted into France, he worked with the resistance blowing up bridges, taking on an elite panzer regiment and convincing an German army of 23,000 to surrender.

Once, having sabotaged a German fuel dump he cooly sat at a nearby cafe in full Highland uniform including kilt, drinking a glass of wine.

He caused so much havoc that the Germans placed a 300,000 Franc bounty on his head. But, even that couldn’t stop the man they called the “kilted killer.”

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Tommy's autobiography - "Behind Enemy Lines'

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Since it’s inception in 1856, there have been 1358 Victoria Crosses awarded.
But 8 of these heroes were forced to forfeit their medals.
This is their story.

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The battle of Aliwal, fought on the 28th January 1846 proved to be a turning point in the First Anglo-Sikh War.

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A bloody cavalry charge by the 16th Lancers combined with British commander, Sir Harry Smith’s, clever combining of artillery and cavalry to support his infantry produced a victory in what one military historian called a “near perfect battle”.

It’s time to explore the Battle of Aliwal, which Sir Harry Smith called his “complete victory”
Welcome to part 3 of my series on the Anglo-Sikh Wars in the 1840’s.

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Have you heard of the British officer who was shot in the stomach, the groin, the hand, the ear, the skull, the ankle, the hip, the leg and they eye, and lived to tell the tale?

Awarded the Victoria Cross, he also survived plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner of war camp with one hand; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them.

This is the story of Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart VC, the soldier they couldn’t kill.

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In the 1840’s an Englishman, created his own private kingdom on the island of Borneo. Supported by the Royal Navy, one of whose commanders is a far off relative to Queen Camilla, he fought the Borneo Pirates.

This is the story of James Brooke, the white Rajah of Sarawak, and the Borneo Pirates.

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