A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
4.5from 863 ratings
- 256
- Episodes
- 32
- Transcribed
- 863
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
About A History of Europe, Key Battles
A podcast on European conflicts from the perspective of each side to provide an alternative to the traditional national narratives. Going chronologically from the Ancient Greeks onwards I described to some extent how each battle was won or lost by particular decisions, tactics, technology or fortune. But the aim of each main narrative will be to place each battle in the context of the overall history of Europe. New series on the Interwar Years 1918-1945 begins 18th July 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Carl Rylett
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Dec 2013
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
32 of 256 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
85.1 Central and Eastern Europe in the Interwar Period
21 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
84.3 Britain in 1920's, the General Strike
7 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
84.2 Britains' First Labour Government 1923-24
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85.1 Central and Eastern Europe in the Interwar Period
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The leading political figure was Tomáš Masaryk, who became the country's first president. Masaryk was a professor of philosophy in Prague. He became a politician in Austro-Hungary, who was at first an advocate of restructuring the Austro-Hungarian Empire into a federal state. But by the outbreak of the First World War, he became a supporter of Czech and Slovak independence. As president, he was well respected as a figurehead of the new nation. He played a key unifying role and was re-elected to the presidency in 1920, 1927 and 1934. As a firm believer in the principles of democracy, he is to have said, quote, All citizens of goodwill, without distinction of condition, religion or nationality, have been given the opportunity to build an exemplary democratic state, whose task will be to care for the interests of the whole free self-governing citizenry, end quote. […]
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