The podcast for ALL history enjoyers. For the ultras and those who just want to flex facts at the pub.
One episode a week of Zack and Joe taking the piss out of the wildest people, events, and circumstances that have shaped our modern world.
Fast, fun, and simple, just the way morons like us think history should be.
Grab a drink (non-alcoholic if you prefer, we don't judge) and hit play!
PINT-SIZED HISTORY DEFEAT THE NAZIS!
We're finally here, the end of all things, the fall of the Third Reich, and the climax of a certain Austrian painters journey from demoralized World War 1 veteran to leader of the greatest superpower of the early 1940s.
To cap of our huge Adolf Hitler and the Nazis series it's the Nazis at War! Think the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the invasion of France, the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Leningrad, the invasion of Italy, D-DAY, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING.
It's essentially a how-to guide to World War 2 through the perspective of Nazi Germany.We'll discuss where it went so right, but importantly where it went so wrong for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
07:14 Invasion of Poland
20:02 The Phony War
21:01 Nazi decision on invading France
34:20 Dunkirk
40:06 Hitler in Paris
So grab a pint and join us for the fall of the Third Reich.
🍻 Pint-Sized History is your beginner-friendly history podcast, bringing you the biggest battles, people and events from history, one pint at a time.
🎙️ Subscribe to Pint-Sized History for more history, battles, bizarre stories and questionable decisions from the past.
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🎵 Intro music by @bigshortage — go check out Shortage's work!
1 Oct 2026
The First Crusade (Part 2 of 2)
PINT-SIZED HISTORY CAPTURE THE HOLY LAND!
In the second episode of the First Crusade two-parter, one of the most extraordinary and brutal episodes of the Middle Ages, Pint-Sized History follow the Crusaders across Europe and into the Byzantine Empire, through the People's Crusade, the Siege of Antioch and finally the brutal capture of Jerusalem in 1099.
From religious devotion and political ambition to sieges, battles, betrayal and some seriously questionable medieval decision-making, we're getting stuck into the story behind one of history's most famous military expeditions.
So grab a pint and join us for The First Crusade.
🍻 Pint-Sized History is your beginner-friendly history podcast, bringing you the biggest battles, people and events from history, one pint at a time.
🎙️ Subscribe to Pint-Sized History for more history, battles, bizarre stories and questionable decisions from the past.
📱 Follow us on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube for more clips from the podcast.
🎵 Intro music by @bigshortage — go check out Shortage's work!
24 Sept 2026
The First Crusade (Part 1 of 2)
PINT-SIZED HISTORY STORM THE HOLY LAND!
What do you get when a Pope calls thousands of Europeans to march across the known world to take Jerusalem?
A rather triffic mess.
In this two-part episode of Pint-Sized History, Zack and Joe dive into the First Crusade, from Pope Urban II's famous call to arms in 1095, all the way to the capture of Jerusalem in 1099.
We'll follow the Crusaders through the People's Crusade, the Byzantine Empire, the Siege of Antioch and the final assault on Jerusalem, while looking at why the Crusade happened, who actually joined it and what they hoped to achieve.
⚔️ Why did people take the cross?
✝️ What exactly did Pope Urban II promise?
🏰 How did the Crusaders make it to the Holy Land?
🔥 And what happened when they got there?
Grab a pint and join Zack and Joe for one of the most famous stories of the Middle Ages, the Crusades and medieval history.
🎙️ Follow Pint-Sized History for more history, battles, bizarre stories and questionable decisions from the past.
🎵 Intro music by @bigshortage
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365,998
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.3 / 5
4 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
94 ratings
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