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Sep 18
1 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode #35, "The Legend of Kokoda," Maps and Sources

Thanks for listening to today's episode! If you need maps, you've come to the right place. First, let's take a look at the southwest...

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Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode #34, "Return to the Graveyard of Empires," Maps, Images and Sources

James Houser

Sep 6
2 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode #34, "Return to the Graveyard of Empires," Maps, Images and Sources

Welcome back to Unknown Soldiers Podcast Season 2! Sometimes a good map is a big aid in this podcast, though I do try to describe the...

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James Houser

Aug 7
2 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode #33, "The Iron Hand of Logistics," Sources

Part I: Persian Priorities Briant, Pierre. From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns,...

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Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode #32, "Gettysburg of the West," Maps, Images and Sources

James Houser

Jun 6
1 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode #32, "Gettysburg of the West," Maps, Images and Sources

It is very hard to find good maps for this campaign. Below are a couple of passable examples. Maybe I should just start making my own......

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Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 27-31, Crimean War: Maps

James Houser

Apr 17
2 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 27-31, Crimean War: Maps

For your viewing pleasure, I, James Houser, have drawn maps for you that represent the Crimean War. I may add to these later...I'm...

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James Houser

Apr 17
3 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episodes 27-31, The Crimean War Series: Sources

We've come to the big one: the series that will cap this entire first season of the podcast. It's time for the Crimean War! And my...

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Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 26, "South Atlantic Death Ride": Maps, Images & Sources

James Houser

Apr 17
2 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 26, "South Atlantic Death Ride": Maps, Images & Sources

This is late (I know) but I've been catching up with a lot of stuff lately. Been in the middle of moving, an Army class, all kinds of...

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James Houser

Apr 17
1 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 25, "Camp Followers": Sources

My main source for this episode is one of the only works to really analyze the subject of women camp followers in a systemic fashion -...

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Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 24, "How to Steal a Country": Maps, Images and Sources

James Houser

Mar 20
1 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 24, "How to Steal a Country": Maps, Images and Sources

Today's episode was one of the earliest episodes I ever planned to do...I just placed it later in the schedule to keep a decent flow...

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James Houser

Mar 3
16 min

Vladimir Putin, Clausewitz, and the Russo-Ukrainian War

Or: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Vladimir Putin. One of my main reactions to the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War has been...

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Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 20-23, the Imjin War Series: Maps

James Houser

Feb 6
2 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 20-23, the Imjin War Series: Maps

For your assistance (and because there are virtually no good maps of this war to be found online), I, James Houser, have hand-drawn two...

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James Houser

Feb 6
3 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episode 20-23, the Imjin War Series: Sources

Hi everyone. For the rest of February, the Unknown Soldiers Podcast will cover the Imjin War: the samurai invasions of Korea from 1592 to...

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James Houser

Feb 4
1 min

Season 1 Schedule...and a Sneak Peek at Season 2

Well, I think it's finally time to make my schedule public for the next few months. Just so you know what I've got in store! (Including...

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James Houser

Feb 2
1 min

Short Round #10: Heaviest Cavalry Sources and Correction

***MAJOR CORRECTION TO THIS EPISODE*** This will end up being my first (so far) factual retraction. During today's Short Round, I made a...

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Unknown Soldiers Episode #19: Caesars of India - Images, Maps, Sources

James Houser

Jan 24
1 min

Unknown Soldiers Episode #19: Caesars of India - Images, Maps, Sources

Alright, guys, this was one of the toughest episodes to write and research. There's just not a whole lot of English-language works on a...

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Unknown Soldiers Episode #18: One More Such Victory - Maps, Images, and Sources

James Houser

Jan 24
1 min

Unknown Soldiers Episode #18: One More Such Victory - Maps, Images, and Sources

I almost didn't do this episode, cause it comes a little too close to the well-trodden ground I'm trying to avoid by doing this podcast....

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Unknown Soldiers Episode 17: The Spartan PR Department - Maps, Images & Sources

James Houser

Jan 10
2 min

Unknown Soldiers Episode 17: The Spartan PR Department - Maps, Images & Sources

Welcome back from the holiday break, and welcome back to my regular episodes! This week the Unknown Soldiers Podcast is finally going to...

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Unknown Soldiers Episode 16: The Other D-Day - Maps, Images & Sources

James Houser

Dec 22, 2021
3 min

Unknown Soldiers Episode 16: The Other D-Day - Maps, Images & Sources

Hope everyone's excited for Christmas! I'm sorry this is so late, but this is the additional info post for Episode 16, "The Other D-Day."...

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Unknown Soldiers Episode 15: The American Insurgency - Commentary & Sources

James Houser

Dec 6, 2021
4 min

Unknown Soldiers Episode 15: The American Insurgency - Commentary & Sources

The American Revolution, like basically every period of history, is a fascination of mine. I find that Americans in particular have...

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James Houser

Nov 1, 2021
3 min

Unknown Soldiers Podcast Episodes 11-14, The Jacobite Wars Series: Sources

Hi, everyone. For the entire month of November, my podcast will revolve around the Jacobite Wars, particularly the events of 1745-1746 -...

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