tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45328564117481876962024-03-19T05:48:35.144-07:00Binge Thinking History PodcastTony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-68777691875174255852015-07-12T06:36:00.000-07:002015-07-12T06:36:07.844-07:0024 to 106 Battle of Britain News Bulletin<br />
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The Empire might be in decline so to remain relevant in the post war reality Britain not only needed to develop its own ‘bomb’ but a way to deliver it. In a flurry of invention the country would end up with not one but three modern futurist bombers, it almost had four, but with missile technology just over the horizon they would have a short ‘nuclear’ career.<br />
<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP23_mixdown.mp3"><img alt="podbutton" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UxlEk4xISSQ/U1563DN0ihI/AAAAAAAAALI/ifiRfzZ2SYo/podbutton%25255B3%25255D.gif?imgmax=800" height="22" title="podbutton" width="47" /></a><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP23_mixdown.mp3">Listen to Episode 23</a>Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-33252412322292198682014-04-28T08:59:00.001-07:002014-04-28T23:49:13.560-07:0022. The Decline and Fall of the British Aircraft Industry<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kIk4sO3qRdY/U1561_wTE6I/AAAAAAAAAK4/Qrk0Qoo9d0E/s1600-h/Gloster_Meteor_III_ExCC%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Gloster_Meteor_III_ExCC" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-f0-37849Ql4/U1562eECENI/AAAAAAAAAK8/0j2tCVL4R4E/Gloster_Meteor_III_ExCC_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="318" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Gloster_Meteor_III_ExCC" width="417" /></a> <br />
The post war years are seen by many and with some justification to be a golden age of British aero engineering. But with too many companies chasing a dwindling number of contracts and a Government that didn’t know the first thing about jet aircraft the ‘golden age’ wasn't going to last long.<br />
<a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/8/7/a/87ae48e1aa584ca6/22_Binge_Thinking_History__The_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_British_Aircraft_Industr.mp3?c_id=7117456&expiration=1398703465&hwt=5421e685c6906d566f4486a8a80bd058"><img alt="podbutton" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UxlEk4xISSQ/U1563DN0ihI/AAAAAAAAALI/ifiRfzZ2SYo/podbutton%25255B3%25255D.gif?imgmax=800" height="22" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="podbutton" width="47" /></a> <a href="http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/8/7/a/87ae48e1aa584ca6/22_Binge_Thinking_History__The_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_British_Aircraft_Industr.mp3?c_id=7117456&expiration=1398703465&hwt=5421e685c6906d566f4486a8a80bd058">Listen to Episode 22</a>Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-53921806139258372422012-10-03T02:03:00.001-07:002012-10-03T02:09:12.137-07:0021. What Goes Up Must Come Down<a href="http://img.tfd.com/wiki/5/55/South_Sea_Bubble.jpg"><img height="272" src="http://img.tfd.com/wiki/5/55/South_Sea_Bubble.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="395" /></a><br />
The British Government is desperate to offload the national debt and with that in mind the South Sea Company bribes enough people to make sure they get to take it on. Their plan? An pyramid scheme to make money from an ever rising share price but someone forgets to mention that bubbles always burst. The parallels with todays financial crisis are too many to mention.<br />
<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bingethinkinghistory/21_Binge_Thinking_History__What_Goes_Up_Must_Come_Down.mp3"><img alt="Listen to Episode 21" border="0" height="22" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZoU3jWLn7Oo/UGv_aNft9gI/AAAAAAAAAGc/DqcYGNxwDXc/Listen%252520to%252520Episode%25252021%25255B3%25255D.gif?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Listen to Episode 21" width="47" /> Listen to Episode 21</a>Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-89544301789542596662012-02-06T00:35:00.001-08:002012-02-06T00:35:21.516-08:0020. When is a Trading Company not a Trading Company?<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" src="http://pirates.missiledine.com/images/company/southseahouse.jpg" width="400" height="269" /></p> <p>War maybe Hell but it’s also very, very expensive and like almost every other country European country in the early 1700s England was deeply in debt.  Enter the South Sea Company and a story that mixes avarice, corruption, deceit, international intrigue and vast sums of other people’s money all topped off with political infighting and an unpopular monarch.  </p> <p><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP20.mp3"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 20" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 20" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Q1T4Obb2Wmk/Ty-QyNciP0I/AAAAAAAAAGU/Dnugnt-UAF0/Listen%252520to%252520Episode%25252020%25255B3%25255D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-30224486837533844342011-04-26T13:17:00.001-07:002011-04-26T13:17:08.374-07:0019. The Putney Debates<p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="Cromwell and the Levellers at Putney" alt="Cromwell and the Levellers at Putney" src="http://www.bilderberg.org/putney.jpg" width="320" height="352" /></p> <p>During the latter part of 1647 a small church at Putney on the banks of the Thames saw ordinary soldiers and their civilian supporters call for not just for political and religious toleration, but also for the franchise to be extended beyond the landed gentry.  The Putney Debates paved the way for many of the civil liberties we value today but seems largely forgotten.</p> <p><a title="Listen to Episode 19" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP19.mp3"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 19" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 19" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TbcoQ-QdlUI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/YvVA2tEx7Nc/Listen-to-Episode-193.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-73501559711073759782010-12-19T10:08:00.001-08:002010-12-19T10:08:18.323-08:0018. 1914 to the decline of Empire<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TQ5KCd97HlI/AAAAAAAAAF8/hpVtE8W7J-w/s1600-h/HMS%20Victorious%20on%20fire%20after%20being%20struck%20by%20three%20kamikazes%20at%20the%20Battle%20of%20Okinawa.%20%20Planes%20could%20take%20off%20an%20hour%20later.%5B8%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="HMS Victorious on fire after being struck by three kamikazes at the Battle of Okinawa. Planes could take off an hour later." border="0" alt="HMS Victorious on fire after being struck by three kamikazes at the Battle of Okinawa. Planes could take off an hour later." src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TQ5KD92ozMI/AAAAAAAAAGA/biQMbIv_cks/HMS%20Victorious%20on%20fire%20after%20being%20struck%20by%20three%20kamikazes%20at%20the%20Battle%20of%20Okinawa.%20%20Planes%20could%20take%20off%20an%20hour%20later._thumb%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="405" height="313" /></a></p> <p>World War One was the most significant event of 20th Century and amongst other things marked the beginning of the end of Pax Britannia.  The vacuum left would be readily filled by others but it wasn’t going to be plain sailing.  Almost a hundred years after World War One the future of the Royal Navy is as uncertain as it’s ever been.</p> <p><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP18.MP3"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 18" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 18" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TQ5KELaU4WI/AAAAAAAAAGE/fB4ORbp7bVQ/Listen%20to%20Episode%2018%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-64698109638586451752010-09-11T09:57:00.001-07:002010-09-11T09:57:35.690-07:0017. Ironclads, Big Guns and the road to World War 1<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TIu0-oYjN-I/AAAAAAAAAFw/y7z-EAHSrTc/s1600-h/HMSDreadnoughtrevolutionisedwarshipd%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="HMS Dreadnought revolutionised warship design. So much so every ship that looked like her was subsequently called a 'dreadnought'." border="0" alt="HMS Dreadnought revolutionised warship design. So much so every ship that looked like her was subsequently called a 'dreadnought'." src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TIu0_V_DJ4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/HigbvGum_1E/HMSDreadnoughtrevolutionisedwarshipd.jpg?imgmax=800" width="401" height="308" /></a></p> <p>Sails are finally done away with as steam power takes over and the race between armour and guns gets under way.  Pax Britannia turns maps of the world red as the Americans, Japanese and Germans aspire to have navies just like the British; the road to World War One begins.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP17.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 17" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 17" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TIu0_oeNcNI/AAAAAAAAAF4/-QFpQG4UmV4/Listen%20to%20Episode%2017.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-7535353384044684202010-07-17T07:50:00.001-07:002010-07-17T07:50:26.018-07:0016. Bonaparte to steam power<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TEHDKIbprpI/AAAAAAAAAFc/hqi5ABSdql8/s1600-h/HMS%20Agamemnon%20the%20Royal%20Navy%27s%20first%20screw%20propeller%20warship.%20%20You%20can%20just%20make%20out%20the%20smoke%20stack.%5B2%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="HMS Agamemnon the Royal Navy's first screw propeller warship. You can just make out the smoke stack." border="0" alt="HMS Agamemnon the Royal Navy's first screw propeller warship. You can just make out the smoke stack." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TEHDL7D-mxI/AAAAAAAAAFg/kW-vM8HJEo0/HMS%20Agamemnon%20the%20Royal%20Navy%27s%20first%20screw%20propeller%20warship.%20%20You%20can%20just%20make%20out%20the%20smoke%20stack._thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="394" height="264" /></a> </p> <p>Nelson is dead becomes a ‘terrible ancestor’ and the Napoleonic War rumbles on for another ten years.  The Royal Navy tries to undo the slave trade Hawkins had created and the Admiralty do their level best to ignore every new technological advance.  </p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP16.MP3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 16" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 16" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TEHDMe9Wp0I/AAAAAAAAAFk/U2quxTEp1Jk/Listen%20to%20Episode%2016%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-42801540824153619472010-05-29T04:33:00.001-07:002010-05-29T04:37:34.849-07:0015. The Reign of Terror to Trafalgar<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TAD7n1MXyHI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/bsKww7Ftglk/s1600-h/Prise_de_la_Bastille%5B7%5D.jpg"><img alt="Prise_de_la_Bastille" border="0" height="290" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/TAD7om6qzzI/AAAAAAAAAFU/185HOgZbZeE/Prise_de_la_Bastille_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="The Storming of the Bastille" width="373" /></a><br />
The power balance in Europe is fundamentally changed by the French Revolution leading to war in Europe and a life and death struggle between Britain and France. Two men came to personify this period: Bonaparte and Nelson.<br />
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Cook, Bligh and a certain mutiny<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08xVLwptWI/AAAAAAAAAD8/L-Kv3k3nBbk/s1600-h/Cooks%201775%20chart%20of%20Newfoundland%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Cooks 1775 chart of Newfoundland. Used until the 20th Century." border="0" alt="Cooks 1775 chart of Newfoundland. Used until the 20th Century." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08xV_KwqgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/-j7YCq1Ps-8/Cooks%201775%20chart%20of%20Newfoundland_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="400" height="390" /></a></p> <p>This episode takes a look at explorers not the usual fighting and politics.  Cook sails to the Pacific Ocean and Bligh is only remembered because of a certain mutiny.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP_14.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 14" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 14" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08xWOW5H6I/AAAAAAAAAEE/TihTIFnNUGc/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-56325089704061557892010-01-14T06:48:00.001-08:002010-01-14T06:48:40.949-08:0013. America, Rodney and reputations<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08uxJ76t5I/AAAAAAAAADw/KyaytfIHWgU/s1600-h/George%20Rodney%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="George Rodney" border="0" alt="George Rodney" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08uxpJ5IRI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Xf2nPK23MdA/George%20Rodney_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="358" height="468" /></a></p> <p>The American colonies are lost and things look bleak.  However the reputation of the Royal Navy and Britain is saved by someone whose own was highly suspect. </p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP_13.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 13" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 13" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08uyMqotXI/AAAAAAAAAD4/mcBbl_Cghck/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-64872138031819192662010-01-14T06:42:00.001-08:002010-01-14T06:42:16.197-08:0012. Anson, Hawke, Pitt and ‘WW1’<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08tQ0ahsvI/AAAAAAAAADk/9sXKdtkK9lg/s1600-h/Battle%20of%20Quiberon%20Bay%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Battle of Quiberon Bay" border="0" alt="Battle of Quiberon Bay" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08tRpeYv7I/AAAAAAAAADo/Tw-UY25tdJ8/Battle%20of%20Quiberon%20Bay_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="379" height="238" /></a></p> <p>This episode covers what happened during the mid 18th Century and the all important Seven Years War, seen by many as the real 'First World War'.  It also saw Britain become the dominant European power without actually having an army on the continent and the continuation of the century long on/off conflict with France.  The long road to Waterloo and Trafalgar was set.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/BTHP_12.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 12" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 12" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08tR598xII/AAAAAAAAADs/uNXibvgi1sw/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B4%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-73262145944044292772010-01-14T06:34:00.001-08:002010-01-14T06:34:55.448-08:0011. Revolution to a definition of 'epic'<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08rizsoWcI/AAAAAAAAADY/IjkIlSw1Gd8/s1600-h/Anson%20captures%20the%20Manila%20Galleon%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Anson captures the Manila Galleon" border="0" alt="Anson captures the Manila Galleon" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08rjdR1LBI/AAAAAAAAADc/Z2ZpWVPWChs/Anson%20captures%20the%20Manila%20Galleon_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="384" height="397" /></a></p> <p>This episode follows the initial fortunes of the English and the Dutch Navies as they take on the French.  It also covers the Golden Age of Piracy and it's demise and sees George Anson be the third English sailor to capture the Manila Galleon.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/11_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 11" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 11" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08rjsaVjdI/AAAAAAAAADg/PTrMpuCy5KI/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-50139600340547886812010-01-14T06:29:00.001-08:002010-01-14T06:29:24.438-08:0010. Long ships to the Golden Devil<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08qQO7DPQI/AAAAAAAAADM/GV0FtpkVVNw/s1600-h/Sovereign%20of%20the%20Seas%20or%20The%20Golden%20Devil%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Sovereign of the Seas or The Golden Devil" border="0" alt="Sovereign of the Seas or The Golden Devil" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08qQrdaorI/AAAAAAAAADQ/GpnwFkqW1rE/Sovereign%20of%20the%20Seas%20or%20The%20Golden%20Devil_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="393" height="275" /></a></p> <p>Here we look at the origins of the English Navy the development of the Navy Royal and it’s reorganisation and formation of the Royal Navy.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/10_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 10" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 10" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08qQ7-xr5I/AAAAAAAAADU/JxT9UR0p_34/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-48163042048937411522010-01-14T06:08:00.001-08:002010-01-14T06:08:46.512-08:0009. Win, Lose or Draw?<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08laqt6j4I/AAAAAAAAADA/if8mbXmI4Yw/s1600-h/Hurricane%20with%20ground%20crew%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="Arguably the victor of the Battle of Britain. Hawker Hurricane with ground crew and pilot." border="0" alt="Arguably the victor of the Battle of Britain. Hawker Hurricane with ground crew and pilot." src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08lbHfP5JI/AAAAAAAAADE/J_g1kCjQlQY/Hurricane%20with%20ground%20crew_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="240" /></a></p> <p>Welcome to the final part of series looking at the Battle of Britain.  What did the air battle over Southern England in the summer 1940 mean?  Was it even a battle?  Can it be see in terms of winners and losers?  And what about the myths?  I try to answers these and few other questions in no particular order. </p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/09_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 9" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 9" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08lbX_KMaI/AAAAAAAAADI/KDv9cY2tncw/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-51966704437025289932010-01-14T05:58:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:58:01.879-08:0008. An English Summer<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08i5tfGvFI/AAAAAAAAAC0/rq-0cK3VchI/s1600-h/Adolph%20Galland%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="German Ace Adolph Galland" border="0" alt="German Ace Adolph Galland" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08i55odADI/AAAAAAAAAC4/t_nC5VlLmYM/Adolph%20Galland_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></a></p> <p>We now look at the events after the 'Hardest Day' up to the official end of the battle in October as the Luftwaffe focus attacks on Fighter Commands airfields then switch to attacking London.  Oh...and did you know the Italians turned up after everything was effectively over?</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/08_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 8" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 8" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08i6WaIZJI/AAAAAAAAAC8/TqCCqPEINaI/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-72845472953372262722010-01-14T05:44:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:44:42.853-08:0007. Eagle to the Hardest Day<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08fxwvfDmI/AAAAAAAAACo/rrc5op3HXY8/s1600-h/Heinkeil%20He%20111%20over%20the%20London%20docks%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Heinkeil He 111 over the London docks" border="0" alt="Heinkeil He 111 over the London docks" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08fycl2WFI/AAAAAAAAACs/TwQqhv3nm2Y/Heinkeil%20He%20111%20over%20the%20London%20docks_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="396" height="179" /></a> </p> <p>This episode looks at the events after the Luftwaffe stopped attacking convoys in The Channel and launched Eagle Day on the 13th of August 1940 and began the campaign to destroy RAF Fighter Command. </p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/07_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 7" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 7" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08fyuczHnI/AAAAAAAAACw/nMi1ACnwz1I/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-88002448588994082822010-01-14T05:33:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:33:22.023-08:0006. Stukas over the White Cliffs of Dover<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08dHn3C5QI/AAAAAAAAACc/U3tbWeKT-jk/s1600-h/Junkers%20JU87%20%27Stuka%27%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="Junkers JU87 'Stuka'" border="0" alt="Junkers JU87 'Stuka'" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08dIHh-JhI/AAAAAAAAACg/f-YBM69zyEg/Junkers%20JU87%20%27Stuka%27_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="362" height="274" /></a></p> <p>Episode 6 looks at the start of the Battle of Britain...as it turns out it was due to a Dornier Do17 crew spotting a convoy called 'Bread'.  It also looks at the Chain Home series of Radar stations and the lead up to <em>Aldertag</em> or Eagle Day.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/06_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode 6" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode 6" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08dISmschI/AAAAAAAAACk/OjY-etyIcEk/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-42044315439642996352010-01-14T05:24:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:24:18.820-08:0005. Britain stands alone<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08a_sHw6qI/AAAAAAAAACQ/gvyoTjfhhv4/s1600-h/How%20far%20to%20England%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="How far to England?" border="0" alt="How far to England?" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08bAOGaBmI/AAAAAAAAACU/JPWGctfwKVo/How%20far%20to%20England_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="373" height="299" /></a> </p> <p>This episode looks at the origins of the Battle of Britain, the position Britain and German found themselves in circa mid 1940, some of the key figures and the aircraft the Luftwaffe and RAF would use.  Some myths are examined and the question is asked was the Battle of Britain really a battle.  We'll be returning to this and other questions in subsequent episodes.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/05_BTHP.MP3"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Listen to Episode" border="0" alt="Listen to Episode" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08bAnLX0FI/AAAAAAAAACY/5sJdbPtb3s8/Listen%20to%20Episode%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-58554342926034220012010-01-14T05:14:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:16:47.401-08:0004. 1776 and all that<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08Ymerd1TI/AAAAAAAAACE/vB-jdBv5h9g/s1600-h/American%20flag%20circa%201776%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="American flag circa 1776" border="0" height="164" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08Ym-SHlEI/AAAAAAAAACI/QQ2XjJt2_vI/American%20flag%20circa%201776_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="American flag circa 1776" width="244" /></a><br />
In this episode we follow the events from the time of William and Mary right up the signing of the US Constitution. Along the way we see the creation of the United Kingdom and that the British find that they will probably need to look abroad if they want to maintain the Monarchy.<br />
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Henry VIII takes exception to The Vatican not allowing him to get divorced so does what any self respecting supreme leader would do, he creates his own Church. This is probably the most seismic event in European history and fundamentally changed the relationship between the King, the Church and the State. The episode runs right up the Charles I and the roots of the English Civil War.<br />
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<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/02_BTHP.MP3" title="Listen to Episode 2"><img alt="Listen to Episode 2" border="0" height="22" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S08SKpjCxpI/AAAAAAAAAB0/O-RQSrWKMOo/podcastIcon%5B4%5D.gif?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Listen to Episode 2" width="47" /></a>Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-48631917256901369442010-01-13T14:31:00.001-08:002010-01-14T05:00:02.316-08:0001. Can you sign this your Majesty?<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S05JqBdfTAI/AAAAAAAAABg/VZ_x619pMvk/s1600-h/Simon%20de%20Montford%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="Simon de Montford" border="0" height="138" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S05JqrY8K3I/AAAAAAAAABk/zN3cKqSjwQI/Simon%20de%20Montford_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Simon de Montford" width="244" /></a> <br />
Episode 1 covers a big chunk of history from about 1100 up to the end of the War of the Roses and the first Tudor King Henry VII. Included is the first document to outline the limits of an English monarchs power,The Charter of Liberties, then followed by Magna Carta and the first Republican revolt lead by Simon de Montford.<br />
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<a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/01_BTHP.MP3"><img alt="Listen to Episode 1" border="0" height="22" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S05Jq1FnrtI/AAAAAAAAABo/0SVrQJufoKY/podcastIcon%5B3%5D.gif?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="Listen to Episode 1" width="47" /></a>Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532856411748187696.post-86636107313314098942010-01-13T14:25:00.001-08:002010-01-13T14:25:10.368-08:00Intro to the Binge Thinking History Podcast<p>A quick intro to the Binge Thinking History Podcast.  Whilst I am not a history revisionist I am fascinated by the Napoleonic idea that history is a myth agreed up and this is a theme I hope to thread throughout future episodes.</p> <p><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/bingethinkinghistory/00_BTHP_Introduction.MP3"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Listen to Introduction Episode" border="0" alt="Listen to Introduction Episode" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JkgRDE2wTYE/S05IRbSM6ZI/AAAAAAAAABY/Z9pH1llRYtI/podcastIcon3.gif?imgmax=800" width="47" height="22" /></a></p> Tony Cockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10886601438925567281noreply@blogger.com0