
The Rest of History
The Rest of History explores the most captivating moments, characters, and turning points from across the ages, revealing the stories, context, and hidden details that shaped our world and the rest is history. With a blend of sharp insight and engaging storytelling, the show brings history to life, connecting past events to the present and uncovering what really happened behind humanity’s most defining moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Vietnam: How a Guerrilla War Became a Superpower Showdown
about 6 hours ago
12m
How WWII Spy Agencies Fought in the Shadows
about 9 hours ago
7m
How the KGB and CIA Battled Worldwide
about 11 hours ago
7m
Fighter Aces: How Pilots Became Sky Legends
about 17 hours ago
6m
Enigma: How Codebreakers Cracked Hitler’s Secrets
about 17 hours ago
7m
How Egypt Made Napoleon Famous
Jul. 17
5m
How Snipers Control Entire Battlefields With One Shot
Jul. 16
6m
How Aircraft Carriers Took Over the Seas
Jul. 16
6m
Vietnam: How a Guerrilla War Became a Superpower Showdown
Jul. 16
7m
How Ivan Ruled Russia Through Terror
Jul. 16
4m
How Che Guevara Tried and Failed to Export Revolution
Jul. 16
15m
How Tanks Evolved From Crawling Boxes to Modern Beasts
Jul. 15
7m
Submarine Warfare: How Silent Killers Changed Naval Battles
Jul. 15
7m
WWI Trenches: How Soldiers Survived Hell on Earth
Jul. 15
7m
How Ancient Armies Captured Fortified Cities
Jul. 15
6m
How Peter the Great Rewrote Russian Tradition
Jul. 15
6m
How Gunpowder Ended the Age of Castles
Jul. 14
6m
Medieval Sieges: How Castles Actually Fell
Jul. 14
5m
Afghan Jihad: How Mujahideen Fighters Crippled a Superpower
Jul. 14
8m
How Napoleon’s Marshals Executed His Battle Plans
Jul. 14
7m
SAS vs SEALs vs Spetsnaz: Which Elite Force Is Toughest?
Jul. 14
7m
How Spetsnaz Operated Behind Enemy Lines
Jul. 13
6m
How the Soviets Invaded Afghanistan — and Why They Failed
Jul. 13
10m
Vienna Resists the Ottoman Siege of 1529
Jul. 13
4m
French Foreign Legion: How an Army of Exiles Became Legendary
Jul. 13
7m
Inside Tamerlane’s Ruthless Military Campaigns
Jul. 13
5m
How the Great Leap Forward Triggered Mass Famine
Jul. 12
8m
The Power and Downfall of the Templars
Jul. 12
4m
How Ninjas Actually Used Espionage and Sabotage
Jul. 12
6m
How 1066 Changed England’s Destiny
Jul. 12
5m
Fall of Baghdad Ends Islamic Golden Age
Jul. 12
5m
How Vikings Evolved into Nation Builders
Jul. 11
5m
Lionheart vs Saladin: Power in the Holy Land
Jul. 11
4m
How Spanish Tercios Dominated 1500s Battlefields
Jul. 11
7m
Redcoats: How British Infantry Won an Empire
Jul. 11
7m
How Charlemagne Conquered and United Europe
Jul. 11
5m
The Last Viking King’s English Defeat
Jul. 10
5m
Samurai: How Japan’s Warrior Class Lived and Fought
Jul. 10
6m
How Genghis Khan Forged a Global Empire
Jul. 10
5m
How Typhoons Crushed Kublai Khan’s Invasions
Jul. 10
5m
Battle of Tours: Martel’s Historic Victory
Jul. 10
4m
How Longbows Shattered Knightly Warfare
Jul. 9
5m
Swiss Pikemen: How Farmers Became Europe’s Shock Infantry
Jul. 9
6m
Salamis: Greece Stops the Persian Empire
Jul. 9
4m
Ottomans Capture Constantinople in 1453
Jul. 9
5m
Crusades: How Christians and Muslims Fought Brutal Holy Wars
Jul. 9
7m
How the Mamluks Seized Power From Their Own Rulers
Jul. 8
6m
Spartacus and the Roman Slave Rebellion
Jul. 8
4m
Unpacking the MacArthur-Truman Feud
Jul. 8
6m
How Alexander’s Phalanx Crushed His Enemies
Jul. 8
6m
Janissaries: How Enslaved Boys Became Elite Soldiers
Jul. 8
6m
MacArthur vs Truman: How a General Lost His Command
Jul. 7
6m
Soviet Invasion: Finland's Unwavering Stand
Jul. 7
6m
Mao's Victory: How Peasants Won China's Civil War
Jul. 7
6m
Mao’s China: How a Peasant Built a Superstate
Jul. 7
6m
Che's Revolutionary Paradox
Jul. 7
8m
How Mao’s Strategies Defeated Chiang Kai-shek
Jul. 6
6m
The Truth Behind the 300 Spartans
Jul. 6
5m
Paul the Apostle - A Historical Chronicle
Jul. 6
33m
How Caesar’s Revolt Shattered the Republic
Jul. 5
5m
Cannae: Rome’s Worst Battlefield Defeat
Jul. 5
4m
How Propaganda Replaced Independent Thought
Jul. 5
4m
Rome’s Military Blueprint for Dominance
Jul. 5
5m
How Alexander Spanned Three Continents Fast
Jul. 5
5m
The Hidden Mechanics of the Holocaust
Jul. 4
3m
How Nazi Crimes Were Proven Later
Jul. 4
4m
Himmler’s Methodical Rise
Jul. 4
4m
Why Heydrich Ruled Without Mercy
Jul. 4
4m
French Foreign Legion: How an Army of Exiles Became Legendary
Jul. 4
7m
How Spetsnaz Operated Behind Enemy Lines
Jul. 3
5m
Hitler’s Ideological Army Explained
Jul. 3
5m
Okinawa and the Cost of Victory
Jul. 3
5m
How Yugoslavia Collapsed Into Chaos and Civil War
Jul. 3
6m
How Napoleon’s Marshals Executed His Battle Plans
Jul. 3
6m
Guadalcanal’s Marine War
Jul. 2
4m
How the Berlin Wall Rose — and Why It Fell
Jul. 2
5m
Northern Ireland: How The Troubles Turned Streets Into War Zones
Jul. 2
6m
Milosevic: How One Man Turned Nationalism Into War
Jul. 2
6m
Midway’s Defeat Japan Couldn’t Recover From
Jul. 2
4m
The Island That Changed US Strategy
Jul. 1
5m
Why North Africa Mattered in WWII
Jul. 1
4m
Pearl Harbor and Japan’s War Strategy
Jul. 1
4m
Why the RAF Beat the Luftwaffe
Jul. 1
3m
How Ho Chi Minh Outlasted the French and the Americans
Jul. 1
11m
How Stalingrad Shocked the World
Jun. 30
5m
Why German Tanks Failed at Kursk
Jun. 30
4m
Operation Barbarossa and Strategic Overconfidence
Jun. 30
5m
How Britain Fought a War 8,000 Miles Away in the Falklands
Jun. 30
13m
Air Power Made Blitzkrieg Deadly
Jun. 30
3m
Dunkirk Evacuation Kept Allies Alive
Jun. 29
3m
The Collapse of German Democracy
Jun. 29
3m
Hitler’s Ideology Takes Hold
Jun. 29
3m
Stalin’s Network of Camps and Purges
Jun. 29
4m
The Deal That Bought Time
Jun. 29
4m
Hitler’s Coup Crushed in Days
Jun. 28
3m
Gulf War 1991: How the US Won in 100 Hours
Jun. 28
9m
How Lawrence Undermined Ottoman Control
Jun. 28
3m
Spain Showed the Future of War
Jun. 28
3m
Lenin’s Takeover After the Uprising
Jun. 28
4m
Iran–Iraq War: How Eight Years of Slaughter Changed Nothing
Jun. 28
8m