Battle Ground History
91 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsLeaders, Military, Rebels, Rouges and Scholars, Villains, Battles or Events, which one will prove to be the greatest person or event in world history? Find out here at Battle Ground History.
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Simon Bolivar vs Charles Darwin and Nelson Mandela vs Thomas Edison
April 18, 2021 23:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBToday, we finish up the first round in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket. We begin with the liberator of South America, Simon Bolivar, who goes up against the evolutionary pioneer, Charles Darwin. Our second match is between the man who helped bring down apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, and one of the most prolific inventors in world history, Thomas Edison. Find out who moves on the the second round. Support the show
Akbar versus Askia Mohammed I and Alfred the Great versus Elizabeth I
April 06, 2021 01:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBToday, we finish up the first round in the Leaders bracket. Our first battle is between the Mughal Emperor Akbar against the head of the Songhai Empire of Western Africa, Askia Mohammed I. The second scrum is an all England fight between the King of the West Saxons, Alfred the Great and the Queen with an era named after her, Elizabeth I. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Scipio Africanus vs Oda Nobunaga and Saladin vs Arthur Wellesley
March 15, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBToday, we finish up the first round in the Military bracket. We begin with the Roman general who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama, Scipio Africanus. He goes up against the general who began the unification of Japan in the 16th century, Oda Nobunaga. The final tilt pits the Kurdish/Arab general who ousted the Crusader's from Jerusalem, Saladin. He faces the man who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley. Find out which of these men m...
The Battle of Waterloo vs Yorktown and the Battle of Marathon vs Chosin Reservoir
February 28, 2021 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBToday, we finish up the Battle bracket. We begin with the decisive end to the Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo. It goes up against the American Revolutionary battle, Yorktown. Then we have the face-off between the Greco-Persian fight, Marathon. We complete the first round when it takes on the Korean conflict's Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Find out who makes it to the second round. Support the show
Benito Mussolini vs Lavrenty Beria and Osama bin Laden vs Attila the Hun
February 27, 2021 01:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBToday, we finish off the Villains bracket as we pit the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini against the sadistic head of the USSRs NKVD secret police, Lavrenty Beria. The second battle pits the Islamist terrorist Osama bin Laden facing the scourge of Rome, the genocidal Attila the Hun. Find out who moves on to the second round as well as finding out all the battles in the Villains bracket coming up. Support the show
The Travels of Marco Polo vs Start of the Computer Age & Leopold II vs Shaka Zulu
January 31, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBToday's duel episode brings battles from two brackets, the Events and Villains. We start with the publishing of the Travels of Marco Polo versus the Start of the Computer Age. Our second scrum pits the King of Belgium, Leopold II against the African leader, Shaka Zulu. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Margaret Sanger versus Mother Teresa and the Battles of Pharsalus versus Agincourt
September 28, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MBToday, we begin in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket where we pit the founder of Planned Parenthood and champion of contraception, Margaret Sanger, Against the winner of the 1979 Noble Peace Prize, Saint Mother Teresa. From the Battles Bracket we put the Roman Battle of Pharsalus against the great upset victory of the British over the French during the Hundred Years' War, Agincourt. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Charlemagne versus Ramesses II and Hannibal Barca versus Joan of Arc
September 08, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBFirst, we go to the Leaders Bracket where we pit the Emperor of the Carolingian Empire, Charlemagne against the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt, Ramesses the Great. From the Military bracket we start with the feared general of ancient times, Hannibal Barca. He goes up against the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc. Support the show
World War II versus the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Adolph Hitler versus Felix Dzerzhinsky
August 16, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBFirst, we head to the Events bracket where we find one of the favorites to win Battle Ground History, World War II go up against the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Then, moving over to the Villain bracket, we find another favorite, Adolph Hitler, face off against the leader of the first Soviet secret police agency, the Cheka, Felix Dzerzhinsky. Find out who move on to the second round. Support the show
Benjamin Franklin versus William Wallace and the Battle of Actium against the Battle of Alesia
August 02, 2020 22:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBToday, we present two battles, one in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket, where Benjamin Franklin the American polymath faces off against the Scottish rebel, William Wallace. In the second scrum, we pit two Roman fights, the Battle of Actium between the forces of Octavian against Mark Antony and Cleopatra against the Battle of Alesia where Julius Caesar would fight against the massive Gallic army led by Vercengetorix. Support the show
Battle Ground History Update
May 17, 2020 22:00 - 1 minute - 1.23 MBBattle Ground History will be paused until July to allow me to write a book I've been asked to produce for my one of work. Don't worry, we'll be back and I promise I'll take this podcast to its conclusion. See everyone soon! Support the show
George Patton versus Belisarius
May 04, 2020 01:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBFrom the Military bracket, we bring you two of the finest generals in world history. The first, was one of the finest leaders of the US Army during World War II. The second, considered by many the last of the Romans, was the great Byzantine general, Belisarius. Find out who will move on to the second round. Support the show
Queen Victoria versus Constantine the Great
April 26, 2020 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBIn the Leaders bracket we pit the monarch of Great Britain who ruled for 63 years, Queen Victoria. Her opponent, the Emperor of the Roman Empire who allowed Christians to worship freely, Constantine the Great. Find out who moves on to the second round of the tournament. Support the show
Genghis Khan versus Saddam Hussein
April 20, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIn the Villains bracket we pit the man who unified the Mongol people and carried out the mass murder of millions versus the ruthless leader of Iraq, who led his people into a genocidal war against Iran, Saddam Hussein. Support the show
The Invention of the Internet versus the Civilization of Sumer
April 12, 2020 23:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBToday, we head on over to the Events bracket where we pit the modern day wonder, the Invention of the Internet, against the most ancient of our contestants, the Civilization of Sumer. Find out who moves on to the second round of the tournament. Support the show
The Battles of Cynoscephalae versus Gettysburg
April 06, 2020 01:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBToday, we head on over to the Battles bracket were we pit an ancient clash between the emerging Roman army against the old man on the block, the Greeks. Their opponent is the turning point contest of the American Civil War, Gettysburg. Support the show
Zhu Yuanzhang versus Nicholas Copernicus
March 29, 2020 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBOver in the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket, we pit arguably the most successful rebel of all time, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang. His opponent, the man whose publication of the principle of heliocentrism, sparked the Scientific Revolution, Nicholas Copernicus. Find out who moves on thte second round. Support the show
Tamerlane versus Fredrick the Great
March 16, 2020 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBToday, we head on over to the Military bracket where we start with "the ultimate hero-monster" Tamerlane, also known as Timur. His opponent is the soldier-statesman from the 18th century, Fredrick the Great. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Philip II of Spain versus George Washington
February 25, 2020 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBIn the Leaders bracket, we pit the King of Spain at the height of its global empire, Phillip II against the first president of the United States of America, George Washington. Find out who makes it to the second round. Support the show
Vlad Dracul versus Heinrich Himmler
February 11, 2020 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBFrom the Villains bracket, we bring out two first-ballot inductees to the evil hall of fame, the Transylvanian Vlad Dracul and Nazi SS-Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
The Mongol Invasions versus the Signing of the Magna Carta
January 27, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBFrom the Events bracket we bring the devastating Mongol Invasions and the signing of the influential Magna Carta. Find out which one moves on over to the second round. Support the show
The Battles of Stalingrad versus Leipzig
January 13, 2020 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBFrom the Battles bracket, we pit the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest and most brutal fights of the war, against the Battle of Leipzig, one of the last conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Erwin Rommel versus Dmitri Donsoki
December 23, 2019 01:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBFrom the military bracket, we bring you two brilliant strategists, General Erwin Rommel from Germany and Grand Prince Dmitri Donskoi. Find out who moves on to meet Julius Caesar in the second round. Support the show
Plato versus Grigori Rasputin
December 23, 2019 01:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBFrom the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket, we pit the great Ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, against a true rogue, the Russian mystic, Grigori Rasputin. Find out who moves on to the second round to face Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Support the show
Mansa Musa I versus Hammurabi
December 02, 2019 01:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBHeading on over to the Leaders bracket we pit the man who was arguably the wealthiest man who ever lived, Mansa Musa I of the Mali Empire. He faces off against the King of Babylonia who gave us a code of laws that influence our world to this day, Hammurabi. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Idi Amin versus Charles Manson
November 18, 2019 01:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBFrom the Villains bracket, we have the Butcher of Uganda, Idi Amin Dada facing off against the leader of a pack of misfits who committed one of the most heinous murders in American history, Charles Manson. Find out which villain moves on to the second round. Support the show
The Great Schism of 1054 versus the European Invasion of the Americas
November 17, 2019 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBFrom the Event bracket, we pit the Great Schism of 1054 between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches versus the European Invasion of the Americas which began in 1492. Find out which one moves on to the second round. Support the show
The Battles of Salamis versus Blenheim
October 20, 2019 22:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBToday, we head on over to the Battles Bracket where we being with the Greek versus Persian Battle of Salamis which faces off against the European conflict, the Battle of Blenheim, which was lead by a previous contestant, John Churchill. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Lech Walesa versus Nikola Tesla
October 07, 2019 23:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBIn the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket we pit the leader of the Solidarity Movement which helped bring an end to communist rule in Europe, Lech Walesa. He faces off against the genius that brought AC power to the world, Nikola Tesla. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Charles XII of Sweden versus Georgi Zhukov
September 22, 2019 23:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBToday, we head on over to the Military bracket where we begin with the fighting King of Sweden Charles XII. His opponent, is the hero of the Soviet Union during World War II, known to them as the Great Patriotic War, General Georgi Zhukov. Find out who move on to the second round. Support the show
Cleopatra versus Wu of Han
September 15, 2019 23:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBFrom the Leaders bracket we bring you one of the most famous people in world history, Cleopatra. Opposing her is one of the longest-serving Emperor's of Chinese history, Wu of Han. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Episodlet Five - The Other Battle of VIenna
August 26, 2019 00:00 - 7 minutes - 5.29 MBIn Episode 52, we had the Battle of Zama go up against the 1529 Battle of Vienna. Today, we head to the other Battle of Vienna, fought in 1683. It is also known as the Battle of the Bald Mountains. Support the show
Henry VIII versus Robert Mugabe
August 18, 2019 22:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBToday, we head on over to the Villains bracket where we pit the King of England known for his many wives, Henry VIII against a man who destroyed his African nation, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe. Find out who moves on to the next round. Support the show
The Development of the Atomic Bomb versus the Code of Hammurabi
August 11, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBThe development of the atomic bomb, also known as the Manhattan Project and the Code of Hammurabi are two events that changed the world. Find out which one moves on to the second round of the Events bracket. Support the show
Episode 52 - The Battles of Vienna versus Zama
July 22, 2019 01:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBThe Battles of Vienna and Zama were world changing events. Find out which one will move on to the second round to face the winner of Stalingrad versus Gettysburg. Support the show
Episode 51 - Mustafa Kamel Ataturk versus Emiliano Zapata
July 08, 2019 00:00 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MBToday, we head on over to the the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket to see who wins between the father of the nation of Turkey, Mustafa Kamel Ataturk and one of the leaders of the revolutionary forces during the Mexican Revolution, Emiliano Zapata. See who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Episode 50 - Julius Caesar versus John Churchill
June 23, 2019 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBToday, we head on over to the military bracket where we pit one of the most famous generals of all time, Julius Caesar against the brilliant British general, the Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill. Find out who moves on to the second round in this battle of military heavyweights. Support the show
Episode 49 - Vladimir the Great versus Diocletian
June 17, 2019 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn today's episode from the Leaders bracket we pit the Russian leader who Christianized the Land of the Russian, Vladimir the Great against the man accredited with saving the Roman Empire and introducing the tetrarchy, Diocletian. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Episode 48 - Mao Zedong versus Maximilien Robespierre
June 03, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBToday, we head on over to the Villains bracket where we will pit the founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong against the man who would provide the blueprint for men like Mao and Stalin with his Great Terror, Maximilien Robespierre. Support the show
Episode 47 - The Black Death in Europe versus the American Civil War
May 26, 2019 22:00 - 21 minutes - 9.86 MBToday's episode comes from the Events bracket. We are pitting the arrival of the Black Death in Europe in 1347 against the American Civil War, the deadliest conflict in US history. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Episode 46 - The Battle of Britain versus D-Day
May 19, 2019 17:00 - 20 minutes - 9.73 MBThe Battle of Britain and D-Day were both turning points in the war between the Allies and Nazi Germany. The air battle over the British Isles cost countless lives while D-Day and the subsequent Normandy Invasion, created the second front against the Nazi's. Find out which battle moves on to the second round to face the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Support the show
Episode 45 - Robert E. Lee versus Pancho Villa
May 12, 2019 17:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBToday, we head on over to the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket where we present you with the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee. He faces off against the Mexican bandit and revolutionary, Pancho Villa. Find out who moves on to the second round to face off against abolitionist and former slave, Harriet Tubman. Support the show
Episode 44 - Alexander Suvorov versus Charles the Hammer Martel
May 05, 2019 19:00 - 19 minutes - 9.04 MBAlexander Suvorov, the undefeated Russian military genius goes up against the man who saved Europe from a Muslim invasion force, Charles the Hammer Martel. Find out who will move on to face the Roman General Sulla in round two. Support the show
Episode 43 - Selim I versus Abraham Lincoln
April 29, 2019 14:00 - 17 minutes - 8.23 MBToday, we head on over to the Leaders bracket where we pit the Sultan who oversaw the greatest expansion of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I against the President of the USA who led the country during its most trying time, the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln. Support the show
Episode 42 - Pol Pot versus Erzsebet Bathory
April 21, 2019 21:00 - 26 minutes - 12.2 MBHeading on back tot he Villains bracket, we pit the mass murderer of the Cambodian people, Pol Pot versus one of the most sadistic women in history, Erzsebet Bathory. Find out who moves on to the second round. Support the show
Episode 41 - Invention of Agriculture versus On the Origin of Species
April 21, 2019 19:00 - 19 minutes - 9.07 MBToday's episode is form the Event bracket, which pits the Invention of Agriculture, also known as the Neolithic Revolution versus the publication of Charles Darwin's work, On the Origin of Species. Find out which event moves on to the second round. Support the show
Episode 40 - the Battles of Gaugamela versus Hastings
March 31, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 8.47 MBThe Battles of Gaugamela and Hastings were world changing. One ended the Persian Empire while the other changed England forever. Find out which battle moves on to the second round to face off against the Battle of Tours. Support the show
Episodlet 4 - The Early Life of Joseph Mengele
March 17, 2019 07:00 - 11 minutes - 5.29 MBAs a tie-in to episode 36, we look at how a man like Joseph Mengele could turn into the hideous villain he was to become at Auschwitz. Support the show
Episode 39 - Isaac Newton versus Galileo Galilei
March 10, 2019 08:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBSir Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei are considered two of the most influential scientists in human history. Find out who moves on to the second round of the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket. Support the show
Episode 38 - Ulysses S. Grant versus Mehmed the Conqueror
March 03, 2019 08:00 - 26 minutes - 12.4 MBCivil War General Ulysses S. Grant faces off against the Mehmed the Conqueror, the Sultan who ended the Roman/Byzantine Empire with his conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Find out who moves on to the second round in the Military bracket. Support the show