Wars That Changed Everything
The battles that redrew the map of the world.
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The Battle of Marathon
Outnumbered Athenians charge a much bigger Persian army and somehow win. A guy runs 26 miles to deliver the news, then drops dead.
The 300 at Thermopylae
King Leonidas and 300 Spartans hold a mountain pass against an entire Persian empire. They lose the battle but win the legend.
Hannibal Crosses the Alps
A Carthaginian general marches an army and 37 war elephants over snowy mountains to surprise-attack Rome from the north. Rome did not see it coming.
The Battle of Cannae
Hannibal surrounds and slaughters 60,000 Romans in a single afternoon. Still studied as the perfect battle 2,200 years later.
The Battle of Tours
Charles Martel and the Franks stop a massive Umayyad invasion in central France. Basically decides whether Europe stays Christian.
The Battle of Hastings
William of Normandy invades England, fakes a retreat, and an arrow goes through King Harold's eye. England is never the same.
The Hundred Years' War
England and France fight over the French throne for 116 years. Longbows, knights, plague, and Joan of Arc. Nobody really wins.
The Spanish Armada
Spain sends 130 ships to invade England. Storms, fireships, and English cannons send most of them to the bottom of the sea.
The Battle of Waterloo
Back from exile, Napoleon rolls the dice one last time. Wellington and the Prussians end his career on a muddy Belgian field in a single afternoon.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Three days, 50,000 casualties, and Pickett's Charge into a meat grinder. The South never recovers. Lincoln gives a 272-word speech about it.
The Battle of the Somme
On day one, 19,000 British soldiers die. Most of them in the first hour. The battle drags on for four more months.
D-Day
On June 6, 156,000 Allied troops storm five beaches in Normandy. The largest amphibious invasion ever. The beginning of the end for Hitler.
The Battle of Stalingrad
Five months of street-to-street fighting in a frozen ruined city. Two million casualties. Germany's army gets surrounded and surrenders.
The Vietnam War
The U.S. spends 20 years, 58,000 lives, and immense moral capital trying to stop South Vietnam from going Communist. It goes Communist anyway.
Frequently Asked Questions
What stories are in the Wars That Changed Everything collection?
The Wars That Changed Everything collection includes 14 stories: The Battle of Marathon, The 300 at Thermopylae, Hannibal Crosses the Alps, The Battle of Cannae, The Battle of Tours, and 9 more. All available as immersive audio on History Tea.
Can I listen to Wars That Changed Everything stories for free?
Yes! All 14 stories in the Wars That Changed Everything collection are completely free to listen to on the History Tea app. Download on iOS and start listening today.
What time periods does Wars That Changed Everything cover?
The Wars That Changed Everything collection spans 490 BCE, 480 BCE, 218 BCE, 216 BCE and more. Each story is a fresh, cinematic retelling with immersive narration.
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