The story of how the term "Women and children first" came into being and a tale of extraordinary courage and sacrifice.

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Today: The union of Utretch and the 80 years war

Dramatis Personae:
William the silent - Dutch protestant nobleman
Philip the second - King of Spain.

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Today: The importance of Edward 7 of Great Britain.

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Today: The execution of Louis XVI of France

Dramatis Personae:
Louis XVI - King of France. Weak of character but good of heart.
Mirabeau - Early leader of the french revolution

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Dramatis Personae:
Andrew Johnson - Unpopular american president. Impeached in 1867
Konstantin Brun - Danish diplomat

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Dramatis Personae:
Anne - Queen of England and Scotland. First monarch of Great Britain.
Bonnie Prince Charlie - Charles Stuart. The third Stuart pretender. Leading the invasion of 1745.

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Dramatis Personae:
Benjamin Butler - Incompetent union civil war general and Us politician
U.S. Grant - American general and president
David D. Porter - American Admiral
Alfred Terry - American general
Robert E. Lee - Confederate general
Braxton Bragg - Incompetent confederate general

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Dramatis Personae:
Franklin Roosevelt - American President
Winston Churchill - British Prime minister
Charles De Gaulle - French general and president.
Joseph Stalin - USSR premier and competitor in "worst dictator in history" pagent
Adolf Hitler - German chancellor and winner of "Worst human being in the world" 12 years running.

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Dramatis Personae:
Justinian 1 "The great" - Roman (byzantian) emperor. Lawgiver and builder. Tried to reassemple the entire empire and reconquored Italy.
Flavis Bellisarius - General. Justinians greatest officer and one of the greatest military men of the late antiquity.
Narses: popular eunuch politician and general.
Demes: "tribes". red/white/blue/green. very powerful before the riots.

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Dramatis Personae:
Georges "Tiger" Clemenceau - French politician and president
David Lloyd George - English Primeminister
Woodrow Wilson - American President.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - The peace treaty between the victorious germans and the defeated Russian Empire now under Lenin.

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Dramatis Personae:
Napoleon: French general and emperor.
William Pitt the younger - British long term prime minister. Son of William Pitt the Elder.
Henry Addington, Lord Sidmouth - British Primeminister
Robert Peel - British prime minister.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpIclloio54 - The former video in this sub-series

Dramatis Personae:
Colonel Hjalmar Sillasvui - Finnish officer and war hero.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oElMLq779NY&t=1s - The bloodfeast of Roskilde

Dramatis Personae:
Svend Estridsen: Danish king. Had atleast 17 children. 6 sons each became kings.
Niels: Youngest son of Sven Estridsen. King of Denmark for 30 years.
Magnus the strong: Son of Niels, claimed the throne of Sweden. Muirdered his Cousin Canute and Haraldsted forest.
Canute Lavard: Canute the breadgiver. Son of King Erik Ejegod. Duke of Southern Jutland. Murdered by Magnus.
Erik Emune: Canutes half-brother. Won civil war against Niels and Magnus and became King.

Top seven over the best American civil war generals in either corps or division command.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsCUwegeOQ8&t=452s - The first video in this series

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Dramatis Personae:
7: John Bell Hood
6: JEB Stuart
5: Joseph Hooker
4: Richard Anderson
3: James Macpherson
2: Patrick Cleburne
1: Winfield Scott Hancock

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Dramatis Personae:
Napoleon - French emperor and general.
Duke of Wellington - British General and statesman
Count Metternich - Austrian chancellor and statesman
Count Nesselrode - German born russian foreign minister and statesman.
Count Talleyrand - France foreign minister under repeated rulers.
Congress of Vienna - Congress to settle the European situation after Napoleons first abdication.
Elba - Island near Italy Napoleon ruled during his first exile.

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Thank you to @spanglelime for being from Yorkshire.

Dramatis Personae:
Peter Sutcliffe - Serial Killer and 1970's beard enthusiast.

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Thank you for the voice work to the amazingloy brilliant and lovely @Anahatahearts. Go follow her on Twitter and Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/anahatahearts

Dramatis Personae:
Naopleon Bonaparte - Emperor of France
Abraham Lincoln -American President
G. Hemmiger - South Carolinian Politician

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Dramatis Personae:
Adolf Hitler - German dictator and military incompetent. Winner of the "Worlds most evil human" 6 years running.
Walther von Brauchitsch - German Flied Marshal and Commander in chief of the army 1938-1941
Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel - German Military leaders and toadying yes men to Hitler.
Heinz Guderian - German military officer. Early inventor of the the "Blitzkrieg" concept. Willingness to speak against Hitler got him early retirement. Later worked for NATO.
Oberkommando des Heeren - OKH - The german army staff and day to day operational command structure.
Oberkommando des Wehrmacht - The general staff of the entire german military.

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Dramatis Personae:
Ulyssus Grant - American General and President
Abraham Lincoln -American President and wrestling aficionado
Henry Halleck - American General. Union chief of staff from 1862-1864
Jesse Root Grant - American Business man. Father of US Grant.

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Dramatis Personae:
Julian the apostate - Last Non christian emperor-
Ctesiphon - capital of the neo-persian empire

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Dramatis Personae:
Martin Luther - German monk and religious reformer
Jan Huus - Bohemian Religious reformer

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Dramatis Personae:
Franklin Roosevelt - 4 time US president. Led USA through most of WW2
Adolf Hitler - German dictator and all around git.
Monroe Doctrine - American policy of opposing any European influence in the western hemisphere.