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America's First Black Ops Mission: Taking Fort Ticonderoga
Season 3 Episode 3
The Heist of Fort Ticonderoga: Allen, Arnold, and America's First Offensive
In this episode, we dive into the dark, misty morning of May 10, 1775, whe…
14 hours ago
Lexington & Concord: The Raid That Broke an Empire
Season 3 Episode 2
General Gage wanted a surgical strike. He got a slaughterhouse. Everyone knows the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," but the reality of April 19, 1775, …
1 month ago
The Heist That Sparked the Revolution (Before Lexington!)
Season 3 Episode 1
History remembers the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in April 1775, but four months earlier, a high-stakes heist in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, set the…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Monmouth: The Victory That Wasn't?
Season 2 Episode 78
On June 28, 1778, soldiers dropped dead without a scratch, their hearts bursting from the 96-degree heat. The Battle of Monmouth wasn't just a fight …
2 months ago
Lafayette's Impossible Escape: The Battle of Barren Hill
Season 2 Episode 77
On the night of May 19, 1778, 16,000 British soldiers marched through the dark to crush just 2,000 rebels. Their target was the 20-year-old Marquis d…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Simcoe’s Ruthless Raid: The Battle of Crooked Billet
Season 2 Episode 76
Major John Graves Simcoe wanted a "grand stroke" to destroy the Pennsylvania Militia. On May 1, 1778, his ruthless surprise attack caught a sleeping …
3 months ago
The Trap That Turned a Creek Red: Battle of Quinton's Bridge
Season 2 Episode 75
It was a trap that turned a frozen creek into a killing field. In March 1778, the Queen's Rangers used a "feigned retreat" to lure American militia i…
3 months, 1 week ago
Friedrich von Steuben & The Rebirth of the Continental Army (Valley Forge)
Season 2 Episode 74
They were starving, freezing, and dissolving into a "wrecked army". The Continental Army at Valley Forge was on the brink of collapse, facing famine,…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Battle of Matson's Ford: The Forgotten Trial on the Road to Valley Forge
Season 2 Episode 73
Before the legend of Valley Forge, there was Matson's Ford – a chaotic, accidental battle that nearly brought Washington's Continental Army to its kn…
4 months, 1 week ago
How Washington's Trap Became Howe's Final Failure
Season 2 Episode 72
General Howe had one last chance to destroy Washington's army before winter. He planned a massive surprise attack to crush the Continental Army in it…
4 months, 2 weeks ago