2024

S1.E1 ∙ 1938

Tue, Jan 09, 2024

Munich 1938 survives for generations as a synonym of Czech national humiliation. But there also remains one big question, the answer to which historians and the lay public alike are arguing: Should we have defended ourselves back then?

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S1.E2 ∙ Kolín 1757

Tue, Jan 16, 2024

A lot was at stake in 1757. The King of Prussia invaded Bohemia to deprive Queen Maria Theresa of a piece of the Czech kingdom.

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S1.E3 ∙ 1866

Tue, Jan 23, 2024

"At Králový Hradec, the balls flew violently from cannons and flintlocks into poor people," was sung in Bohemia after the battle at Sadová. What preceded the bloody Austro-Prussian clash?

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S1.E4 ∙ Lipjagy 1918

Tue, Jan 30, 2024

What is it like to grip a heavy machine gun and try to direct its wild fire? And what does a cannon shot entail?

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S1.E5 ∙ Jankov 1645

Tue, Feb 06, 2024

That war is called the Thirty Years' War, but in 1645 it seemed like it would never end. The Swedes marched through southern Bohemia, looting and destroying. The Habsburg general Götz stood against them with an army.

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S1.E6 ∙ Piava 1918

Tue, Feb 13, 2024

In 1918 things went downhill with the struggling Austria-Hungary. In order to reverse the unfortunate development, it attempted a last massive offensive.

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S1.E7 ∙ Chlumec 1813

Tue, Feb 20, 2024

Three times the Napoleonic wars touched the Czech lands. The last time the west of Bohemia experienced war was in 1813, when the troops of General Vandam tried to take the war into the interior of our country.

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