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Hell on Earth - Appendix 4: WAR (feat. John Dolan) (Patreon)

Published:
2023-04-05 11:00:04
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2025-08-19 18:41:03
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We’re joined by the War Nerd, John Dolan, to discuss the evolution of war from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period, and the various ways armed combat shaped society and politics of the time.

Find all things War Nerd here: https://www.patreon.com/radiowarnerd

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HeyB00B00

Wooo the 2 patreons i support collab again! Numba 1 Chapo guest. Stavie is a close 2nd. Wish they had both on more :P

Doug Cartel

Back in the 1940s there was apparently some rock in the middle of the pacific that the japanese imperial navy guarded because all the seagull shit on its surface was a decent source of phosphorus.

NYCM&AHole

The rake gun sounds like the spread fire power up in NES contra

Jaime Christley

Ermanno Olmi shout out on Chapo Trap House. signs and wonders.

Broadway Joe

I second John’s recommendation about The Profession of Arms. Typically it is hard to find, but it’s currently streaming on Kanopy.

Alexander Fuchs

schiller was a classicist and not a romanticist and we do like to talk about those. also no one draws a connection between schiller and german nationalism ... thats mostly reserved for fichte, hegel to an extend and the later romanticists who were all about midevalism, folklore and the coherence of a national culture ... and thats basically the generation that fought against napoleon and influemced a student movement that adopted the nationalistic ethos of the post-revolutionary french army while being influenced by prussian militarism, that traditionalistic romaticism ... very similar to american reactionary youth in many respects actually. sort of a libertarian pathos and youthful comradery merging with a militarized, reactionary state ... and theres *some* elements of romanticism involved but yeah that connection gets exagurated its true.

safetyconesavior

How did you say Magyar and Hungary so much without dunking on dreher. Steeled resolve.

Pedro Lippe

Chris 100% created this series just so that he could welcome guests “to Hell on Earth.”

etienne

chris I am unable to fathom how you spend 15 minutes on Bryan Quinby presents: Classic Rock Guys talking about the radio/podcast categories at the Grammys and not realize that Hell on Earth is your perfect grammy laureate moonshot

Blorst of times

The war Nerd’s series on the Italian Wars is fantastic

T

the war nerd/annibale series on the Hundred Years’ War is a must listen for Hell on Earth fans. In particular the Joan D’Arc episode - the gal is the answer to the question “what if Lenin was a medieval peasant girl”

Ivan Lopez

I’ve just been catching up on all the Annibale episodes on the War Nerd podcast. Great stuff. Hadn’t never heard of the Ustica event before. Just when did Italians start naming their kids after Hannibal? I’ve heard it in Spanish names too.

Methew

Stav needs to be brought on as an expert for an appendix episode

John Grater

John rules. Excellent ep gentleman

erik w bjorke

I have never heard of 800 as start of Middle Ages. There is overlap with all eras and they are human constructions of course. I wonder what War Nerd’s thoughts on Late Antiquity are; if he thinks crowning Charlemagne is end of Late Antiquity in Western Europe (Arab conquests are usually considered end of Late Antiquity in eastern Mediterranean). Beginning and ending of Middle Ages I find very interesting. Some push beginning as far back as death of Julian in 363 or even to Edict of Milan. English historiography places end at Battle of Bosworth Field. There are many little events that pile up. Diaz rounding Cape of Good Hope in 1488 seems a significant event.

Alexander

Annibale is a pseudonym. Not the guy's real name.

Ellen Harold

Periodization: always a contentious topic. But necessary, historians say. 800 sounds good to me.

Jaime Christley

You made me a new subscriber for Radio War Nerd, esp with a forthcoming Sy Hersh appearance. I'm digging in.

THEKILLERWHALE

Yes! The du Guesclin/Jeanne d'Arc combo is a must. When Annibale previews the episode with the French on the back foot, on the brink of collapse, when a teenage girl knocks on the door of the local citadel claiming she had been contacted by god ... It sends shivers down my spine.

Grimmer

So on the last question - there are quite a few major wars in East Asia involving the major powers in late 16th - early 17th century - the biggest ones being the Toyotomi Japan’s invasion of Chōson Korea (1592-1598) and the great Ming-Qing transition (1618- 1644, 1683). The Ming-Qing transition actually fits almost perfectly into the Thirty Years War timeframe. So in a very abstract way - Ming China was heavily gunpowder-based army, with some European designs being adopted with connection to the Portuguese. Although the distribution of gunpowder weapon was somewhat uneven among the massive empire. The “Southern Army” responsible for fighting off the Japanese pirates (Waku) was heavily armed with matchlocks and cannons while the “Northern Army” guarding the nomadic frontier was more cavalry and archer-based. There wasn’t really any meaningful technological difference outside notable exception of cannon. The Dutch/Portugese-made “Red-Barbarian Cannon” was a massive hit in Ming, with larger caliber and higher accuracy of the cannon impressing the Ming government. It was heavily deployed starting around 1620s and was one of the most feared weapon against the nomadic Jurchen (later Qing) army. The Jesuit missionaries employed by the Ming and later Qing court were asked to contribute in weapons manufacturing. On Japanese side, Japan effectively had *the* pike and shot army of East Asia. After the introduction of Portuguese musket to the warring Sengoku era in 1543, musket was widely adopted. When Japanese Daimyos invaded Korea in 1592, the not-really-professional Chōson army was quickly routed. Pike formation was effective in countering Chōson and Ming cavalry. Notably though, Japanese did not adopt cannon in their army and navy - which didn’t help them much when they faced Chōson navy heavily armed with cannons. Hope this helps Chris!

T

Seems like annibale is a high level advisor to the Italian military and nato and his presence on RWN is on the dl

Jason Nuclear

How people fucked during the 30 Year’s War

Ellen Harold

I haven’t been able to find one with subtitles. Apparently the Italian script is directly based on original historic documents in very elaborate, formal, diplomatic language. Very hard to comprehend much less render in passable English subtitles. There is a sad attempt by a hapless volunteer on YouTube premium. Not satisfactory

Ellen Harold

That was the same crew that initiated historical “periodization.” —the “isms” — useful but annoying. It was the Age of “Historicsm” wouldn’t you know.

jack flowers

I just like him repeatedly saying that King Louis XI is like Bugs Bunny

T

That’s annibale for you

erik w bjorke

636 gets my vote as the beginning of the Middle Ages. It is the year that both the battles of Yarmuk and al-Qadisiyyah took place.

Finn

John is my all time favorite guest. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ep

Ty Drown

You should check out the US’s 1856 Guano Islands Act, which has never been repealed.

David Andrews

The Nerd is excellent. Great episode.

Logan Gee

A fucking masterpiece. Where can I get the extended version???

jick

i keep trying to find it someone hmu with profession of arms stream or dl link

Breakaway

Also definitely read The Acuursed Kings/Les rois maudits series by Maurice Druon.

jick

thanks!

Christian

Anyone have any recommendations for other history podcasts? I’m looking for something similar to this, a deep dive on a specific era of a region. I’ve been dying to find one that covers East and southeast asia

Karl Childers

all of the Radio War Nerd episodes with guest Carl Zha are strongly recommended

Shar

I listen to the podcast American Prestige." I highly recommend them. They often cover not just American history and current events they cover the East and South America as well.

THEKILLERWHALE

I live in Paris and I got my book club to read the first one. We discussed the book on the island where they burned Jacques de Molay. Ruled.

Good brain haver

Great ep but Jesus Christ is matt's mic a relic from the time period they're talking about or what. it sounds like he's recording the podcast over a damn payphone. War nerd rules, obviously