Battle Ground History

The Battle of Britain and D-Day were both turning points in the war between the Allies and Nazi Germany. The air battle over the British Isles cost countless lives while D-Day and the subsequent Normandy Invasion, created the second front against the Nazi's. Find out which battle moves on to the second round to face the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today, we head on over to the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket where we present you with the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee. He faces off against the Mexican bandit and revolutionary, Pancho Villa. Find out who moves on to the second round to face off against abolitionist and former slave, Harriet Tubman.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Alexander Suvorov, the undefeated Russian military genius goes up against the man who saved Europe from a Muslim invasion force, Charles the Hammer Martel. Find out who will move on to face the Roman General Sulla in round two.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today, we head on over to the Leaders bracket where we pit the Sultan who oversaw the greatest expansion of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I against the President of the USA who led the country during its most trying time, the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Heading on back tot he Villains bracket, we pit the mass murderer of the Cambodian people, Pol Pot versus one of the most sadistic women in history, Erzsebet Bathory. Find out who moves on to the second round.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today's episode is form the Event bracket, which pits the Invention of Agriculture, also known as the Neolithic Revolution versus the publication of Charles Darwin's work, On the Origin of Species. Find out which event moves on to the second round.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

The Battles of Gaugamela and Hastings were world changing. One ended the Persian Empire while the other changed England forever. Find out which battle moves on to the second round to face off against the Battle of Tours.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

As a tie-in to episode 36, we look at how a man like Joseph Mengele could turn into the hideous villain he was to become at Auschwitz.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei are considered two of the most influential scientists in human history. Find out who moves on to the second round of the Rebels, Rogues and Scholars bracket.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant faces off against the Mehmed the Conqueror, the Sultan who ended the Roman/Byzantine Empire with his conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Find out who moves on to the second round in the Military bracket.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

In a tie in to next weeks episode #38 and #23 on the Fall of Constantinople, we review the state of the once great city before its fall to the forces of Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today's episode pits one of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire, Marcus Aurelius against the tenth Sultan of the House of Osman, Suleyman the Magnificent. Find out who moves on to the second round in the Leaders bracket.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today, from the Villains bracket, we pit two Nazi SS officers who both served in the Auschwitz concentration camps together, Joseph Mengele and Rudolf Höss. This episode is definitely not for the faint of heart.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today's episode, comes from the Events bracket where we pit the European conflict, the Thirty Years' War agains the invasions of the Holy Land known as the Crusades. Find out who continues on to the second round.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today, we will follow two significant battles of the ancient world, Red Cliffs, fought on the Yangtze River and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest, fought between Germanic tribes and three Roman Legions. Find out who wins this fight between contestants in the Battles Bracket.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

From the Rebels, Rogues, and Scholars bracket, we bring you two strong women from history, Boudica the leader of the Celtic Iceni tribe and Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist and member of the Underground Railroad.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today we head over to the military bracket where we pit two Roman generals who actually knew each other in real life, Pompey the Great and Sulla. Find out who move on to the second round.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

The first Roman Emperor Augustus battles it out in the Leader bracket against the Russian Tsarina, Catherine the Great. Find out who moves on to the second round in this battle of historical heavyweights.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

Today, we head on over to the Villains bracket where we pit the former leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin against one of the most prominent leaders of the American Mafia, Carlo Gambino. Find out who moves on to the second round.Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)

The tragic events surrounding 9/11/2001 and the Russian Revolution are the topics of today's battle. Both were world changing, but one will move on to the second round after today's episode. Find out who. Support the show (http://www.battlegroundhistory.com)