In this episode, we explore how Spain became a laboratory for new weapons and tactics. In this episode, we explain what those experiments revealed about future wars.

In this episode, we explore how labor camps were organized, supplied, and enforced. In this episode, we explain how prisoners became an economic resource.

In this episode, we explain how Stalin cut enemies off from support. In this episode, we look at isolation as a tool of power.

In this episode, we outline the moments that allowed Lenin to seize state power. We focus on how weak institutions enabled rapid regime change.

In this episode, we walk through the last days of Romanov control over Russia. We explain how authority evaporated before the leadership realized it was gone.

In this episode, we break down how Prussia’s efficient military strategy led to a rapid victory. In this episode, we explain how that victory created a dominant new European power.

In this episode, we discuss how German unification changed Europe’s power structure. In this episode, we explain why these wars had consequences beyond Germany.

In this episode, we focus on how small-scale sabotage caused outsized damage to Ottoman operations. In this episode, we explain why destroying logistics can decide wars.