From Lindybeige. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/IQ4Q30r36Gw An extraordinary tale of improvised warfare in World War Two, of pluck against the odds, and how the old-boy network could get things done. The Calcutta Light Horse was disbanded in 1947 with Indian independence, and so never saw action again,…

From Lindybeige. Get your first audiobook and a monthly selection of Audible Originals for free when you try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/lindybeige or text lindybeige to 500 500. Matera is an city in Italy which has suddenly become famous. It is rather special and here I describe why. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige…

From Lindybeige. Sign up for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/m5Rq30qWCIU Perhaps my most requested topic! I go through the sixteen basic scholars’ cradles, with tips on their use and misuse. A resource for public speakers everywhere. 0:00 Start Illustration of all 16 cradles [1:14] 1.) Apex – 1:24 2.) Front…

From Lindybeige. Go to https://expressvpn.com/lindybeige and find out how you can get three months free. A video of re-enactors and their Roman kit. Sorry about the wind noise. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Here’s a link to the Ermine Street Guard – Britain’s foremost imperial Roman re-enactment group: http://www.erminestreetguard.co.uk Was your re-enactment group featured? Ask…

From Lindybeige. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/hgBT30qK1t0 You see me here take on the top fencer in Guatemala in his gym. We are using epees, and one of us is using skill while the other shows what can be achieved with controlled panic. Some may note it odd…

From Lindybeige. Get your first audiobook and a monthly selection of Audible Originals for free when you try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/lindybeige or text "lindybeige" to 500 500. This video is an attempt to summarise a fiendishly complicated and often nasty story – that of Yugoslavia in World War Two. There are heroes…

From Lindybeige. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/IAbV30qCbtN Twenty-one proto-tanks or tank concepts that never made it to battle. Nice models, but some silly designs. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige TV-8 image By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40646351 Buy the music – the music played at the end of my…

From Lindybeige. Brought to you by Raycon. Go to https://buyraycon.com/lindybeige for 15% off your order. In 1943 one battery of Royal Artillery was annihilated by an overwhelming German attack, but its brave self-sacrifice saved countless lives. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Find more pictures of the operation at Sidi Nsir here: https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/en/search/?yearfrom=&yearto=&query=sidi+nsir For more on…

From Lindybeige. Paul McCartney wrote this one for The Beatles, and I’ve always found the arrangement they recorded to be too perky for the sadness of the lyrics. This is my alternative interpretation. I am a particular admirer of the bit that goes "She wakes up. She makes up. She takes her time and doesn’t…

From Lindybeige. Start protecting your internet privacy and get 3 months free: https://expressvpn.com/lindybeige. How did soldiers fight with the commonest historical weapon combination: one-handed spear and shield? Nobody knows, but here you see me describe one way they might have done it, with the help of HEMA enthusiasts in Germany. Many thanks to all the…

From Lindybeige. The original was by Paul McCartney and the Beatles, and not as your screen may tell you, The Sandpipers, but it was the Sandpipers who claimed copyright first and that’s how the system works! The band I was in had to stop getting together because of the covid-19 pandemic, and someone suggested that…

From Lindybeige. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/xBEi30qn1xM The Tank Museum let me ride in its tank that played the part of Fury in the film of the same name, with Mr Bradley Pitt. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end…

From Lindybeige. Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/NaIu30qhwpD The first tanks to see action were these ‘lozenge-shaped’ monsters. I went to Bovington Tank Museum to have a look at some. Don’t let the opening title put you off. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Eagle-eyed viewers with good memories may…

From Lindybeige. Visit https://www.audible.com/lindybeige or text ‘Lindybeige’ to 500 500 to find out more about the free trial offer. The Lee tank was an American hastily-made tank that saw action in the north African desert, and the Grant was a British version of the same vehicle. But there were also Lee tanks that were more…

From Lindybeige. If God appeared to you in a dream and told you to change your life in a strange way, what would you do? Here is an answer from an atheist. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Next question: What is your most treasured memory? Buy the music – the music played at the end…