Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
Hanging with History
1793 French Revolutionary War; War of the First Coalition
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Harald Hansen
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Season 1
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Episode 150
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1793 is a year of opportunities thrown away. The allies dominate the poorly disciplined French army, but waste the summer in pointless sieges, even after the road to France is wide open. All the allies are narrowly focused on selfish interests rather than interested in setting France to rights. The siege of Dunkirk reveals the British are also not ready for war.
The battle of Neerwinden and the other major actions of the war in Belgium. There is also coverage of the Pyrenees Campaign and Toulon.
We see early actions for Ney, Bernadotte, Mortier and Jourdan for the French. Archduke Charles, Schwartzenberg, Mack, the Duke of York and Scharnhorst for the allies.