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DHP Ep. 89 Reissue: The Christmas Truce

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(This is a Christmas-season reissue of a vintage DHP episode made all the way back in 2015.)

In the cold, damp, muddy ditches of the Western Front in December, 1914, the rank-and-file of the Allied and German armies spontaneously set aside their hatreds to take a break from mass-murdering each other, much to the dismay of their so-called ‘leaders.’

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The context of the Christmas Truce
How it happened
The aftermath, legacy, and lessons to be learned from it

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John McCutcheon’s “Christmas in the Trenches”
The King’s Singers perform “Stille Nacht”
A 1981 BBC Documentary about the Christmas Truce that features firsthand accounts from Great War veterans who were still alive at that time

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November 9

DHP Ep. 130 Reissue: CJ’s 25 Favorite Antiwar Songs

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Way back in the long-ago before-times (2016), CJ put out an episode in which he listed & talked about 25 of his favorite antiwar songs. A lot of listeners at the time really liked it. CJ has been a musician even longer than he’s been a historian, so any chance he gets to combine his love of music & history is one he’s happy to take.

For this (2025) Armistice Day, he’s FINALLY going to be putting out a sequel – “25 More of CJ’s Favorite Antiwar Songs” – which will be exactly what it sounds like.

But before he puts that new one out, he decided to reissue the original from 2016, since his audience was a lot smaller 9 years ago than it is now, so the majority of current DHP listeners have never heard this one. (Plus it’s been only available on the private Patreon supporters feed for the last several years.) Hopefully it’ll whet everyone’s appetite for the soon-to-be-released, long-awaited sequel! 😉

Join CJ from 2016 as he discusses 25 of his favorite antiwar songs from a variety of genres.

Once you’re done listening to the episode, check out this Youtube playlist of the songs discussed made back in 2016 by a listener named Jon.)

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November 5

DHP Ep. 122 Reissue: Principal Ruffian & Chief Among Plunderers: The Norman Conquest of England

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(Originally published Oct. 2016)

In 1066, the course of English history was dramatically altered, as the realm was conquered by Normans from across the Channel.

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Some backstory on Medieval England & Normandy
The death of Edward the Confessor & coronation of Harold Godwinson
William of Normandy’s preparations for invasion to seize the English crown
The invasion of Northern England by Harald Hardrada of Norway, and Harold Godwinson’s defeat of this force at Stamford Bridge
William’s invasion of Southern England shortly after Stamford Bridge
The climactic Battle of Hastings, a hard-fought battle that was ultimately won by the forces of William
The aftermath and legacies of the Norman conquest of England

This is an episode that got a lot of positive feedback back when it was originally published, but the DHP’s audience was a lot smaller then than now, & CJ figures a lot of DHP listeners haven’t checked this one out as it’s a stand-alone episode kind of overshadowed by some of his big series.

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August 12

Ep. 0281: “The Best-Planned Mistake”: The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty

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CJ is back with a beast of a DHP episode that he’s been brewing laboriously for over a month, if not two.

On June 8th, 1967, during the Six Day War, the USS Liberty, a virtually unarmed signals intelligence ship operating off the coast of Egypt, was attacked by Israeli planes & torpedo boats. 34 men were killed, 171 were wounded, & the ship was nearly sunk before the attack was finally called off. The Israelis claimed it was a tragic case of mistaken identity, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and LBJ, America’s first “Israel-First” President, let them get away with it, & even helped cover it all up.

Tune in for the whole Dose of Historical MALinformation! This one’s a big red pill!

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