Take a deep dive into History’s biggest moments with Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook. Explore the stories of History’s most brutal rulers, deadly battles, and world-changing events. From the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the Nazi conquest of Europe, and Hitler’s evil master plan for world domination, to the French Revolution, the sinking of the Titanic, or the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Tom and Dominic bring the past to life with gripping storytelling and expert analysis, as they unpack the high-drama moments that shaped our world.
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Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYK0BJZF3yNb2fw1EdAXUQ/join EPISODE ONE 👉 https://youtu.be/IQtMHK-0kC4 EPISODE TWO 👉 https://youtu.be/e0hsvBebNwY EPISODE THREE 👉 https://youtu.be/W1mtNChI_4s EPISODE FOUR 👉 https://youtu.be/OKjabkX0UxU EPISODE FIVE 👉 https://youtu.be/WErG2evYNlM EPISODE SIX 👉 https://youtu.be/lIfoz47dKrw After endeavouring to wreak their revenge on Serbia, what would be the greatest hammer blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War? With Leviv having fallen apocalyptically to the Russian hordes, what had gone so wrong? How might the war have been brought to an end before Christmas of 1914? And, with the darkness gathering around the Austrian defences, could the great fortress of Przemyśl hold out against the Russian barrage for a second time…? Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian advance, on the brutal Eastern front, as the first year of the First World War grinds bloodily on… Alexander Watson's The Fortress, the book heavily referenced in this episode, is available to purchase here: http://bit.ly/41NKRrq ______ Try Adobe Express for free now at http://www.adobe.com/uk/express/spotlight/designwithexpress?sdid=HM85WZZV&mv=display&mv2=ctv or by searching in the app store.. Learn more at https://uber.com/onourway Explore the world’s most loved stories in their most beautiful form - only at https://www.foliosociety.com. 00:00 – Cold open: “intricacies of war” reading 01:13 – Adobe 01:51 – Nick Lloyd & the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger 03:26 – Austria-Hungary’s coming unraveling: setting the stakes 06:50 – Why Przemyśl is a fortress; garrison & geography 08:31 – August 1914: Conrad’s plan and its unraveling 17:48 – Catastrophe for the Habsburg army 18:32 – The siege begins 24:50 – Pendulum swings back; Russians advance again 27:01 – Civilian exodus chaos; encircled again (8 Nov) 28:10 – Uber 28:50 – Folio Society 30:17 – Russian occupation & pogroms in Galicia (1914) 31:39 – War aims: Russification under Count Bobrinsky 33:00 – Russian antisemitism context; pogroms & deportations 37:05 – Second siege strategy: starve them out; General Kusman 38:04 – Early aerial bombing of civilians (Dec 1) 39:10 – Christmas Eve gestures; brief humanity, then darkness 41:04 – Conrad’s Carpathian rescue bid (23 Jan): campaign from hell 42:02 – Carpathian horrors; Tyrolean memoir; morale collapses 47:10 – POW fate: officers vs men; camps & Murmansk railway 49:01 – Austria-Hungary reels from the disaster 50:17 – Germany's opinion of Austria Hungary 51:13 – Italy cuts a deal, joins war; the Italian Front beckons 53:38 – Tsar’s visit; enforced Russification in Przemyśl 55:14 – Mackensen’s offensive; Germans “liberate” Przemyśl; Austria eclipsed 56:10 – Foreshadowing WW2? Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Social Producer: Harry Balden Head of Digital and Social: Samuel Oakley Animator: Michael Sherdyts - YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/MercenaryCamp Video Editor: Harry Swan Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor