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During the First World War, Private Henry Tandey was awarded of the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military medal, in just 4 weeks!

But 20 years later just before the outbreak of World War Two another story began to circulate; that he had saved the life of Adolf Hitler.

So did he save Hitler or did the German leader hijack a British war hero's reputation for his own ends?

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The battle of Ferozeshah, fought during 1st Anglo-Sikh War in 1845, was battle of egos, madness and traitors.

A farcical power struggle between the two most senior British officers, bayonet charges against cannon, British cavalry and artillery ordered off the field midway through the battle, and Sikh commanders snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

It’s almost comical, if it were not for the 5,000 men killed and wounded.

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The battle of Cape St. Vincent turned Horatio Nelson into a national hero.

The battle where Royal Navy defeated the Spanish Navy was fought on the 14th February 1797. It was not so much a St. Valentine’s Day massacre, but it did make Nelson the darling of the British public.

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My recent video about “The African Queen”. has resulted in loads of requests to find out more about the Great War in German East Africa.

So, by popular demand, I thought I’d explore this fascinating and, largely, forgotten conflict in a little more detail.

The war in East Africa saw Paul von Lettow Vorbeck commanding a small army of German colonial troops hold out against an allied army nearly 10x his size for the entire 4-yea war (1914-1918).

Undefeated, he surrendered two weeks after the Armistice in Europe.

This is the story of that war, against a man nicknamed the “Lion of Africa.”

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The story of Ernest Grandier, the only European prisoner of war taken by the Zulus during the Anglo-Zulu War 1879.

But was his tale one of heroism or just a tall story?

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The Anglo-Sikh wars fought in the 1840’s, were probably the bloodiest the British ever fought in India. 9,000 British & Bengali troops and well over 20,000 Sikhs were killed or wounded in 7 epic battles and one siege. Marked by incredible bravery on both sides, with a good dose of incompetence and accusations of treachery thrown in, the wars would change India forever.

And yet, most people, have very limited (if any) knowledge about them. Well, unless you are a fan of Harry Flashman of course!

Flashman gets up to his usual adventures (on the battlefield and in the bedroom) in "Flashman and the Mountain of Light" which is set in the First Anglo Sikh War

This is the first in my series about those two Anglo-Sikh wars.

In this episode I explore how the first war started and the opening battle of Mudki on the 18th December 1845.

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Many of you in Britain, will be aware of fire at Grenfell Tower, in London in 2017 which cost the lives of 72 people.

But have you paused to wonder how the tower block gained its name?

Well, it is actually named after a Victorian army officer who played a decisive role in defeating the Sudanese Mahdist invasion of Egypt in 1889.
Yet, his name and his deeds have largely been lost in the mists of history.

This is the rarely told story of General Sir Francis Grenfell, a forgotten Victorian hero.

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This is the story of the only family to ever be awarded 3 Victoria Crosses.

Brothers Charles & Hugh Gough, and Charles's son, John Gough.

Their military service record reads like a roll call of the British Army campaigns in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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