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Episode 332 - Not with a Whimper but a Bang
July 13, 2025·1 hr 42 min·5 clips
Sultan Mehmed II forces thousands of troops into a suicidal human wave attack to finally breach Constantinople's walls.
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A siege history lesson that turns walls, cannon, and panic into a sharp account of Constantinople's defenses.
The episode puts Constantinople's walls front and center, treating them as engineering, strategy, and a test of how hard the city was to crack.
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Listen if you want Constantinople's walls and cannon assault explained with precision and scale.
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