Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
Displaying all 4 Episode of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “military leaders”.
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263 - Douglas Haig (pt5): Par 22 Million
December 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
20th century, battlefield, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, warfare, wwi
We wrap up the end of The Great War while Haig works on his handicap! Winner winner Chicken Dinner! And only 22 million dead!
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261 - Douglas Haig (pt3): The Butcher of the Somme
December 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 16 mins
20th century, battlefield, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, the somme, warfare, wwi
Today we dissect one of history's bloodiest battles, The Battle of the Somme and the failings of the Allies Field Marshall Douglas Haig. Did Haig deserve the gruesome title of The Butcher of the Somme, or was this massive loss of life inevitable? And more importantly, is Haig a bitch?
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260 - Douglas 'Horsegirl' Haig (pt2): Prancing into WWI
December 1st, 2022 | 1 hr 45 mins
19th century, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, warfare, wwi
That is right! We are going into WWI with nothing but horses and 19th century concepts of warfare. Let's see how Douglas and the Doughboys stack up against the Maxim gun!
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259 - Douglas Haig (pt1): Brogue, Boers and Brown Noses
November 24th, 2022 | 1 hr 38 mins
19th century, boer wars, comedy, england, history, military, military history, military leaders, scotland, scottish, south africa, sudan, warfare, wwi
We begin a deep dive into WWI's most controversial figures Field Marshall Douglas Haig a.k.a. The Butcher of the Somme. But before we get to the War to End All Wars. We take a look into his scottish, whiskey-distilling family, his money assisted climb up the social later and his time with the British Army in Africa.