The format of TWiW will be to bring to the listener, once a week, a series of seven short summaries of events from military history. Each of the seven will be something relevant to that day, but from years in the past. As the format matures, I may add more content to each podcast, perhaps focusing on significant technological advances also related to the dates in some way.

These first few weeks will be a little rough around the edges. I’ve come up with this idea, researched the first podcast, completely taught myself how to record/chop/mix audio, registered this domain, produced the first podcast and put together the rudimentary elements of this website, all in the span of about 4 days. As the format and the podcasts themselves mature, I hope to also bring more shine and polish to the rest of www.thisweekinwarfare.net, as well.

And, at some point that isn’t 3:00AM, I’ll also talk a little about who I am, and what motivated me to undertake this project. Until then, enjoy the inagural podcast of This Week in Warfare.

Randy

This Week in Warfare, May 1, 2006 [MP3]

This Week in Warfare, May 1, 2006 [Ogg Vorbis]

On the first show:

• The First War of Scottish Independance ends
• The fall of Berlin
• Congressional hearings on the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur
• The Battle of the Coral Sea
• The British SAS carry out Operation Nimrod
• The Battle of Chancellorsville in the American Civil War ends
• Pontiac’s Rebellion begins

Enjoy the show.

I will be back, soon, and will catch up all weeks starting with May 8.

In this week’s show:

• The new Canadian War Museum opens
• The German U-Boat U-110 is captured
• Fort Ticonderoga is captured from the British
• India conducts new nuclear weapons tests
• Cold War spy Julius Rosenburg’s birth
• The United States declares war on Mexico
• A British fleet defeats the French in the first battle of Cape Finisterre

Enjoy the show.