History Daily tells fascinating stories of what happened "on this day" in history. New episodes come out every weekday. This episode features the story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first person to lead a team to the South Pole.
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Nov 30, 2023
15 min
In April 2023, Camden, South Carolina hosted historic ceremonies to honor the soldiers whose remains were recovered from the Camden battlefield. Military and political representatives from multiple countries converged on Camden to participate in the 3-day event. Every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces helped provide full military honors for the fallen. And 12 American soldiers were laid to rest in a cemetery near the battlefield.
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The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Nov 22, 2023
43 min
In the fall of 2022, archeologists and forensic anthropologists undertook a rare project to excavate the graves of a limited number of soldiers who fell in the Battle of Camden on August 16, 1780. The graves had been harmed by years of industry and had been targeted by relic hunters. Leaders of the Camden Burials Project made the difficult choice to remove the remains of the soldiers and rebury them to keep them safe and secure. Little did the leaders know, they were in for several surprises along the way.
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The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Nov 15, 2023
42 min
As the summer of 1781 fades, the British high command chooses to establish a supply base at Yorktown, Virginia. With the main force of the British southern army in Virginia, the American southern army reestablishes control of nearly all of South Carolina and Georgia. At the same time, American Commander-In-Chief George Washington, and his French allies, recognize an opportunity. They rush the American main army to Virginia in a winner-take-all gamble to win the war. The Americans emerge victorious after the siege of Yorktown, and they turn the dream of a new nation into a reality.
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The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Nov 8, 2023
47 min
In January, 1781, five months after the disastrous American loss at the Battle of Camden, the southern armies meet for the sequel in South Carolina. The American army uses its new strategy, and the result is phenomenal. The outcome launches a race as the British army chases the American army through North Carolina. Then, the American southern army begins a grueling campaign to retake territory in South Carolina and Georgia. By summer, the stage is set for the final four months of active combat, though no one dreams the war could end so abruptly.
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The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Nov 1, 2023
48 min
A new American commander arrives in the South to lead the reconstructed Continental army. But as the bulk of the southern army regroups and plans a new strategy, a force of rugged frontiersmen from the Appalachian Mountains win a stunning victory. The Battle of Kings Mountain turns the tide of the war, though the combatants will only realize it over the course of time. Meanwhile, in the North, an American military hero, Benedict Arnold, becomes increasingly disenfranchised. He makes a deal with the British and begins a secret campaign to undermine American defenses. When his treachery is discovered, he switches sides and leads British troops in battle against his former countrymen.
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Mission History is a collaboration of Black Barrel Media and QCODE.
The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Oct 25, 2023
48 min
As the war in the northern colonies turns to a stalemate, it engulfs the southern colonies. The British capture critical port cities in Georgia and South Carolina, and then expand their dominance inland. During the campaign, a small engagement becomes nearly as infamous in American history as the Boston Massacre. Then, in a forest of pine trees north of the small town of Camden, South Carolina, the American southern army meets the British southern army for the first time. The battle is vicious, and devastating for the Americans. But it leads to a new phase of the war, one in which the Americans see a pathway to victory.
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Mission History is a collaboration of Black Barrel Media and QCODE.
The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Oct 18, 2023
45 min
In the space of one year, the Americans have lost one of their most prominent cities, New York, and their capital city, Philadelphia. American general George Washington makes a final push to retake Philadelphia, but the British retain control. Then, when the war of independence seems to be at its lowest point, an American force wins a shocking battle near Saratoga, New York. The victory earns a European ally for the American colonies. The Americans reclaim one of their important cities. And the British change their military leadership and their war strategy as the war moves to the southern colonies.
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Mission History is a collaboration of Black Barrel Media and QCODE.
The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Oct 11, 2023
45 min
In the wake of the Battle of Brooklyn, the Continental Army is reeling. The British army takes control of New York and batters the colonial fighters at nearly every turn. By December, 1776, the joy of the historic summer is long gone. General George Washington needs a spark to reignite the fire of his soldiers and the entire American cause. He wins two daring battles that keep colonial hopes alive, but then the days turn dark again when the British army assaults the American capital of Philadelphia.
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Mission History is a collaboration of Black Barrel Media and QCODE.
The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Oct 4, 2023
46 min
A Virginian named George Washington becomes Commander-In-Chief of the new Continental Army. An audacious plan by a young colonial colonel forces the British commander in Boston to make a choice that seemed unthinkable a year earlier. Many colonists rejoice as 13 colonies declare their independence, but then brace for the all-out war that will surely follow. It begins in New York in August, 1776, when a new British army storms Long Island. Untested army units clash for the first time, and a small group of Continental soldiers earns a place in American history.
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Mission History is a collaboration of Black Barrel Media and QCODE.
The presenting sponsor of Season 1 is the Historic Camden Foundation. Visit Historic Camden, South Carolina to see the Camden Battlefield and to experience a living history colonial town site.
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Sep 27, 2023
45 min
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