We Are Makers of History Podcast
@makersofhistory.bsky.social
Two friends navigating history with the aid of a lot of beer
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When you live in the former Habsburg empire, you have to take every opportunity for hypothetical victory that you are offered
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
When you live in the former Habsburg empire, you have to take every opportunity for hypothetical victory that you are offered
Eh, pretty sure the Prussians, French or Austrians would have had no issues with the Confederates. The Union by 1865 however…
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Eh, pretty sure the Prussians, French or Austrians would have had no issues with the Confederates. The Union by 1865 however…
Age of Empires II
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Age of Empires II
Looks alreich to me
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Looks alreich to me
Tropico 4 felt best at this, where right off the bat you choose Presidente’s skill buffs to optimise towards the kind of island you’re going to build.
January 12, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Tropico 4 felt best at this, where right off the bat you choose Presidente’s skill buffs to optimise towards the kind of island you’re going to build.
Why would you do this to me?
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Why would you do this to me?
Or AJP Taylor on Italy “a ridiculous imitation of a great power”
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Or AJP Taylor on Italy “a ridiculous imitation of a great power”
The great example here is that Canada alone built more trucks than the entire Axis combined
January 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The great example here is that Canada alone built more trucks than the entire Axis combined
He was in the Labour Party first, he was only made a lord in 2011. He’s not a ‘14th earl of Fuckoffshire’ type, he’s a life peer (a political appointee to the House of Lords), not part of the traditional hereditary aristocracy
December 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
He was in the Labour Party first, he was only made a lord in 2011. He’s not a ‘14th earl of Fuckoffshire’ type, he’s a life peer (a political appointee to the House of Lords), not part of the traditional hereditary aristocracy
Bonus Cow fact - cows have best friends
December 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Bonus Cow fact - cows have best friends
The British military establishment took great cares to accommodate Hindu and Muslim dietary requirements, so his views don’t even meet the low bar of ‘less racist than the Raj’
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The British military establishment took great cares to accommodate Hindu and Muslim dietary requirements, so his views don’t even meet the low bar of ‘less racist than the Raj’
Why is the third paragraph written from the Russian perspective?
December 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Why is the third paragraph written from the Russian perspective?
The Charge of the Blyat Brigade
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Charge of the Blyat Brigade
Has he been on the jazz snow?
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Has he been on the jazz snow?
See, I got a ‘Musk just found out stealth jets aren’t literally invisible‘ vibe from that, which is why he starts talking about drone mounted cameras being able to see them
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
See, I got a ‘Musk just found out stealth jets aren’t literally invisible‘ vibe from that, which is why he starts talking about drone mounted cameras being able to see them
And it goes notably downhill when that iron logic starts to be disregarded
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
And it goes notably downhill when that iron logic starts to be disregarded
That book is nothing but eye-rolling puns, including the fact that the entire thing is a set-up to a Kirsty McColl pun
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
That book is nothing but eye-rolling puns, including the fact that the entire thing is a set-up to a Kirsty McColl pun
This is the basic arc of 90% of the characters Joe Pesci has played.
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This is the basic arc of 90% of the characters Joe Pesci has played.
Number 3 is ‘interfere in European domestic politics’
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Number 3 is ‘interfere in European domestic politics’
Using him as missile-bait was the only ethical option available
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Using him as missile-bait was the only ethical option available
I found while reading a commendable, but interminably dry history of Yugoslavia recently that if i consciously focused I had a voice in my head and took in more, compared to reading more passively without the voice, but would have to re-read sections. Maybe connected with how closely you focus.
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I found while reading a commendable, but interminably dry history of Yugoslavia recently that if i consciously focused I had a voice in my head and took in more, compared to reading more passively without the voice, but would have to re-read sections. Maybe connected with how closely you focus.
I watched way too much of that thinking it was a cross-over parody
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I watched way too much of that thinking it was a cross-over parody
Albania is on the DLC roadmap, third-rate junk is on the way.
You can get a couple of divisions built around technicals, they just happen to be American.
You can get a couple of divisions built around technicals, they just happen to be American.
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Albania is on the DLC roadmap, third-rate junk is on the way.
You can get a couple of divisions built around technicals, they just happen to be American.
You can get a couple of divisions built around technicals, they just happen to be American.
Haven’t we had 3 different variants of the off-side rule over the last 10 years?
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Haven’t we had 3 different variants of the off-side rule over the last 10 years?