Ginger Historian

The history of the world is a vast and complicated story of how we got to where we are and why things are the way they are. Here I write about things that I find interesting, mainly military, local and family history. This includes World War One & Two and the Kaiserliche marine.

Friday, 10 April 2020

Episode 2: The escape of Goeben & Breslau Podcast

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Episode 3: The cruise of the Leipzig podcast

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Friday, 3 April 2020

Episode 1 of my Podcast: World War One at Sea


Episode 1 of my Podcast: World War One at Sea - Introduction and starting positions 1914.








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German Raiders is out now

German Raiders of the First World War: Kaiserliche Marine Cruisers and the Epic Chases Is now available on Amazon.

The story on Admiral von Spee and the Ostasiengeschwader as well as the Commerce raiders of the early months of the First World War.

See it here

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