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January 8, 2017August 16, 2020 imagejunkies India, Napoleonic wars

Up from the ranks: Meet the real life Richard Sharpe

Meet the real life Richard Sharpe - John Shipp - who was twice promoted from the ranks.

Redcoat History is a podcast and website devoted to the study of British military history from the Napoleonic wars to WW1. Learn the history of the British army, its most famous campaigns, its worst defeats and its greatest leaders.

This is a website and podcast for the military geeks, the obsessives, those who like to feel what it is like to fix bayonets and charge the French. It is military history as it should be: exciting, fast paced and so real you can smell the gunpowder.