Battlefield Travels
Mick Prictor260+ battlefields on six continents. 2,500 years of conflict. I have walked the ground on every one of them. And I am still exploring!
A military history resource like no other.Original analysis drawn from primary sources, GIS terrain analysis, and fieldwork on every battlefield covered on this podcast. Deep dives into the battles, campaigns, and tactical innovations that defined the conduct of warfare — from ancient warfare to the modern era.
From the Pass of Thermopylae to Frederick the Great's Silesian campaigns, Caesar's battles for Gaul to the jungles of Vietnam. I have walked every one of them. BattlefieldTravels goes where the secondary sources don't.
The podcast is produced from original research by a retired Australian Army officer, former Black Hawk pilot, and doctoral researcher at the Australian National University — bringing four decades of operational experience and rigorous primary source scholarship to military history that is too often told at second hand.
The full archive of battle studies, tactical innovations articles, primary source analysis, battlefield photography, and GIS terrain mapping is at www.battlefieldtravels.com
Episodes use AI-generated audio from original research and analysis.
For listeners who take military history seriously.
- No. of episodes: 26
- Latest episode: 2026-08-20
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