The Dead Warrior Society
Exploring history's greatest soldiers, warriors, and armies throughout the ages. The Dead Warrior Society uses contemporary accounts of what actually happened from those who saw it as well as scholarly research.
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Episodes
49 episodes
Why Did the Aztec Empire Surrender to 500 Conquistadors? (Episode 6)
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They Tried To Eat the Conquistadors
Be sure to visit the DWS website for more at www.deadwarriorsociety.com_____In this episode of the Dead Warrior Society, we dive into the brutal clash between the Spaniards and the Tlaxcalans and challenge one of the most p...
Why Cortés Destroyed His Own Ships
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Cortés and the Spaniards Come Face to Face with the Aztec
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The Maya Campaign: Cortés Invades the Yucatan Peninsula
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A Special Forces Analysis of The Conquest of Mexico (Episode 1)
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The Aztec Army: How the Mexica Came to Dominate Mesoamerica (Part 4)
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The Conquistador's Ranger Handbook and UW Manual
The Indian Militia and Descriptions of the Indies By Captain Bernardo de Vargas Machuca
The Aztec War Machine: Honor, Empire, and Human Sacrifice (Part 2)
Many argue the Aztecs fought “ritual wars," symbolic battles, religious theater, capture-not-kill combat. Cool story… Except it falls apart the second you look at how empires actually function. In this episode of Dead ...
Conquistadors: Soldiers of Fortune and God (Part I)
In this episode of Dead Warrior Society, we begin a new series examining the Conquistadors and the Spanish Conquest of Mexico—starting where most narratives don’t.The first half of the episode challenges traditional scholarship by linki...
The Swamp Fox vs. The Ranger: Lessons For the Modern Warfighter
In this episode, we dive deep into the waning months of the British occupation in South Carolina. Francis Marion not only led daring partisan campaigns against the Crown but also began conducting civil action as the South Carolina government tr...
Improvised Siege Warfare: The Swamp Fox Takes the Forts
In this episode of the Dead Warrior Society Podcast, we break down one of the most impressive—and least conventional—campaigns of the American Revolution: Francis Marion’s siege operations alongside Light Horse Harry Lee.Following up on...
The Swamp Fox and His Guerrillas Turn Pro
In today’s episode, we kick things off by breaking down U.S. Army Unconventional Warfare doctrine, focusing on the pivotal moment when a guerrilla force begins transitioning into a legitimate or semi-professional army—the point where irregular ...
Swamp Fox vs. Bloody Ban: Counter Insurgency Lessons from 1780
In this episode of Dead Warrior Society, we dive into the brutal and chaotic months of November and December 1780, when Francis Marion—the legendary “Swamp Fox”—went head-to-head with Banastre Tarleton, Britain’s feared cavalry commander. We br...
The Master of Chaos: Francis Marion's Raid at Black Mingo and Tearcoat Swamp
In this episode of Dead Warrior Society, we dive deep into the origins of Unconventional Warfare (UW) through the lens of one of America’s earliest masters of chaos—Francis Marion, the legendary Swamp Fox.Before there was doctrine, there wa...
FIRST STRIKE: The Swamp Fox and his Guerrillas Raid Sumter's Plantation
In this episode, we uncover the daring exploits of Francis Marion, the legendary “Swamp Fox” of the American Revolution. Known for his mastery of guerrilla warfare in the swamps of South Carolina, Marion led a small, determined band of Patriots...
The Birth of The Swamp Fox: The Early Life and Exploits of Francis Marion
In this episode of the Dead Warrior Society Podcast, we dive deep into the life, legend, and legacy of Francis Marion, better known as the "Swamp Fox." Far more than just a cunning guerrilla fighter, Marion's story is one of faith, conviction, ...
The Fort Bragg Cartel: The Grift That Keeps On Grifting
In this episode, we dive deep into Seth Harp’s new exposé on what he calls the “Fort Bragg Cartel.”The book offers a sweeping, revisionist take on American history and the U.S. military’s involvement in the Middle East, with a particula...
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El Cid: At War With Everyone
After King Alfonso VI is defeated by the Almoravids, he pardons El Cid in hopes of forming new alliances. But within a year, Rodrigo is exiled once again—estranged from his king and cast back into the wilderness.Refusing to serve anothe...
ISLAM STRIKES BACK: El Cid in Exile and the Invasion of the Almoravids
In this explosive episode, we dive into the legendary tale of El Cid, the exiled Castilian knight whose sword may be sidelined, but whose legacy is anything but forgotten. While El Cid is holding the northeastern flank in Zaragoza, Alfonso VI t...
The Lion of Castile: El Cid's Path to Power
In this episode of the DWS podcast, we go back and examine not only El Cid’s early military career in more detail but also analyze and unpack the politically fraught situation that would inevitably led to Civil War between the Castilian royal f...
El Cid: A Medieval Soldier of Fortune
Welcome back to The Dead Warrior Society, the podcast where history’s fiercest fighters live again. In this episode, we dive into the early life and legendary exploits of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar—better known as El Cid. From his rise through the r...
The First True Crusaders: Spain’s Relentless War Against Islam and Al-Andalus
In this episode we discuss when the Crusades first started. Although it is a complicated concept, we dive into the intimate details of what prompted Christan peoples to take up the Cross and wage war against Islamic forces not just in the Holy ...
The Rise and Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty in Al Andalus
In this episode of the Dead Warrior Society podcast, we explore the remarkable yet brief rise and fall of the Umayyad Caliphate in Al-Andalus.Once centered in the magnificent city of Córdoba, the Caliphate was hailed by contemporaries a...
SHOCK AND AWE: The Islamic Invasion and Conquest of Visigothic-Roman Spain
In this first installment of our series on the Reconquest of Spain, we set the stage for one of the most defining struggles in European and World history—the fight to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula by the indigenous Catholic Hispanic-Roman peopl...
