An Unstoppable Force Meet An Immoveable Object & All Hell Breaks Loose
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Neil takes us to the centre of a swirling vortex of destruction for one of history’s tantalising ‘what-if’ moments – if the battle had gone the other way, what if?
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings fellow town travellers. |
| 0:02.4 | I always good to have you with me on this journey through the history of the world. |
| 0:05.6 | I wouldn't want to do this on my own and I know that I'm not on my own. |
| 0:08.6 | There are thousands of us doing this together now. |
| 0:11.6 | I want to say thanks to all the people who show their support |
| 0:15.2 | for what Paul and I are doing. The podcast series that's out there is made possible. It's |
| 0:20.9 | sustained by the Patreon.com site. The financial help that comes in from there is what makes it possible for us to make the love letter to the British Isles and the love letter to the world free, which they've always been and they always will be so for those |
| 0:34.1 | who are supporting us via patreon.com a thousand thank yous if you're not a member |
| 0:38.9 | yet and you'd like to join and be part of the family that's making all of this happen. |
| 0:44.0 | Just go to Patreon.com, search for me by name, follow the instructions, sign up, part with some cash. |
| 0:50.0 | You can join monthly or you can join for the year and it's a bit cheaper if you do the whole year at one go. |
| 0:57.0 | And it'd be great to have you along. |
| 0:59.0 | We do vaudcasts and question and answers and competitions and various things. It also brings people together. |
| 1:05.6 | Everyone's talking amongst themselves and making contact and sharing ideas. |
| 1:10.3 | So anyway, it's time now to climb aboard the time machine as we set off on the next stop in my love letter to the world |
| 1:16.8 | recorder microphone action The shout went up, either we conquer or we perish, a seemingly unstoppable military force sweeping across the world |
| 1:34.4 | Egypt Libya Tunisia Algeria Morocco all conquered Spain skewered |
| 1:40.0 | bordeaux falls and the rich city of tour is next on the hit list. |
| 1:44.4 | Standing in the way of this mighty Muslim army is Charles the Hammer. |
| 1:48.8 | And the world is about to discover what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. |
| 1:57.0 | Endevering to understand history in hopes of illuminating the future. I'm Neil Oliver and this is my love letter to the world. |
| 2:12.0 | Hi Neil in the last episode you took us to 6th century Japan as this unique island nation bubbled |
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