Battle of Red Cliffs

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Battle of Red Cliffs, also known as the Battle of Chibi, was a decisive naval battle in the winter of AD 208–209 at the end of the Han dynasty, about twelve years prior to the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history.^[4] The battle was fought between the allied forces of the southern warlords Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and Liu Qi against the numerically superior forces of the northern warlord Cao Cao. Liu Bei and Sun Quan frustrated Cao Cao's effort to conquer the land south of the Yangtze River and reunite the territory of the Eastern Han dynasty.

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0:00.0	The Hello and welcome to Citation Needed Podcast, where he chooses a subject read a single article about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts because this is the internet that's how it works now.
0:30.7	I'm C.S. I'm C.S. I'll be marshalling this motley crew of soldiers, so here they are Army, Navy, Air Force,
0:36.2	and Marines, Keith, Eli, Noah, and Tom. I like that I'm the highest.
0:41.2	Yeah, and I'm the highest.
0:47.0	Yeah, and I'm just glad that no one gave no other space force the mood and everything.
0:49.0	Patrons, you are a tall that you can be. Patrons, you are a giant raft, we have strapped ourselves too.
0:57.0	That will make more sense later.
1:02.0	Patrons also get an opening sketch. that will make more sense later.
1:02.8	Patrons also get an opening sketch and this week we learned yet another of Tom's alarm clocks.
1:08.8	So you should get on on that.
1:10.2	If you want to learn how to join their ranks, be sure to stick around till the end of the show
1:13.6	and with that all the way tell us Eli what person place thing concept phenomenon or event we
1:19.4	we'll be talking about today well Cecil we'll be talking about the Battle of the Red Cliffs.
1:24.8	So, Noah, why did you pick this topic?
1:28.8	Well, to be honest, I was a little upset that Eli did a video game history episode last week you know with that
1:34.6	kind of be in my area of expertise sure so I decided I was going to do an essay I
1:38.2	one of his areas of expertise but try as I might I couldn't make taking a long shit or making pigeon noises into a full length
1:46.0	essay.
1:47.0	So I went with a disastrous military campaign instead.
1:51.0	Yes, but like so many seeking to hurt me.
1:53.7	Noah, your arrow strikes the heart of Cecil.
1:55.8	So what was the Battle of Red Cliffs?
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