The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,

Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.

Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,

wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,

environment, and geography.

I invite you to come along for the ride.

Many people learn about history as a collection of names, dates, and places, but history is so much more interesting than that.

It's the stories of the men and women who made those places an event matter.

It's the story of the farmer in the field, as much as it is the story of the man in the Oval Office.

I'm Chris from Vlogging Through History.

Join me as we relive unforgettable historical moments on the Vlogging Through History podcast,

diving deeper into the forgotten stories of our past.

To listen now, search Vlogging Through History on your favorite podcast platform.

History is in just a bunch of names, and dates, and facts.

It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explained how and why we got here.

Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange, and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

Well, James, we're going to talk about the battle of the Psalm.

Would you like me to read a description of what it was like before the battle?

Alright, here we go.

So this is what British historian Brian Gardner says that the region is, and this is before the outbreak of the war in 1914.

The River Psalm was a minor placid waterway of northern France, a meander gently through Picardy, then fished on its banks,

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