The Seven Years War
Dan Snow's History Hit
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🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The Seven Years' War in the 18th century is often called the first world war - it was fought across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. It redrew the world map, setting the stage for the rise of the British Empire and the eventual American and French revolutions.
Dan guest-presents this special episode of the Echoes of History podcast that we're sharing on this feed. He is joined by Dr Emma Hart to discuss this clash between the Old World and the New.
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Produced by: Robin McConnell
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Executive Producers: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre, Steve Lanham, Jen Bennett
Music by Elitsa Alexandrova
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| 0:00.0 | 20 years ago on July 7th, 2005, the 7-7 bombings rocked London. |
| 0:06.0 | It changed the way Londoners looked at their city. |
| 0:09.0 | I actually encountered three of the perpetrators of 7-7 in late 2002. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Thomas Small, the co-host of Conflicted. |
| 0:17.0 | In this special documentary series, we'll tell you the story of 7-7 as you've never |
| 0:22.4 | heard it before from the inside. Search 7-7 the inside story wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:32.5 | Hello folks. Welcome to Dan Snow's history. If you're a diligent history hit fan, |
| 0:37.4 | you may have heard me over our sister podcast Echo Snow's History. If you're a diligent history hit fan, you may have heard |
| 0:38.2 | me over our sister podcast Echoes of History. Presenting a little mini-series that explores North |
| 0:43.8 | America during the 18th century, we covered topics like the French Indian War, the Seven Years |
| 0:47.5 | War of North America, search for the Northwest Passage, and the voyages, the early voyages |
| 0:52.2 | of the man who would become captain, James Cook. The reason |
| 0:55.8 | I was doing all that is because that is the setting for the Assassin's Creed game rogue, |
| 1:01.1 | and that podcast series gives you all the sort of historical background to that setting. |
| 1:05.7 | Now, if you're not a gamer, don't worry. This podcast is for gamers and history lovers alike. In fact, I was certain people |
| 1:12.6 | over here might enjoy it, so I'm sharing an episode with you here on this podcast. This episode is |
| 1:16.5 | about the Seven Years War, the French Indian War. For me, you can't get enough of this. |
| 1:20.8 | It's the conflict that really, it's a turning point, it's an accelerant, it's a vital moment |
| 1:25.2 | in the expansion of the European settlements, |
| 1:28.5 | particularly the British, English-speaking settlement into the Americas. |
| 1:31.4 | So please enjoy this episode. Make sure you check out Echoes of History, a Ubisoft podcast brought |
| 1:35.7 | to you by History Hit wherever you get your podcasts. |
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