Radio War Nerd #334 — The Italian Wars, Part 2: Battle of Fornovo (with Annibale)

Guest: Annibale

Part 2 of our Italian Wars series with Annibale, the battles begin! We discuss the first key battle, between the French and a Venice-led alliance, at the Battle of Fornovo, that ended in French withdrawal, and later, back home in Paris, French King Charles VIII's death-by-pissoir.

*Maps & Images

*Italy 1494

*French invasion, 1494, to the Battle of Fornavo

*Battle of Fornovo

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Listen to Annibale's RWN series: The Italians Wars (#331); The Hundred Years War (#175, #176, #177, #180, #182, #183); Italy's Years Of Lead (#134, #135,#136, #139); Italian Resistance in WW2 (#131); Italy on the Eastern Front in WWII (#226, #227, #228, #231, #236); Venetian Empire (#207, #208, #209, #214).

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Total time: 1:27:06

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