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by aireo 1401 days ago
It’s not an audiobook, but if you’re a fan of history, particularly World War 1, then Dan Carlin’s six-part series “Blueprint for Armageddon” is fabulous. That’ll give you 20+ hours of content.

Carlin’s a self-proclaimed “non-historian”, but his storytelling is very compelling.

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I can’t recommend this more. I’ve listened to all of his content and I always come back to this one. I’ve listened to it 3x over. It’s so engrossing.
My two favorites are the aforementioned WW1 one and the other one on the Pacific theater in WW2. I already knew almost everything he said in the WW1 one, whilst knowing almost nothing about the Pacific Theater one - both were super interesting.
If you like Dan Carlin, you'll also enjoy The Martyrmade Podcast. My favorite episodes are Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem.