About this episode

The episode explores the true events surrounding the Fall of the Alamo, revealing discrepancies in Santa Anna's accounts of the battle.

Journals, letters, and diary entries uncover Santa Anna's lies about what actually happened. Approximately 180 Texans within the Alamo walls killed 1600 Mexican troops. The Alcalde of San Antonio recalls that this was the "flower of the Mexican army." Santa Anna lies to the Mexican Government and said he only lost 70 men. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/lone-star-diary--4650023/support .

People in this episode

Host: Murray Montgomery

Topics covered

• Alamo
• Texas history
• Mexican-American War
• Santa Anna
• historical accounts
• military conflict

Keywords

• Alamo
• Santa Anna
• Texas
• historical journals
• military history
• Mexican troops
• diary entries

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Texas

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