How The Green Mountain Boys Broke Benedict Arnold

About this episode

The episode discusses the capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution.

The capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolution was a crucial, if militarily uneventful, victory early in America's fight for independence. The capture cut British Canada off from the 13 colonies and supplied important heavy artillery to force the British out of Boston. And it was all accomplished by glory hounds Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, a ragtag group of men more interested in capturing the fort's booze than the fort itself, and what sounds like the worst spy plan in U.S. history. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠⁠Quince.com/SOFTCORE⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Rob Fox⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠⁠⁠ Dan Regester ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hosts: Rob Fox, Dan Regester

Topics covered

• American Revolution
• Fort Ticonderoga
• military history
• comedy
• improv
• Benedict Arnold
• Ethan Allen

Keywords

• Fort Ticonderoga
• American Revolution
• Benedict Arnold
• Ethan Allen
• military victory
• history
• comedy

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