Episode 252 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 3: The Not So Battle of Tannenberg
The conclusion to the Battle of Tannenberg series Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min
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Episode 251 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 2: A Wild T Rex Appears
The story of the battle of tannenberg continues part 2/3 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Episode 250 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 1: Deadly German Swamp Ass
Joe and Nate begin the story of one of the most legendary battles from the beginning of WWI. It is much dumber than you think. Part 1/3 support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Episode 249 - How the US Almost Annexed the Dominican Republic
Once upon a time the United States came shockingly close to annexing the Dominican Republic. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2717114 https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61771?lang=en https://news.yahoo.com/1871-us-almost-acquired-dominican-135435379.html https://www.insider.com/annexation-of-santo-domingo-act-ulysses-grant-dominican-republic-2022-7 CORRECTION: Samuel Doe was murdered by Prince Johnson, an ally of Charles T...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Episode 248 - The Night Witches of WWII
Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the Soviet all woman night bomber unit of WWII that terrorized the Nazis and pissed off Soviet men. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/10/01/the-soviet-night-witches/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-were-the-soviet-night-witches https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/06/night-wit...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Episode 247 - The Wooden Nazi Jet Made for Kids
Joe is joined by Nate to talk about the time the Nazis built a death trap out of wood and thought it would be perfect for the Hitler Youth. Correction: The Gloster Meteor was a jet that also saw limited action in WWll Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Heinkel-Salamander.html http://www.aviation-history.com/heinkel/he162.html https://shop.historynet.com/blogs/new-the-latest-from-historynet-com/the-10-worst-fighters-of...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Episode 246 - The Troubles Part 4
The conclusion to The Troubles series Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Listen to the Beneath The Skin Podcast: https://twitter.com/BeneathSkinPod Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotitatguineys
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 56 min
Episode 245 - The Troubles Part 3
Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. During this episode we talk about Bloody Sunday and how and why nobody has ever been held accountable. CONTENT WARNING: This gets pretty grim. Support the show! Get bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotitatguineys Listen to The Beneath the Skin Podcast:https://twitter.com/BeneathSkinPod
Jan 29, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Episode 244 - The Troubles Part 2
Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles. In this episode we cover the famine, independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, partition, and more! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Listen to the Beneath The Skin Podcast: https://twitter.com/BeneathSkinPod Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotitatguineys
Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Episode 243 - The Troubles Part 1
Tom O'Mahony (@gotitatguineys)Host of the Beneath The Skin Podcast takes Joe on a trip through The Troubles of Northern Ireland. Part 1/4 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Jan 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Episode 242 - Combat Of The 30
Joe is once again joined by the show's producer Nate to talk about how in the middle of a stagnated war, two teams of knights got together to kill each other out of boredom as a crowd of spectators watched on. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: Barbara Tuchman. A Distant Mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20121105020628/http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/chroniqu/texts/AINSWORT.HTM Steven Muhlberger. The Combat of the Thirty, Deeds of Arms Se...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Episode 241 - The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Joe is joined by producer Nate (@inthesedeserts)to talk about the time the CIA attempted to invade cuba with a handful of guys and some repurposed fishing trawlers. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2134 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB355/bop-vol3.pdf https://www.historynet.com/cold-war-bay-of-pigs-invasion/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion https://web.archive.org/web/20160621043713...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Episode 240 - King Philip's War Part 3: The Hungry March
The horrible conclusion to King Philip’s War Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Lisa Brooks. Our Beloved Kin James Drake. King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms, Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip’s War
Dec 27, 2022•53 min
Episode 239 - King Philips War Part 2: A Pocket Full of Grapes
The war finally starts and the colonial authorities immediately make everything much worse. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy Joe's books: https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Corps-Military-Sci-Fi-Forlorn-ebook/dp/B0B5YJD7J2/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=0F9hR&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=BJFJ8DMEE9M0Y60XFEVE&pd_rd_wg=HG18o&pd_rd_r=03aa9132-cb25-484a-a41e-dd419379f0a4&...
Dec 19, 2022•58 min
Episode 238 - King Phillip's War Part 1: That Isn't How Dead Bodies Work
The little known story of the most apocalyptic war in American History. Part 1/3 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Lisa Brooks. Our Beloved Kin James Drake. King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms, Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip’s War
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr
Episode 237 - The Dumb Life and Dumber Death of the Battleship Yamato
the Empire of Japan built the largest battleship the world had ever seen and then decided to use it in the dumbest way possible. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Russel Spurr. A Glorious Way to Die https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/supership/last-nf.html https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/yamato-was-hell-sink%E2%80%94and-it-went-out-bang-nuclear-blast-192257
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Episode 236 - The Bob Semple Tank
Once upon a time New Zealand made their own tank. It did not go well. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/NewZealand/Bob_Semple_Tank.php The Semple Tank, J.Plowman, Classic Military Vehicle Magazine National Library of New Zealand
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Episode 235- Otto Skorzeny Part 3: Otto Skorzeny, Mossad Assassin
Things get weird in the conclusion to the Otto Skorzeny story. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min
UNLOCKED: Leka I, the Mad Prince of Albania
The pretender to the Albanian throne and Rhodesia fan boy declares himself king, gets arrested for smuggling guns, and gets in a high speed private plane chase while armed with a rocket launcher. Joe is joined by KD, writer and runner of the War Takes blog. https://wartakes.com/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys @war_takes Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/01/leka-zogu https://www.ft.com/content/6f2f39aa-21ab-11e1-a1d8-00144feabdc0 https://web.archive....
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Episode 234 - Otto Skorzeny Part 2: Otto the Hype Man
Skorzeny launches the mission to rescue Benito Mussolini from a ski resort, it does not go well. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Stuart Smith. Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple Dr Robert Forczk. Rescuing Mussolini: Gran Sasso 1943 Otto Skorzeny. Hitler’s Commando
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Episode 233 - Otto Skorzeny Part 1: The STEM Lord, Sword Fighting Enthusiast
Otto Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite Commando during WWII, he was also a total loser. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Stuart Smith. Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple Dr Robert Forczk. Rescuing Mussolini: Gran Sasso 1943 Otto Skorzeny. Hitler’s Commando
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Episode 232 - The Great Siege of Malta
An order of knights turned protection racket defend a chunk of rock from an Ottoman force several times their size using the military equivalent of Home Alone tactics. and then people began firing heads out of cannons. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.historynet.com/no-mercy-malta/ Crowley, Roger (2008). Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Episode 231 - The Battle Of Peleliu
The US Marines feed thousands of marines into a Japanese meat grinder for no tactical reason before trying to ignore help from the Army to save their pride. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Sledge, Eugene B. (1990). With the Old Breed: At Peleliu And Okinawa Leckie, Robert, Helmet For My Pillow Anderson, Charles R. Western Pacific. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/unnecessary-hell-the-battle-of-peleliu/
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Episode 230 - The Khivan Campaign of 1839
Joe is joined by the hosts of Ukraine without Hype to talk about the time the Russian Empire fell for a con artist and invaded a khanate to try to steal gold that didn't exist. Check out Ukraine without Hype: https://twitter.com/HypeUkraine Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Morrison, Alexander, "The Russian Conquest of Central Asia" "A Narrative of the Russian Military Expedition to Khiva under General Perofski", Translated from the Russian for the Foreign Depa...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Episode 229 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 3
The conclusion to the story of Witold Pilecki Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Get Joe's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Corps-Military-Sci-Fi-Forlorn-ebook/dp/B0B5YJD7J2/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3KIOPIRCXJ4D1&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1665384891&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjI4IiwicXNhIjoiMi44MiIsInFzcCI6IjIuODYifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-3 Sources: Witold Pilecki. Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery Adam Koch. A Captain's Portrait: Witold Pilecki - M...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Episode 228 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 2
Pilecki plots his escape when it becomes clear that the allies will do nothing about the crimes being committed within Auschwitz. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Witold Pilecki. Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery Adam Koch. A Captain's Portrait: Witold Pilecki - Martyr for Truth Jack Fairweather. The Volunteer
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Episode 227 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 1
Witold Pilecki was a Polish Freedom Fighter who volunteered to get thrown into Auschwitz in order to let the world know what was happening there. The world didn't listen. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Witold Pilecki. Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery Adam Koch. A Captain's Portrait: Witold Pilecki - Martyr for Truth Jack Fairweather. The Volunteer
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Episode 226 - The Cimbrian War
Rome kills 80,000 of their own soldiers because of a personal beef. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Theodor Mommsen. The History of Rome IV "The Revolution" Plutarch. Life of Marius. Richard Evans. Rome's Cimbric Wars Peter Tsouras. The Cimbrian War, 113-101 BC Mike Duncan. The Storm before the Storm
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr
Episode 225 - Operation Pastorious
During WWII the Nazis attempted to recruit a team of spies to sabotage factories within the US. Instead what they did was hire a bunch of rejects who took their spy money, got drunk, and hired sex workers until they turned themselves in to the FBI. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-how-nazi-plot-sabotage-us-war-effort-was-foiled-180959594/ https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs-and-george-dasc...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Episode 224 - The Battle of Wake Island
Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese military set their eyes on a tiny speck of a rock staffed with a handful of Marines and civilian contractors. Trapped and with no hope of relief, the strange adhoc garrison made the invaders bleed. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-wake-island-1941 https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-wake-island/ https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/ex...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 14 min
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