SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/ https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/ https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/ Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 25 min
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Apr 23, 2024•10 min
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Scotland invades England with one of the largest armies in Scottish History and nearly wipe out their own government in the process. Sources: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Marmion--A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070227045328/http://www.ourpasthistory.com/England/the-battle-of-flodden-field-or-branxton-moor Peter Reese. Flooden: A Scottish Tragedy Ida Taylor. The Life of James IV William Welsh. Butchered At...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr 12 min
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In the opening stages of the Korean War the US sent a badly underarmed, undermanned Task Force to blunt the advance of the entire North Korean military. It did not go great. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rush-disaster-task-force-smith/ https://www.thenmusa.org/task-force-smith-and-the-problem-with-readiness/ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA381834.pdf chrome-extension://efaidnb...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 33 min
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Apr 10, 2024•11 min
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe and Nate talk about the time a bunch of drunken American soldiers caused a pitched battle between themselves and their allies while stationed in Australia during WWII Correction: Indigenous Australians were given Australian citizenship at the same time other Australians (1949) however, the quality of that citizenship was not equal to that of non-indigenous Australians. This continued for decades and as many indigenous Australian act...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 31 min
The conclusion to the boxer rebellion series! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy joe's new sci fi series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVL5M34N?binding=kindle_edition&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1711954537&sr=8-1
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 5 min
This is a preview. For the entire episode support the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101087767?pr=true Sharpe rejoins the British Army to root out corruption and the boys talk about the worst pizza party ever
Mar 26, 2024•9 min
Part 4/5 A Wild Smedley Butler Appears! support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 10 min
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Mar 19, 2024•10 min
Part 3/5 SUPPORT THE SHOW AND GET THE REST OF THE SERIES RIGHT NOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K76S781H082F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XHKGWIOva407zn4HjcxVoDwpnrg_teWOwoT_cwv4MFhELwL-P_oC8zl_Tn7SdmE1hqhUiaxIM18D5M9PRpYDktSOd6zkDyGguWFvbaV8Mwn6hHhTfF2w2nBkSMqIZyMmunRrnoLp1hr5HopuXq0OYr1iHAgz9JEoxGKuWIJWNqFmbYFMvKLhHsBpVVbNo9vPPZMn_2BYVOwcUjL9zaORsskz4Q3k5x06kkbFQG5Ct0A.kvo5nq...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 8 min
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Mar 10, 2024•58 min
This is a preview. For the full episode become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100085482?pr=true Joe, tom, and Nate talk about the time British Commandos attempted to kill Erwin Rommel. It did not go great.
Mar 10, 2024•11 min
The Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 Henry Keown-Boyd. The Fists of Righteous Harmony Joseph Esherick. The Origins of the Box...
Mar 03, 2024•1 hr 10 min
The conclusion to the story of a boy and his Chindits. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQI3C0BO6I0B&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707720101&sprefix=%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 SOURCES: John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2015/2/13/orde-wingate-and-combat-leadership David Rooney. Orde Wi...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 31 min
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Feb 25, 2024•10 min
Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K3BFMO2K65MB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xITP5VDK0NMzM91XP9IaMlodb2n95xjFC7uID5p--a1B6MtHNWPNlSJSLLCdzQ2KVMakjwi6q9-JEzHaABSWCtP_4w2xmdmyxnYgd3M_XKDO30AOVQnrEp97_JfwfCbsVUsEGEM8RUho9L7Qc1_aWLJLLG1YhONXExr3ZGNogXo4Gz3a3Q8F60RAhyhYl0RgizUT39Zdzg5CqVLFikbp5xNp_80kPktvyDU72G-qar8.T5GNkIz7oSM9HnUnCUtFvUVZTkoSLxzwGrMXwX406Ec&dib_tag=se&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1708770212&spref...
Feb 24, 2024•1 min
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Feb 20, 2024•10 min
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Orde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQI3C0BO6I0B&k...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Union soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IDZ3WJXQ4CQJ&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707120531&sprefix=%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https:/...
Feb 12, 2024•59 min
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Feb 07, 2024•10 min
Joe and Nate explore the history of Fragging in the US military and the case of Alberto Martinez, a soldier who almost certainly killed two officers during the Iraq War and got away with it. Buy Joe's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KQQ88V9SZ7K1&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706602108&sprefix=%2Caps%2C201&sr=8-1 Sources: George LePre. Fragging: Why US Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in Vietnam https://www....
Feb 04, 2024•1 hr 25 min
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Jan 29, 2024•10 min
Once upon a time the King of Portugal started a war that went so badly it collapsed his dynasty and killed three different kings all at once. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26EUS2ZHZB3Z9&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706440190&sprefix=joe+kassabian%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343746/why-the-battle-of-t...
Jan 28, 2024•1 hr 15 min
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Jan 22, 2024•13 min
The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword.
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 18 min
The heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Re...
Jan 14, 2024•1 hr 13 min
This is a preview, to listen to the entire episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96076514?pr=true Once upon a time thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a film production. This is that film.
Jan 08, 2024•11 min
Joe and Nate talk about the time South Vietnam attempted to invade Laos. It did not go well. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Sources: https://www.comanchero.org/LamSon719.html https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/invasion-02172021125804.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/27016309 Robert Sander. The Invasion of Laos, 1971 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024288 https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/...
Jan 07, 2024•1 hr 43 min
Chinese soldiers defended the Great Wall of China armed with swords, axes, and martial arts....in the 1930s SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.historynet.com/last-battle-great-wall/ https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-forgotten-story-of-japans-attack-on-the-great-wall-of-china-5b7f75e326b8 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-imperial-japan-seized-great-wall-china-91386 https://www.republicanchina.org/war.shtml
Jan 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min
