Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
Summary: The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict. Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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Grab your butt ladles and get ready for the most epic tale of revenge in history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Allyn, John. 47 Ronin. Tuttle Books.
The Wagner Group is what happens when money, strange neo nazi cults, and proxy wars have a baby. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-wagner-group-mercenaries-where-operate-2018-4 https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/10/diplomacy-and-dividends-who-really-controls-the-wagner-group/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/08/russian-mercenaries-wagner-africa/568435/
Blow up Mount Rushmore. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sordid-history-mount-rushmore-180960446/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/07/03/mount-rushmore-gutzon-borglum-klan-stone-mountain/ https://apnews.com/430aa7f10b344eef891ff733116cf3ae https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/monumental-racism-the-kkk-member-who-carved-mount-rushmore
Joseph Medicine Crow became the last War Chief of the Crow Tribe. He did this by counting coup, stealing an enemy's weapon, and stealing their horses....in World War II. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Joseph Medicine Crow, Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/joseph-medicine-crow-last-crow-tribe-war-chief-dies-at-102
Dr. Nyri Bakkalian joins Joe to talk about video games, anime, and all of the things the west misunderstands about Japanese history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Preorder Dr. Bakkalian's book: https://squareup.com/store/balance-of-seven/item/grey-dawn-preorder
On this episode Joe and Travis dive into the history of the podcast's favorite cold war tank: the T-55. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://ospreypublishing.com/t-54-and-t-55-main-battle-tanks-1944-2004-pb
Joseph Beyrle is the only known American Soldier to fight within the ranks of the Red Army during WWII. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.rbth.com/history/330871-joseph-beyerle-american-paratrooper-ussr-wwii https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2017/12/08/joseph-beyrle-dual-soldier/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/incredible-story-joseph-beyrle-american-fight-u-s-russian-army-wwii.html https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2010/02/local_hero_joe_beyrles_possess.html
Once upon a time there was a one eyed Canadian beserker who liberated an entire town on his own. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/leo-major-the-unstoppable.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/world/canada/quebec-leo-major.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/leo-major-montreal-zwolle-nazis-1.4660487
Robert E Lee was a traitor, a slave owner, and a war criminal. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for this episode: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/ https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-lee-slaveholder/ http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-his-slaves https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/08/arlington-bobby-lee-and-the-peculiar-institution/61428/ https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2013/06/30/Confederates-slave-hunt-in-North-a-military-disgrace/stories/201306300221
During the Cold War the US dosed thousands of its soldiers with acid. Hilarity did not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrets-of-edgewood https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/manufacturing-madness https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/operation-delirium
Nic Cage and John Woo flamethrower karate fight their way across the pacific theater of WWII. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Creator of Popular Front Jake Hanrahan joins Joe to talk about how he got his start in Conflict Journalism, why westerners need to stop projecting their beliefs onto the revolutions of other people, and why frozen and lesser known conflicts demand your attention. https://www.popularfront.co Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
The Crippled Eagles were a collection of American Neo nazis, white nationalists, and fascists who flooded the colony of Rhodesia to defend white nationalism. They failed hilariously. This is the story of how they failed and died. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://taskandpurpose.com/history/vets-want-fight-isis-can-learn-something-old-fights-african-bush https://ricochet.media/en/2394/meet-the-canadian-soldiers-behind-a-white-supremacist-military-surplus-store The Nation. Volume 222. New York: The Nation Company. 1976.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/03/soldier-of-fortune-marketing-for-mercenaries/475aac8b-ddce-4878-b732-77111bb70b67/ https://www.transcend.org/tms/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-soldier-of-fortune-magazine-contract-killers-and-mercenaries-for-hire/ https://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/soldier-of-fortune-magazine-2016-02
We take a walk down white savior lane as Rambo kills more people than an atomic weapon. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
The Ottoman Empire, fueled by Turkish Nationalism, launched a genocidal campaign of violence against their own Armenian subjects. This is the story of how the Armenian people struck back. Sources: Bogosian, Eric. Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide. 2015. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys