Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast Lions Led By Donkeys
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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:
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Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1
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Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid. -
Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome
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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 -
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 7: Piss Gundam
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Episode 308 - The Battle of Flodden Field
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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 The Battle of Flodden. Military Heritage Magazine. Volume 22, No. 4 -
Episode 307 - Task Force Smith
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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/
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chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://www.moore.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2022/Spring/PDF/LessonsFromThePast.pdf
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/task-force-smith-americas-entry.html
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*PREVIEW* The Death of Mussolini
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Customer Reviews
Eurovan
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Eye-opening
Robert Evan’s & BTB brought me here. The topics are all new to me and fascinating at that. Mr. Kassabian’s experiences in Armenia have prompted me to learn more about that nation.
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