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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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 Episode 141 - The Last Stand of the Danzig Mailmen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

One the nazis stormed into Poland at the opening stages of World War II it was not soldiers, trench lines, or pill boxes that they had to conquer first. Instead, it was the Danzig Post Office. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/employees-danzig-post-office-fought-germans-15-hours-invasion-poland-captured htmlhttps://libcom.org/history/defence-polish-post-office-danzig https://web.archive.org/web/20060502021616/http://www.1939.pl/epizody/poczta_gdansk.htm

 Episode 140 - Operation Kitona | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:23:43

Rwanda invades Congo using a fleet of hijacked planes to spark the Second Congo War. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://warisboring.com/bomb-the-other-side-of-the-runway/

 Episode 139 - Operation Red Dog | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:24:58

A group of nazis, KKK, and gangsters Voltron together to come up with the dumbest attempted invasion in American history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Bell, Stewart. The Bayou of Pigs http://newsone.com/nation/casey-gane-mccalla/ron-paul-was-implicated-in-attempted-white-supremacist-island-invasion/

 Episode 138 - Eugene Debs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:28:49

Eugene Debs organizes the working class and fights back against American entry into WWI. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fiery-socialist-challenged-nations-role-wwi-180969386/ https://debsfoundation.org/index.php/landing/debs-biography/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/wilson-eugene-debs/

 Episode 137 - The Silmido Mutiny | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:45

South Korea starts an assassination squad made out of petty criminals and dudes who look kind of in shape. Hilarity does not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/asia/south-korea-failed-assassination-squad-unit-684-intl/index.html http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20050824000044 https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/world/south-korean-movie-unlocks-door-on-a-once-secret-past.html

 Episode 136 - The Khmer Rouge Part 4: The Fall | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:57:13

In the conclusion of our series Vietnam liberates Cambodia and slaps around another world power. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

 Episode 135 - The Khmer Rouge Part 3: S21 and the Killing Fields. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:19

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 Episode 134 - The Khmer Rouge Part 2: Year Zero | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:19:16

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 Episode 133 - The Khmer Rouge Part 1: Revolutionary Snitching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:23

Part 1 of 4 on the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: Vickery, Micheal. Cambodia, 1975-1982

 Episode 132 - Luigi Cadorna: Redux | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:25:36

Our first episode ever was about Luigi Cadorna. A lot has changed in the last nearly 3 years so we decided to redo the whole thing during a charity live stream. During the stream we raised over 5,000$ for displaced and at need victims of the recent war in Armenia. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

 Episode 131 - USS Indianapolis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:14:03

naval incompetence, sharks, and suicide oh my! Support the show :https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/modern-ships/indianapolis.html https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/surviving-sinking-uss-indianapolis https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/sinking-ussindianapolis/narrative-of-the-circumstances.html https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23455951 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worst-shark-attack-in-history-25715092/

 Episode 130 - The Teenage Communist Hit Squad of The Netherlands | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:05:30

During WWII partisans came in all shapes, sizes, and ages. And sometimes death was 15 years old and riding a bicycle. Listen to It Came From the Sea @fromtheseapod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/nazi-germany-dutch-resistance-freddie-truus-oversteegen-hannie-schaft-a9188306.html https://www.history.com/news/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen Poldermans, Sophie. Seducing and Killing Nazis: Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII

 Episode 129 - Spartacus Part 2: Return of the Corpse Road | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:40

The conclusion of the Third Servile War Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys follow us on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lionsledbydonkeyspod

 Episode 128 - Spartacus Part 1: Jupiter's Cock! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:36

Rome really loves enslaving people. Spartacus disagrees. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: Appian. Civil Wars. Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. "The Life of Crassus." "The Life of Pompey" Bradley, Keith. Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989

 Episode 127 - The Battle of Athens | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:09:16

One day in in 1946 a group of WWII Veterans grabbed their weapons and went to war against police brutality and electoral fraud. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-athens https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/battle-athens-group.html http://csws.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2000-White-Bill-Transcript.pdf

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