Tom takes the wheel for another series. This time the Red Army Faction, a German left wing terror group funded by bank robberies and fueled by chain smoking. 

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Sources: 

The Red Army Faction. A Documentary History. Volume I: Projectiles for the People. 

Margrit Schiller. Remembering The Armed Struggle. My Time With the Red Army Faction. 

Stefan Aust. The Baader Meinhof Complex

Episode 272- The Red Army Faction Part 1: Coca Cola Blood

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A colonial American uprising that united white men who wanted to steal more native land, slaves, and indentured servants against a corrupt Governor.

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https://virginiahistory.org/learn/bacons-rebellion-virginia-years-1675-1676

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p274.html

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/bacons-rebellion-1676/

https://www.jyfmuseums.org/learn/research-and-collections/essays/a-history-of-bacons-rebellion-in-six-sources

Tales from a Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America

Episode 315 Bacon's Rebellion

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Untrained soldiers and suicide submarines raid a port during WWI with mothballed ships, reinforced with armor made from used mattresses and sandbags.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/war_sea_gallery_06.shtml

https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/the-raid-on-zeebrugge-23-april-1918-for-england-and-st-george

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-12161

https://issuu.com/faircountmedia/docs/special-operations-outlook-2018/s/72765

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/zeebrugge-a-gallant-raid-on-saint-georges-day/

Episode 314 - The Zeebrugge Raid

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Sinking forts, suicide gun boats, and one very dumb fake country.

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https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/new-orleans-civil-war

https://64parishes.org/entry/fall-of-new-orleans-and-federal-occupation-adaptation

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1962/april/fall-new-orleans

https://www.historynet.com/big-trouble-big-easy-confederacy/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/conquering-the-queen-city/

Episode 272- The Red Army Faction Part 1: Coca Cola Blood

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