The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion! 

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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.

Episode 295 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave

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Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2

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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 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1

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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

Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome

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Episode 295 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave

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