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*Correction*

Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the invasion of Korea, not Tokugawa Hideyoshi.

Once upon a time in Japan, shitty landlords, high taxes, and religious persecution united a diverse band of Christians, Samurai, Ronin, and farmers under the leadership of a teenager, believed to be an Apostle, in order to rise up against the Lords of Shimabara and the Shogun himself.

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Sources for this series:

Robert Bellah. Tokugawa Religion.

Ivan Morris. The nobility of failure: tragic heroes in the history of Japan

Jonathan Clements. Christ’s Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion

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Francis joins Joe to talk about one of the most memorable battles of the Vietnam War, which was completely and utterly pointless.

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190515114632/https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/star/images/1683/168300010494.pdf

https://www.history.com/news/hamburger-hill-controversy

Frank Boccia. The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill

Robert L. Durham. 101st Airborne fight for Hamburger Hill. Military Heritage. Vol. 21, No. 4

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George Washington crosses the Delaware!

and then everyone's feet start bleeding.

Sources:

Henry Wood. The Battles of the American Revolution

William Stryker. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton

John Ferling. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

Vince Hawkins. The Battle of Trenton. Military Heritage. Vol. 5, No. 5

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A King has a fever dream and launches the 7th crusade, following the exact same battle plan as a previous failed crusade because he thinks he's built different. He isn't.

Sources:

Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Oxford History of the Crusades

Alexander Mikaberidze. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World A Historical Encyclopedia

Christopher Marshall, Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291

Douglas Sterling. The Battle of Al Mansourah and the Seventh Crusade, 1251

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The English launch a raid against the Spanish city of Cadiz. Instead of planning anything whatsoever, the English get drunk on the beach and die.

Correction: James VI/James I. Not James IV

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20070311113513/http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/123/123%20292%201626.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20061003025931/http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/glossary/cadiz.htm

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/cadiz-expedition-1625-m.html

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315257228-16/expedition-cadiz-1625-ronald-bedford-lloyd-davis

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