Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

By Lions Led By Donkeys

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.

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How many episodes does Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 447 episodes available.

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast episodes:

January 21, 2024 Episode 295 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave
The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion!
SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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.
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1h 18min
January 14, 2024 Episode 294 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 1: Dutch Kabuki
The heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all.
SUPPORT THE SHOW:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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.
https://www.historynet.com/satsuma-rebellion-satsuma-clan-samurai-against-the-imperial-japanese-army/
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1h 14min
January 08, 2024 *PREVIEW* Waterloo (1970)
This is a preview, to listen to the entire episode support the show on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96076514?pr=true
Once upon a time thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a film production. This is that film.
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11min
January 07, 2024 Episode 293 - Operation Lam Son 719
Joe and Nate talk about the time South Vietnam attempted to invade Laos. It did not go well.
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https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
SOURCES:
Sources:
https://www.comanchero.org/LamSon719.html
https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/invasion-02172021125804.html
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27016309
Robert Sander. The Invasion of Laos, 1971
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024288
https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/mauled-in-laos/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-nightmare-mission-into-laos-operation-lam-son-719/
...more
1h 43min
January 01, 2024 Episode 292 - The Defense of the Great Wall
Chinese soldiers defended the Great Wall of China armed with swords, axes, and martial arts....in the 1930s
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https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Sources:
https://www.historynet.com/last-battle-great-wall/
https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-forgotten-story-of-japans-attack-on-the-great-wall-of-china-5b7f75e326b8
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-imperial-japan-seized-great-wall-china-91386
https://www.republicanchina.org/war.shtml
...more
1h 2min
December 25, 2023 *PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 3: Sombrero Space Station
This is a preview for the whole episode follow the link below and support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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11min
December 24, 2023 Episode 291 - The Christmas Truce
Once upon a time enemies put aside their differences to collectively ignore their officers orders.
Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Sources:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce
https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-the-christmas-truce
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25206-2004Dec24.html
Max Hastings. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War
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56min
December 18, 2023 *PREVIEW* The 761st Black Panthers
This is a preview of a patreon exclusive episode. Get the entire episode here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94870719?pr=true
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11min
December 17, 2023 Episode 290 - The Divine Wind
You've heard of the Kamikaze. Now learn about where they got their name.
Sources:
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/kamikaze-001995
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141104-kamikaze-kublai-khan-winds-typhoon-japan-invasion
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-kamikaze-pilots-wwii
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/18/how-typhoon-sank-kublai-khan-weatherwatch
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-mongol-invasions-of-japan-195559
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/divine-winds-triumphant/
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1h 5min
December 10, 2023 Episode 289 - Eugene Bullard. The Coolest Man to Ever Live
Circus performer, champion boxer, first ever African American combat pilot, club owner, Jazz artist, and spy. Eugene Bullard was one of the coolest men to ever live.
*SUPPORT THE SHOW*
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
*LIVE SHOW TICKETS*
Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/
Night two: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…odcast-27jan24/
Sources:
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/eugene-j-bullard
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231112-eugene-ballard-pioneering-african-american-aviator-who-flew-for-france-in-wwi
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bullard-eugene-jacques-1894-1961/
https://www.historynet.com/eugene-bullard-americas-first-black-fighter-pilot/
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1h 8min

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