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A few weeks ago Tom made a patreon goal that if we hit 5500 supporters we would read horrible fan fiction starring Muammar Gaddafi, Josef Stalin, and Leon Trotsky. It's horrible and you've been warned.

In the final episode of the series, we learn about the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Deutscher Herbst, or "German Autumn" of 1977. In two months in late 1977, the leadership of the first generation of the Red Army Faction would murder a high-profile German industrialist (and former SS officer), hijack a plane, and commit group suicide. And let's just say it made an impression in West Germany.

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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

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The US invents a reason to invade the tiny island nation of Grenada based on plans made from some tourist maps.

In this episode, we cover the early- to mid-1970s bombing campaigns of the Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, and some of the... interesting personalities of the group members.

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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

It's part 2 of our 4-part series on the Red Army Faction, in which Tom takes the lead to explain to Joe the story of 1960s German left-wing militants, their eventual downfall, and--in this episode--something you might describe as 'the world's least enthusiastic hunger striker.'

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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

We've decided to answer your questions. We chose from a list and assembled the cast of Joe, Nate, and Tom to do our best to give honest feedback... or something like it.

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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

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What if you sucked so badly at your job you almost accidentally killed the president

US Marines and Soldiers invade the fortress island of Saipan and end up hating each other almost as much as the Japanese.

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http://www.battleofsaipan.com/seabee.htm

Philip Crowl, "Campaign in the Marianas", vol. 9

Richard Frank. Downfall: End of the Imperial Japanese Empire

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/saipan-a-crucial-foothold-in-the-marianas/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/duel-to-the-death/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-war-between-the-smiths-high-command-feud-at-saipan/

Joe, Francis, and Shocks watch the 2018 film, 12 Strong which comes out looking even more ridiculous as few years later.

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