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 454 episodes available.

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast episodes:

June 11, 2023 Episode 264 - The Battle of Nicopolis
Crusaders attempt to drive the Ottomans out of the Balkans. It does not go well.
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Sources:
Aziz Antiya. Crusades in the Later Middle Ages
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_nicopolis.html
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/crusader-disaster-at-nicopolis/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/march-to-destruction-nicopolis-1396/
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1h 19min
June 04, 2023 Episode 263 - The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema
*CONTENT WARNING*
Joe and Tom discuss The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema, a dictator nicknamed The Pol Pot of Africa.
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Sources:
Tufts Mass Atrocity Endings for Equatorial Guinea
Paul Kenyon. Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230306160338/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3610187/If-you-think-this-ones-bad-you-should-have-seen-his-uncle.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20230517050409/https://www.icj.org/the-trial-of-macias-in-equatorial-guinea-the-story-of-a-dictatorship/
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1h 20min
May 28, 2023 Episode 262 - The Nez Perce War
A group of Native Americans launch one of the longest fighting retreats in North American military history in order to escape genocide at the hands of the US government.
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Sources:
Bruce Hampton. Children of Grace, The Nez Perce War of 1877
Elliot West. The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-last-battle-of-the-nez-perce-war/
Elliot West. Dreamweaver.
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1h 13min
May 21, 2023 Episode 261 - The USS Thresher
The story of the most deadly submarine disaster in American history.
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Sources:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/14/questions-about-infamous-lost-sub-thresher-resurface-navy-releases-new-documents-tied-decades-old-mystery.html
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/april/what-killed-thresher
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-submarine-sinks-in-atlantic
https://www.naval-technology.com/features/featureperil-in-the-depths-the-worlds-worst-submarine-disasters-4191027/
https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2ffoia%2freadingroom%2fHotTopics%2fTHRESHER%20RELEASE
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/rip-how-mechanical-problem-led-uss-thresher-its-eternal-patrol-92421
Norman Polmar. The Death of the USS Thresher
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1h 7min
May 14, 2023 Episode 260 - The Battle of Crecy
A blind man tries to charge a line of English longbowmen.
It ends exactly like you think it does.
Support the show:
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Sources:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/plantagenet/what-happened-battle-crecy-edward-iii-hundred-years-war-victory-why/
Andrew Ayton. The Battle of Crécy, 1346
Andrew Ayton. The Battle of Crécy: Context and Significance
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/edward-iii-and-battle-cr%C3%A9cy
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/death-by-longbow/
https://www.wired.com/2009/08/0826crecy-cannon/
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1h 14min
May 07, 2023 Episode 259 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 4: The Heavenly King Has A Tummy Ache
The conclusion to the saga of the Taiping Rebellion!
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1h 25min
April 30, 2023 Episode 258 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 3: The Chicken King
Trouble in the heavenly kingdom!
part 3/4
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1h 13min
April 24, 2023 Episode 257 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 2: Working in the Dog Blood Factory
The Taiping rebellion spreads and the rebels create the world's weirdest gunpowder
Part 2/4
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1h 15min
April 17, 2023 Episode 256 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 1: Jesus Christ's Little Brother
A man fails a civil service exam, loses his goddamn mind, and leads China into the deadliest civil war in human history. Part 1/4
Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Sources:
Johnathan Spence. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan.
Stephen Platt. Autumn in the heavenly kingdom
Jian Youwen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement
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1h 14min
April 09, 2023 Episode 255 - The Battle of Carrahae
Crassus attempts to go to war to build his own resume. He ignores everyone's advice and marches his legions into the most predictable defeat on earth.
Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Sources:
Plutarch. Crassus.
Mary T. Boatwright. The Romans: From Village to Empire
Roman-Persian Wars: The Battle of Carrhae
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1h 6min

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