Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Folks, it's bad. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dirty-painful-death-president-james-garfield https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/09/19/garfield-assassination-white-house-doctors-lied/ https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/health/25garf.html https://medium.com/@simoncarryer/damn-near-killed-him-30042c796e29 https://nypos...

During the Battle of Kunduz, the US bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital, one of the worst war crimes of the Afghan War. Nobody has ever been punished for it. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our store: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Sources: https://www.msf.org/kunduz-hospital-attack-depth https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/lat...

Life aboard a U-boat during WWII was horrible but thankfully short from all the dying. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Correction: During the show Joe says he couldn't find reports of U-Boat crews killing themselves. Someone pointed out it happened at least once in this incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zschech Sources: Iron Coffins by Herbert Warner https:/...

Tom Cruise is the worst pirate ever. Support the show to get more bonus episodes like this: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow our Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/lionsledbydonkeyspod

Francis from the Hell of a way to die Podcast and Shocks, everyone's favorite podcast lawyer join the show to talk about all of the times the US and USSR lost nuclear weapons due to horrible incompetence. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://interestingengineering.com/broken-arrows-the-worlds-lost-nuclear-weapons https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/17483/8-n...

The war ends and the world sets itself on course for nuclear hellfire. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources regarding propaganda discussed at the end of the show: WARNING: This is explicit porn. In case you want to just read what a historian Tim Clark wrote about this piece when it appeared in 2013 exhibition, Shunga: Sex and pleasure in Japanese art, 1600-1900. "Pop...

The Russian Navy sets off on a one way journey into naval history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Russia and Japan are introduced to the weapons of modern war. Hilarity does not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Imperialism and Racism lead Imperial Russia down a path of one of the biggest self owns in military history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05 The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905

Once upon a time a group of idiots with an airsoft rifle attempted to invade a country. Hilarity (and prison sentences) ensued. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53557235 https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/05/the-invasion-of-venezuela-brought-to-you-by-silvercorp-usa/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mind-blowing-story-ex-g...

Once upon a time there was a man who loved cannons. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/26/magazine/the-man-behind-iraq-s-supergun.html https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/02/10/who-murdered-gerald-bull/bfce6e11-7dff-4...

The one time a downed Japanese pilot started a small civil war on a remote Hawaiian island. *correction* A pronunciation guide was used for the word Niihau, which said it is nee-how. Others have told us this is incorrect and it is instead Nee-ee-how. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.historynet.com/the-niihau-incident.htm https://timeline.com/this-jap...

Folks, it turns out Nazis are in fact, bad. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *CORRECTION* A correction is needed regarding our answer to the question from the Legion in this episode. We originally thought the Army Esports team was just a Esports team staffed by soldiers who got a sweet gig. We were wrong. It is staffed by Recruiters. We officially retract our statement a...

Stupid sexy Flanders. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: DeVries, Kelly (2006). Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology. The Boydell Press.

Grab your butt ladles and get ready for the most epic tale of revenge in history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Allyn, John. 47 Ronin. Tuttle Books. http://chushingura.biz/ http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/chushinguranew/CHUSHINGURA.htm

The Wagner Group is what happens when money, strange neo nazi cults, and proxy wars have a baby. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-wagner-group-mercenaries-where-operate-2018-4 https://www.fpri.org/article/2019/10/diplomacy-...

Blow up Mount Rushmore. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sordid-history-mount-rushmore-180960446/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/07/03/mount-rushmore-gutzon-borglum-klan-stone-mountain/ https://apnews.com/430aa7f10b344eef891ff733116cf3ae https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/monumental-racism-the-kkk-member-who-c...

Joseph Medicine Crow became the last War Chief of the Crow Tribe. He did this by counting coup, stealing an enemy's weapon, and stealing their horses....in World War II. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Joseph Medicine Crow, Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/joseph-medicine-crow-last-crow-trib...

Dr. Nyri Bakkalian joins Joe to talk about video games, anime, and all of the things the west misunderstands about Japanese history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Preorder Dr. Bakkalian's book: https://squareup.com/store/balance-of-seven/item/grey-dawn-preorder

On this episode Joe and Travis dive into the history of the podcast's favorite cold war tank: the T-55. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://ospreypublishing.com/t-54-and-t-55-main-battle-tanks-1944-2004-pb

Joseph Beyrle is the only known American Soldier to fight within the ranks of the Red Army during WWII. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.rbth.com/history/330871-joseph-beyerle-american-paratrooper-ussr-wwii https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2017/12/08/joseph-beyrle-dual-soldier/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/incredible-story-joseph-beyrle-am...

Once upon a time there was a one eyed Canadian beserker who liberated an entire town on his own. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/leo-major-the-unstoppable.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/world/canada/quebec-leo-major.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/leo-major-montreal-zwolle-nazis-1.4660487

Robert E Lee was a traitor, a slave owner, and a war criminal. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for this episode: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/ https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-lee-slaveholder/ http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-...

During the Cold War the US dosed thousands of its soldiers with acid. Hilarity did not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrets-of-edgewood https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/manufacturing-madness https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/operation-delirium

Nic Cage and John Woo flamethrower karate fight their way across the pacific theater of WWII. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys