Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
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. Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Episodes
May 12, 2025 • 72 mins
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George Patton launches a very badly thought-out mission to rescue his son-in-law from a POW camp.
Sources:
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https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/a...
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May 7, 2025 • 10 mins
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May 5, 2025 • 77 mins
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Once upon a time, the British Navy built one of the worst submarines ever put to sea and then promptly smashed them into one another repeatedly.
Sources:
N.S Nash. K Boat Catastrophe: Eight Ships and Five Collisions.
Edwyn G...
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April 28, 2025 • 98 mins
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The conclusion to the Armenian Genocide series.
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April 21, 2025 • 87 mins
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Part 3/4
For full bibliography see episode 1 show notes.
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April 17, 2025 • 10 mins
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Joe and Tom take the stage at Rich Mix to tell the story about the world's first military high speed train chase. Get the whole episoide on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/126771552
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April 14, 2025 • 87 mins
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Part 2/4
Sources:
Ronald Grigor Suny. They Can Live in the Desert and Nowhere Else.
Peter Bakalian. Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
Taner Akçam. Killing Orders: Talat Pas...
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April 8, 2025 • 11 mins
Episodes 38-42 of G Gundam involve a horse being made to pilot a gundam. Is this animal abuse? Which country does the horse represent?
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April 6, 2025 • 101 mins
Joe, Tom, and Nate live in London talk about the time the Russian Empire sent a fleet around the world to fight the Japanese Imperial Navy.
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April 6, 2025 • 86 mins
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This is the story of the Metz Yegern, The Gre...
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April 1, 2025 • 11 mins
All good rebellions start at a bar. Note that we did not say 'successful' there. Quinn from the Failure to Launch podcast joins us as a guest host to discuss a time when francophone and anglophone Canadians joined forces to fight the British in hopes of declaring independence.
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March 30, 2025 • 76 mins
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When America entered WWI they found t...
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March 23, 2025 • 72 mins
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March 18, 2025 • 11 mins
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March 16, 2025 • 81 mins
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March 9, 2025 • 78 mins
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March 4, 2025 • 10 mins
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March 2, 2025 • 59 mins
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Joe and Nate explore the time the French surrendered during WWII, leaving the British worried if their fleet was going to change sides and fight for the Nazis. Rather than waiting to find out, they conducted the naval equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel.
Sources:
Philippe Lasterle. Could Admiral Gensoul Have Averted the Tragedy of Mers el-Kebir? The Journ...
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February 23, 2025 • 72 mins
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Joe is joined by the Zoo Crew to talk about the time Rome hosted the world's largest Goth convention.
Sources:
Zosimus. New History
Michael Kulikowski. Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric.
Ludwig Heinrich Dyck. The Goth Sack of Rome: Barbarians at the Gate in 410 AD. Military Heritage. Vo...
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February 18, 2025 • 10 mins
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