Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

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

Episode 393 - Lord Byron: Part 1

December 22, 2025 • 92 mins
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In this week's episode, we begin part one of a 2-part series describing the life and times of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous Romantic poet of the early 19th century who went to Greece in hopes of fighting for independence against the Ottomans, and immediately died. But, who was this man? And is describing something as "Byronic" a good thing?...
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*PREVIEW* The Battle of Checkpoint Pasta

December 17, 2025 • 11 mins
The Italian military suffers its first combat casualties since WWII while engaged in a stupid, quixotic, and self-sabotaging "peacekeeping mission" in Somalia c. 1993. And the battle took place in an abandoned Barilla pasta factory. Yes. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/146061189 30% off all merch on our site until January 1! Check it out here: https://www.llbdpodcast.com/ BIBLIOGRAPHY: Biddl...
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Episode 392 - L'Escalade

December 15, 2025 • 78 mins
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON USE CODE DEC25 TO GET 50% OFF UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In 1602, Savoy launched an invasion of Geneva, forcing the city-state's residents to rush to the walls and arm themselves with whatever they could get their hands on, including, in one infamous case, a pot of boiling soup. sources: Abplanalp, Andrej. “L’Escalade.” Blog: Schweizerisches National Museum. 11 Dec ...
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*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 22: On Fluids

December 10, 2025 • 10 mins
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Episode 391 - The US Navy's Flying Aircraft Carriers ft. Dr. Patrick Wyman

December 8, 2025 • 82 mins
USE CODE DEC25 TO GET 50% OFF PATREON SUBSCRIPTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe and Tom are joined by Dr. Patrick Wyman, host of Past Lives and Tides of History to talk about the time the US Navy attempted to deploy flying aircraft carriers, which failed at a rate of 100% Sources: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/how-airship-became-flying-aircraft-carrier https://national...
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*PREVIEW* The Great Comanche Raid of 1840

December 3, 2025 • 10 mins
This is a preview. Support the show on patreon for the rest, use code DEC25 to get 50% off patreon subscriptions until the end of 2025. https://www.patreon.com/posts/144965304?pr=true
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Episode 390 - The Auschwitz Sonderkommando Revolt

November 30, 2025 • 93 mins
USE CODE DEC25 FOR OUR HOLIDAY SALE. https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A group of people, forced into one of the worst jobs in human history, decide to launch a suicidal revolt to destroy the tools of the Holocaust. Sources: Lawerence Langer. Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit Primo Levi. The Drowned and the Saved. Nathan Cohen. Diaries of the Sonderkommando - Confronting Fate and Reality. Tzipo...
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*PREVIEW* Charles Aznavour, French Resistance Hero

November 26, 2025 • 10 mins
*USE CODE DEC25 TO GET 50% OFF ALL PATREON SUBSCRIPTIONS UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER* This is a preview. For the whole episode go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/144456535?pr=true
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Episode 389 - The Istanbul Snowball Fight

November 24, 2025 • 79 mins
USE CODE DEC25 FOR 50% OFF ALL PATREON SUBSCRIPTIONS UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In the early days of English ambassadorships to the Ottoman Empire, an increasingly petty collection of grievances among European envoys and Ottoman dignitaries set the conditions for a single errant snowball to incite an anti-English riot. Witness the story of the snowball that got a bunch of English guys' beat...
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A Holiday Season Message for Our Dear Listeners

November 23, 2025 • 8 mins
*USE CODE DEC25 TO GET 50% OFF PATREON MEMBERSHIPS UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER* Huge thank you to Boonta Vista The Worst of All Possible Worlds Hell of a Way to Dad For making a very stupid idea for an ad possible.
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*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 21: Angel Slop

November 19, 2025 • 10 mins
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Episode 388 - The Siege of Kars

November 17, 2025 • 77 mins
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Towards the end of the Crimean War the Russians invade the Ottoman Empire, coming up against the Fortress City of Kars. Command of the Ottoman forces fall to an old drunk, British man who may or may not be the bastard child of Prince Edward, all of the Turkish officers under him are actually Hungarian, and one American catholic. Sources: Winifred Baumgart. Th...
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*PREVIEW* The English Pirates of the Mediterranean

November 12, 2025 • 9 mins
It's the late 16th century and the Ottoman Empire is continuing to advance across the eastern Mediterranean. In Istanbul, the Ottomans have begun ratifying ambassadorships and trade deals with the English crown. And in the middle of this comes a crew of the most sunburned Barbary Pirates you've ever met, hell-bent on plundering any ship they can find before they high-tail it back to...England? Get the whole episode on Patreon here...
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Episode 387 - The Battle of Ap Bac

November 10, 2025 • 82 mins
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Early during the US War in Vietnam, incompetent American advisors to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), who is also incompetent, get incredibly mad as they attempt to get them to fight the Viet Cong, despite the fact the Americans never bothered to tell the ARVN about the battle plan, and every ARVN commander on the ground has to ask for permission to ...
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*PREVIEW* The Insane Story of Jonathan Idema

November 5, 2025 • 9 mins
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Episode 386 - The Siege of Przemyśl

November 3, 2025 • 92 mins
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In the opening stages of WWI, an Army of 40 year old reservists from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, armed with decades-old weapons and no food, and largely unable to even speak to one another, attempt to hold off the Russian Imperial Army in what became known as "Austria-Hungary's Stalingrad" Sources: Graydon Tunstall. Written in Blood: The Battles For Fortress...
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Episode 385 - The Texas Revolution: Part 4

October 27, 2025 • 64 mins
The conclusion to our series on the Texas Revolution! SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON AND GET OUR NEXT EPISODE RIGHT NOW! https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-episode-of-142158449
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*PREVIEW* 2025 Q&A

October 22, 2025 • 10 mins
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Episode 384 - The Texas Revolution: Part 3

October 19, 2025 • 64 mins
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON AND GET THE CONCLUSION TO THE SERIES RIGHT NOW:https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-episode-4-141594773 PART 3/4
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*PREVIEW* The History of Georgia and the Anarchist Republic of Guria: Part 2

October 15, 2025 • 10 mins
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