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
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April 29, 2024 • 85 mins
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The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck.
Sources:
https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/
https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/
https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/
Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V S...
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April 23, 2024 • 10 mins
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April 22, 2024 • 72 mins
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Scotland invades England with one of the largest armies in Scottish History and nearly wipe out their own government in the process.
Sources:
https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Marmion--A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070227045328/http://www.ourpasthistory.com/England/the-battle-of-flodden-field-or-branxton-moor
Peter Reese. Flooden: A Scotti...
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April 15, 2024 • 93 mins
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In the opening stages of the Korean War the US sent a badly underarmed, undermanned Task Force to blunt the advance of the entire North Korean military. It did not go great.
Sources:
https://www.historynet.com/rush-disaster-task-force-smith/
https://www.thenmusa.org/task-force-smith-and-the-problem-with-readiness/
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April 10, 2024 • 11 mins
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April 8, 2024 • 91 mins
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Joe and Nate talk about the time a bunch of drunken American soldiers caused a pitched battle between themselves and their allies while stationed in Australia during WWII
Correction: Indigenous Australians were given Australian citizenship at the same time other Australians (1949) however, the quality of that citizenship was not equal to that of non-indigenous Australian...
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April 1, 2024 • 65 mins
The conclusion to the boxer rebellion series!
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March 26, 2024 • 9 mins
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Sharpe rejoins the British Army to root out corruption and the boys talk about the worst pizza party ever
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March 25, 2024 • 70 mins
Part 4/5
A Wild Smedley Butler Appears!
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March 19, 2024 • 9 mins
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March 18, 2024 • 68 mins
Part 3/5
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March 10, 2024 • 58 mins
Part 2/5
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March 10, 2024 • 10 mins
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Joe, tom, and Nate talk about the time British Commandos attempted to kill Erwin Rommel. It did not go great.
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March 3, 2024 • 70 mins
The Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood.
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Sources:
David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China
Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
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February 26, 2024 • 91 mins
The conclusion to the story of a boy and his Chindits.
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SOURCES:
John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy
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February 25, 2024 • 10 mins
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February 24, 2024 • 1 min
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February 20, 2024 • 10 mins
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February 18, 2024 • 94 mins
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Orde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War.
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February 12, 2024 • 58 mins
Union soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way.
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