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Episode 355 - The Turtle, The World's First Combat Submarine
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*PREVIEW* The Tarnak Farm Incident ft. Robert Evans
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Episode 354 - The 1813 Battle of Medina
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Episode 353 - The Death of Carthage
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*PREVIEW* The Anglo-Zanzibar War ft. Riley Quinn
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Episode 352 - The Attack on Mers El Kebir
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59:17SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeysJoe 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 Laster…
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Episode 351 - The 410AD Sack of Rome
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1:12:26Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeyscheck out our merch store: https://llbdmerch.com/Joe is joined by the Zoo Crew to talk about the time Rome hosted the world's largest Goth convention.Sources:Zosimus. New HistoryMichael Kulikowski. Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric.Ludwig Heinrich Dyck. The Got…
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*PREVIEW* Akira ft. Hussein Kesvani
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Episode 350 - The Modoc War
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1:24:23Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeysOnce upon a time, the US went to war against a small tribe in the pacific northwest, and, despite winning due to the massive power imbalance, they managed to get their asses kicked the entire time.Sources:Arthur Quinn. Hell With the Fire Out: A History of the Modoc WarTerry Joh…
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Episode 349 - The Battle of the Kalka River ft. Milo Edwards
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1:08:41Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeysJoe and Tom are joined by Trashfuture's Milo Edwards to talk about the time a bunch of guys named Mstislav got destroyed by the Mongols.Sources:Leo De Hertog. Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World.Richard Gabriel. Subotai The Valiant: Genghis Khan's Greatest General.The Chronicl…
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Episode 348 - The Battle of Cape Gloucester
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1:27:14Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeyscheck out our merch store!https://llbdmerch.com/Marines storm ashore a rainforest-bound, diseased-filled, swampy death trap of an island to take an airfield with no strategic value.Sources:Bernard Nalty. The Green Inferno.Frank Hough. The Campaign on New BritainJohn Miller. His…
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Episode 347 - The Shinmiyangyo Incident ft. The Worst of All Possible Worlds
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1:22:14Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeysCheck out The Worst of All Possible Worlds:https://www.worstpossible.worldJoe is joined by the cast of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time the US attempted to open Korea with gunboat diplomacy in 1871.Sources:Thomas Duvernay. Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict B…
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Episode 346 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 3
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*PREVIEW* The Fu-Go Balloon Bombs of WWII ft. Dr. Patrick Wyman
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Episode 345 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 2
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Episode 345 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 1
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1:08:39Support the show on Patreon and get the second part in this series right now! https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-episode-2-119362620Check out the merch store!https://llbdmerch.com/*Correction*Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the invasion of Korea, not Tokugawa Hideyoshi.Once upon a time in Japan, shitty landlords, high taxes, and religious persecution u…
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Episode 344 - The Battle of Hamburger Hill
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*PREVIEW* History of Armenia 37: Armenia's Sad, Pathetic, Neo Nazi Movement
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Episode 343 - The Battle of Trenton
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Episode 342 - The Seventh Crusade and the Battle of Mansurah
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1:17:18Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeysCheck out our merch store:https://llbdmerch.com/A King has a fever dream and launches the 7th crusade, following the exact same battle plan as a previous failed crusade because he thinks he's built different. He isn't.Sources:Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Oxford History of the Crus…
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*PREVIEW* The Battle of Fort Fisher
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