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Episode 230 - The Khivan Campaign of 1839
Joe is joined by the hosts of Ukraine without Hype to talk about the time the Russian Empire fell for a con artist and invaded a khanate to try to st…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 229 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 3
The conclusion to the story of Witold Pilecki Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Get Joe's new book: https://www.amazon.com…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 228 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 2
Pilecki plots his escape when it becomes clear that the allies will do nothing about the crimes being committed within Auschwitz. Support the show: h…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 227 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 1
Witold Pilecki was a Polish Freedom Fighter who volunteered to get thrown into Auschwitz in order to let the world know what was happening there. Th…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 226 - The Cimbrian War
Rome kills 80,000 of their own soldiers because of a personal beef. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Theodor Mom…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 225 - Operation Pastorious
During WWII the Nazis attempted to recruit a team of spies to sabotage factories within the US. Instead what they did was hire a bunch of rejects who…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 224 - The Battle of Wake Island
Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese military set their eyes on a tiny speck of a rock staffed with a handful of Marines and civilia…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 223 - The First Barbary War
America scrapes together the US Navy to go fight pirates on the other side of the world. They accomplish almost nothing and then go home. Support the…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 222 - The Wilkes Expedition
Once upon a time the US Navy went on a scientific expedition based upon the theory of a hollow earth. They murdered swaths of innocent people and the…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 221 - The Battle of Lake Tanganyika Part 2: Nelson of the Lake
Spicer Simson rides into some of the dumbest combat of all time, somehow wins. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: …
3 years, 9 months ago