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Episode 185 - The Greco-Italian War Part 1: Tooth and Nail
Mussolini attempts to recreate the Roman Empire, killing thousands of his own soldiers in the mountains. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://warfarehistoryne…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 184 - Lyudmila Pavlichenko
The story of the deadliest woman in military history Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Lady Death: The Memoir of Stalin's Sniper - Lyudmila Pavlichenko https://www…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 183 - Digby Tatham-Warter
The most British man ever went into battle against tanks armed with an umbrella and wearing a bowler hat. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.history.co.…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 182 - The War of the Stray Dog
Bulgaria (possibly) starts a war with Greece over a dog that strays over the border (maybe) and a bad dictator seizes on it as an opportunity to shore up a crumbling government. support the show: ht…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 181 - The Charge of the Light Brigade
2/3rds of the WTYP cast join Joe to talk about the dumbest game of telephone in military history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.historynet.com/crim…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 180 - Jesse James and the Old Man in the Cave
Francis Horton, one of the hosts of the What a Hell of a way to die podcasts takes the wheel to tell the story of his home state of Missouri and the weird Jesse James grifting cave. *Corrections* Fr…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
UNLOCKED: The Japanese Holdouts of WWII
WWII officially ended on September 2, 1945. It went on a lot longer for some people. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 179 - The Battle of Bamber Bridge
Joe is joined by Robert Evans, the host of Behind the Bastards to talk about that time the US sparked a race war within its own army during WWII. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledby…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 178 - The Bloody White Baron Part 2: The God of Opium and Mass Murder
Roman invades Mongolia, becomes a legally reincarnated god, murders thousands. Sources: The Bloody White Baron by James Palmer https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/02/ungern-sternb…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 177 - The Bloody White Baron Part 1: Wolf Rehab
Baron Roman Von Ungern-Sternberg is one of the most insane men to ever live. *clarification: Estonians aren't slavic people. However, Russian and Baltic German nobility saw them as slavs due to thei…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago