

Episode 365 - The War of the Oaken Bucket
Jun 2, 2025
01:08:41
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In which the casus belli of two 14th-century Italian city states going to war was, in popular consciousness at least, the theft of a town's wooden bucket. Some Germans get involved as well.
Sources used:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/war-of-the-bucket
https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zappolino-1325/
https://militaryhistorynow.com/2020/10/18/beyond-the-pail-the-unbelievable-war-for-the-oaken-bucket-2/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/bloodiest-medieval-war-fought-bucket.html
http://www.zappolino.it/battaglia.htm