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Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 18min

Episode 295 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave

The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword.
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Jan 14, 2024 • 1h 13min

Episode 294 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 1: Dutch Kabuki

The heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword. https://www.historynet.com/satsuma-rebellion-satsuma-clan-samurai-against-the-imperial-japanese-army/
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Jan 8, 2024 • 11min

*PREVIEW* Waterloo (1970)

This is a preview, to listen to the entire episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96076514?pr=true Once upon a time thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a film production. This is that film.
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Jan 7, 2024 • 1h 43min

Episode 293 - Operation Lam Son 719

Joe and Nate talk about the time South Vietnam attempted to invade Laos. It did not go well. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Sources: https://www.comanchero.org/LamSon719.html https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/invasion-02172021125804.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/27016309 Robert Sander. The Invasion of Laos, 1971 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024288 https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/mauled-in-laos/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-nightmare-mission-into-laos-operation-lam-son-719/
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Jan 1, 2024 • 1h 2min

Episode 292 - The Defense of the Great Wall

Chinese soldiers defended the Great Wall of China armed with swords, axes, and martial arts....in the 1930s SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.historynet.com/last-battle-great-wall/ https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-forgotten-story-of-japans-attack-on-the-great-wall-of-china-5b7f75e326b8 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-imperial-japan-seized-great-wall-china-91386 https://www.republicanchina.org/war.shtml
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Dec 25, 2023 • 11min

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 3: Sombrero Space Station

This is a preview for the whole episode follow the link below and support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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Dec 24, 2023 • 55min

Episode 291 - The Christmas Truce

Once upon a time enemies put aside their differences to collectively ignore their officers orders. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-the-christmas-truce https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25206-2004Dec24.html Max Hastings. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War
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Dec 18, 2023 • 10min

*PREVIEW* The 761st Black Panthers

This is a preview of a patreon exclusive episode. Get the entire episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94870719?pr=true
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Dec 17, 2023 • 1h 5min

Episode 290 - The Divine Wind

You've heard of the Kamikaze. Now learn about where they got their name. Sources: https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/kamikaze-001995 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141104-kamikaze-kublai-khan-winds-typhoon-japan-invasion https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-kamikaze-pilots-wwii https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/18/how-typhoon-sank-kublai-khan-weatherwatch https://www.thoughtco.com/the-mongol-invasions-of-japan-195559 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/divine-winds-triumphant/
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Dec 10, 2023 • 1h 8min

Episode 289 - Eugene Bullard. The Coolest Man to Ever Live

Circus performer, champion boxer, first ever African American combat pilot, club owner, Jazz artist, and spy. Eugene Bullard was one of the coolest men to ever live. *SUPPORT THE SHOW* https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *LIVE SHOW TICKETS* Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/ Night two: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…odcast-27jan24/ Sources: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/eugene-j-bullard https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231112-eugene-ballard-pioneering-african-american-aviator-who-flew-for-france-in-wwi https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bullard-eugene-jacques-1894-1961/ https://www.historynet.com/eugene-bullard-americas-first-black-fighter-pilot/

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