
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.
Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Latest episodes

Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 18min
Episode 295 - The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave
The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion!
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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.

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.
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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/

Jan 8, 2024 • 11min
*PREVIEW* Waterloo (1970)
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Once upon a time thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a film production. This is that film.

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.
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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/

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
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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

Dec 25, 2023 • 11min
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 3: Sombrero Space Station
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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.
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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

Dec 18, 2023 • 10min
*PREVIEW* The 761st Black Panthers
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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/

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.
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*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/