Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

This is a preview, for the whole episode get access here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-d-60639257 What if you sucked so badly at your job you almost accidentally killed the president

US Marines and Soldiers invade the fortress island of Saipan and end up hating each other almost as much as the Japanese. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: http://www.battleofsaipan.com/seabee.htm Philip Crowl, "Campaign in the Marianas", vol. 9 Richard Frank. Downfall: End of the Imperial Japanese Empire https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/saipan-a-crucial-foothold-in-the-marianas/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/duel-to-the-death/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-war-between-the-smiths-high-command-feud-at-saipan/

Joe, Francis, and Shocks watch the 2018 film, 12 Strong which comes out looking even more ridiculous as few years later. Get the entire episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87002249?pr=true

Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the time the US and North Korea almost went to war over a poplar tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/axe-murder-north-korea-1976/562028/ https://ns.clementspapers.org/briefing-books/korea-tree-incident https://medium.com/@qz_li/korean-axe-murder-incident-48f3e16e47b6 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/14/north-korea-1976-axe-murder-incident-215605/

Everyone has heard of Charles Taylor, the brutal dictator of Liberia. This is the story of his son, Chuckie Taylor, an American born nerd turned head of Liberian national security, international diamond smuggler, and one of the worst war criminals in Liberian history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *UPDATE* WE FOUND HIS RAP MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/@BentmanOfficial/about Sources: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/chucky-taylor-liberias-other-monster/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/09/charles-taylor-jr-torture-liberia https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crm-021.html Johnny Dwer. American Warlord: A True Story. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/23/liberia-war-crimes-chucky-taylor

Get the whole episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-toyota-war-49241965 Muammar Gaddafi invades Chad with one of the most powerful armies in Africa. What happens next is one of the most lopsided defeats in military history.

Bad customs officers cause an uprising so bad it contributes to the fall of rome. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Alessandro Barbero. The Day of the Barbarians. Peter Heather. The Fall of the Roman Empire. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-gothic-wars-battle-of-adrianople/ https://www.historynet.com/adrianople-last-great-battle-of-antiquity/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/roman-disaster-at-adrianople/

Get the whole episode and tons of other bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe, Francis, and Shocks discover that Sharpe is pretty much just James Bond but poor and in the army.

The conclusion to the fall of singapore series! Correction: The repulse and prince of wales were not sunk by carrier based aircraft. Rather they were sunk by ground based aircraft. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Get the entire episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-time-gang-85400339 Once upon a time the dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, attempted to recruit a Chicago street gang from Chicago to conduct terror attacks in America. This is the very dumb story.