Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

The Ottoman Empire trips over its own dick into WWI, orders an army to attack up a mountain in the middle of winter without shoes, and commits a genocide. sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60960/wwi-centennial-turkish-debacle-sarikamish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew39InPunOY https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/spotlights/armenian.htm https://www.armenian-genocide.org/1915-1.html https://fx.substack.com/p/today-in-caucasian-history-the-battle-4ab Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/ivan-pavlovich-soviet-soldier.html?chrome=1 https://www.rbth.com/history/326983-5-soviet-superheroes-in-ww-2 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/russian-rambo-of-wwii.html?chrome=1 Support the show www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Support the show get bonus stuff: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/historyculture/index.htm https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/aleutian-islands-campaign.html https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/aleutian-islands-attack-1942 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/today-in-history/forgotten-campaign-wwii-aleutian-islands-campaign.html https://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-aleutian-islands-recapturing-attu/

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/messerschmitt-me-163b-1a-komet/nasm_A19530072000 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-super-scary-legend-nazi-germanys-me-163-rocket-fighters-18494 https://books.google.com/books?id=xiADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124&dq=popular+science+%22A+two-room+wing%22&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q&f=true "Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet". Wings of the Luftwaffe Volmar, Joe (1999). I Learned to Fly for Hitler https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/10/the-german-rocket-fighter-that-dissolved-its-pilots-alive/

The conclusion of the reign of Bokassa I Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for both episodes: Titley, B. (1997). Dark Age: the political odyssey of Emperor Bokassa O'Toole, T. (1982). "Made in France: the Second Central African Republic" Kalck, P. (1971). Central African Republic: a failure in de-colonisation

The 2nd and last part of our series on the Namibian Genocide Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Explore the shocking legacy of Germany's colonization of Namibia. Discover the tumultuous relationship between German settlers and the indigenous Herero and Nama people. Delve into the dubious land acquisitions and the manipulation of local treaties that led to conflict. Meet the resilient Hendrik Witbooi, who fiercely opposed German authority. The conversation also highlights how the events in Namibia laid a foundation for later horrific ideologies. Join in for a thoughtful discourse on history and its dark implications.

The conclusion to our *duology* The US invades Mexico, gets lost, commits crimes against humanity, goes home. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

The US fucks around in Mexican politics and eventually finds out. Sources: https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/wwi/108653.htm https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/fall/mexican-punitive-expedition-1.html https://history.army.mil/html/reference/army_flag/mexex.html https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/pursuing-pancho-villa.htm Pancho Villa and the Attack on Columbus, New Mexico Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys