Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Napoleon finally gets the battle he wants, leading to one of the bloodiest days in European history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow us on twitter @lions_by Join the subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LionsLedByDonkeys/

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Napoleon's famed Grande Armee finally begins its march towards war. Almost immediately his soldiers begin starving to death and shooting themselves before they even make it to Russia. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys check out our new merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on twitter: @lions_by Join the subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LionsLedByDonkeys/

Imaging being a North Korean conscript, thousands of miles away from home and watching your friends get gunned down by the guy from Drake and Josh. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

On part 2 we talk about the terrible life and times of a soldier in the 1800s. 25 year conscription, disease, banditry, and good old government ran child abduction. Now shut up and die for your Emperor. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy some merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow us on Twitter @lions_by Join the subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LionsLedByDonkeys/

Napoleon attempts to make friends, ends up making war instead. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow us on Twitter @lions_by Source for all related episodes: Adam Zamoyski. Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March

On this episode Joe and Rich talk about some more war animals like Sarbi, the Australian wonder dog and Unsinkable Sam, the unkillable navy cat. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/creator-home Buy some merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Sources: https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/memorial-boxes/2/case-studies/sarbi https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/unsinkable-sam-cat-wwii/

Sources: https://nationalpost.com/tag/kevin-patrick-dawes/ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/syria-isis-kevin-dawes

The British Free Corps was an armed formation made of up brits and dominion soldiers who volunteered to fight for the Nazis during WWII. But rather than a legion of King loving nazis, they ended up being incompetent, insane, and in one case the best military grifter of all time. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for this episode: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-british-free-corps https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/the-british-soldiers-who-fought-for-germany-in-the-world-wars/ https://www.biography.com/news/edward-viii-wallis-simpson-nazi-sympathizers-hitler https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/american-nazis-in-the-1930sthe-german-american-bund/529185/

Imaging doing a favor for a friend that ended up with you spending over a year in a combat zone without a single day of training. Paul Mahar didn't have to imagine. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://taskandpurpose.com/incredible-story-man-fought-vietnam-best-friends-place http://wolfhoundpack.org/Wolfhound-Tales/Paul-Mahar https://lmtribune.com/man-who-served-in-vietnam-in-friend-s-place-is/article_a7f5626b-4fb5-53de-a824-0ea77f5a774b.html https://people.com/archive/unknown-soldier-vol-41-no-10/