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  1. *Preview* 12 Strong

    1 augustus 2023 · 9 min

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    Joe, Francis, and Shocks watch the 2018 film, 12 Strong which comes out looking even more ridiculous as few years later. Lees meer

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  2. Episode 270- Operation Paul Bunyan

    30 juli 2023 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the time the US and North Korea almost went to war over a poplar tree. Lees meer

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    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/

  3. Episode 269 - Chuckie Taylor. The Nerd Turned War Criminal

    23 juli 2023 · 1 uur 17 min

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    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. Lees meer

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    *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

  4. *Preview* The Toyota War

    21 juli 2023 · 9 min

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    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.

  5. Episode 268 - The Battle of Adrianople

    17 juli 2023 · 1 uur 3 min

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    Bad customs officers cause an uprising so bad it contributes to the fall of rome. Lees meer

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    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/

  6. *Preview* Sharpe's Honour

    16 juli 2023 · 9 min

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    Joe, Francis, and Shocks discover that Sharpe is pretty much just James Bond but poor and in the army.

  7. Episode 267: The Fall of Singapore Part 2: Surrendering to a Bluff

    9 juli 2023 · 1 uur 21 min

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    The conclusion to the fall of singapore series! Lees meer

    Correction:
    The repulse and prince of wales were not sunk by carrier based aircraft. Rather they were sunk by ground based aircraft.

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  8. *Preview* The Time Muammar Gaddafi Recruited a Chicago Street Gang

    3 juli 2023 · 9 min

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    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.

  9. Episode 267 - The Fall of Singapore Part 1: The Kiwi Weeb

    2 juli 2023 · 1 uur 10 min

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    Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about the most embarrasing allied defeat of WWII
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    Sources:

    Lindsey Murdoch. The Day the Empire Died in Shame.

    Janet Urh. Against The Sun. The AIF in Malaya.

    Kirby Woodburn. Et Al. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. I

    Brian Farrell. The Defense and Fall of Singapore 1940-1942.

    Allen Parfitt. Bicycle Blitzkrieg: The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore.

  10. Episode 266 - The Toledo War

    25 juni 2023 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Michigan, led by a 22 year old governor, invades Ohio to claim Toledo. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Emmanuel, Greg (2004). The 100-Yard War: Inside the 100-Year-Old Michigan–Ohio State Football Rivalry. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons. pp. 8–10. ISBN 0-471-67552-0.

    "The Ohio–Michigan Boundary War: Battle of Phillips Corners Marker #2–26".

    "The Toledo War". Geography of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State University.

  11. Episode 265 - The Battle Of Adwa

    18 juni 2023 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Italy invades Ethiopia, gets churned into a chunky, sauce-like liquid. Lees meer

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    Raymond Jonas. The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire

    Greg Blake. The First Italo-Abyssinian War: The Battle of Adwa

    Greg Peduto. Italy's Failed African Gambit

  12. Episode 264 - The Battle of Nicopolis

    11 juni 2023 · 1 uur 18 min

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    Crusaders attempt to drive the Ottomans out of the Balkans. It does not go well. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Aziz Antiya. Crusades in the Later Middle Ages

    http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_nicopolis.html

    https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/crusader-disaster-at-nicopolis/

    https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/march-to-destruction-nicopolis-1396/

  13. Episode 263 - The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema

    4 juni 2023 · 1 uur 20 min

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    *CONTENT WARNING*
    Joe and Tom discuss The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema, a dictator nicknamed The Pol Pot of Africa.
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    Sources:

    Tufts Mass Atrocity Endings for Equatorial Guinea

    Paul Kenyon. Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230306160338/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3610187/If-you-think-this-ones-bad-you-should-have-seen-his-uncle.html

    https://web.archive.org/web/20230517050409/https://www.icj.org/the-trial-of-macias-in-equatorial-guinea-the-story-of-a-dictatorship/

  14. Episode 262 - The Nez Perce War

    28 mei 2023 · 1 uur 13 min

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    A group of Native Americans launch one of the longest fighting retreats in North American military history in order to escape genocide at the hands of the US government. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Bruce Hampton. Children of Grace, The Nez Perce War of 1877

    Elliot West. The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story

    https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-last-battle-of-the-nez-perce-war/

    Elliot West. Dreamweaver.

  15. Episode 261 - The USS Thresher

    21 mei 2023 · 1 uur 6 min

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    The story of the most deadly submarine disaster in American history. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/14/questions-about-infamous-lost-sub-thresher-resurface-navy-releases-new-documents-tied-decades-old-mystery.html

    https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2023/april/what-killed-thresher

    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-submarine-sinks-in-atlantic

    https://www.naval-technology.com/features/featureperil-in-the-depths-the-worlds-worst-submarine-disasters-4191027/

    https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2ffoia%2freadingroom%2fHotTopics%2fTHRESHER%20RELEASE

    https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/rip-how-mechanical-problem-led-uss-thresher-its-eternal-patrol-92421

    Norman Polmar. The Death of the USS Thresher

  16. Episode 260 - The Battle of Crecy

    14 mei 2023 · 1 uur 14 min

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    A blind man tries to charge a line of English longbowmen.
    It ends exactly like you think it does.
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    Sources:
    https://www.historyextra.com/period/plantagenet/what-happened-battle-crecy-edward-iii-hundred-years-war-victory-why/
    Andrew Ayton. The Battle of Crécy, 1346
    Andrew Ayton. The Battle of Crécy: Context and Significance
    https://www.historytoday.com/archive/edward-iii-and-battle-cr%C3%A9cy
    https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/death-by-longbow/
    https://www.wired.com/2009/08/0826crecy-cannon/

  17. Episode 259 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 4: The Heavenly King Has A Tummy Ache

    7 mei 2023 · 1 uur 25 min

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    The conclusion to the saga of the Taiping Rebellion! Lees meer

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  18. Episode 258 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 3: The Chicken King

    30 april 2023 · 1 uur 12 min

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    Trouble in the heavenly kingdom! Lees meer

    part 3/4

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  19. Episode 257 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 2: Working in the Dog Blood Factory

    24 april 2023 · 1 uur 15 min

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    The Taiping rebellion spreads and the rebels create the world's weirdest gunpowder Lees meer

    Part 2/4

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  20. Episode 256 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 1: Jesus Christ's Little Brother

    17 april 2023 · 1 uur 13 min

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    A man fails a civil service exam, loses his goddamn mind, and leads China into the deadliest civil war in human history. Part 1/4 Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Johnathan Spence. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan.

    Stephen Platt. Autumn in the heavenly kingdom

    Jian Youwen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement

  21. Episode 255 - The Battle of Carrahae

    9 april 2023 · 1 uur 5 min

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    Crassus attempts to go to war to build his own resume. He ignores everyone's advice and marches his legions into the most predictable defeat on earth. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Plutarch. Crassus.

    Mary T. Boatwright. The Romans: From Village to Empire

    Roman-Persian Wars: The Battle of Carrhae

  22. Episode 254 - Zheng Yi Sao, The Pirate Queen of China

    3 april 2023 · 1 uur 14 min

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    A sex worker turned pirate queen builds a more powerful navy than the entire navy of China. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Murray, Dian H. Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790-1810

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ching-shih-chinese-female-pirate

  23. Episode 253: The Battle of Hattin

    26 maart 2023 · 1 uur 6 min

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    Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about the time that Crusaders forgot that humans need water to live. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Nicholson, R. L. Joscelyn III and the Fall of the Crusader States

    Phillips, Jonathan (2002), The Crusades 1095–1187

    Lacey, James. Crushed at the Horns of Hattin

  24. Episode 252 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 3: The Not So Battle of Tannenberg

    19 maart 2023 · 1 uur 21 min

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    The conclusion to the Battle of Tannenberg series Lees meer

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  25. Episode 251 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 2: A Wild T Rex Appears

    13 maart 2023 · 1 uur 21 min

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    The story of the battle of tannenberg continues part 2/3 Lees meer

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  26. Episode 250 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 1: Deadly German Swamp Ass

    6 maart 2023 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Joe and Nate begin the story of one of the most legendary battles from the beginning of WWI. It is much dumber than you think. Lees meer

    Part 1/3

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  27. Episode 249 - How the US Almost Annexed the Dominican Republic

    27 februari 2023 · 1 uur 18 min

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    Once upon a time the United States came shockingly close to annexing the Dominican Republic. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2717114

    https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61771?lang=en

    https://news.yahoo.com/1871-us-almost-acquired-dominican-135435379.html

    https://www.insider.com/annexation-of-santo-domingo-act-ulysses-grant-dominican-republic-2022-7

    CORRECTION:
    Samuel Doe was murdered by Prince Johnson, an ally of Charles Taylor, but not Charles Taylor himself.

  28. Episode 248 - The Night Witches of WWII

    20 februari 2023 · 1 uur 25 min

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    Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the Soviet all woman night bomber unit of WWII that terrorized the Nazis and pissed off Soviet men. Lees meer

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    sources:
    https://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night
    https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/10/01/the-soviet-night-witches/
    https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-were-the-soviet-night-witches
    https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/06/night-witches-wwii-female-pilots

  29. Episode 247 - The Wooden Nazi Jet Made for Kids

    13 februari 2023 · 1 uur 17 min

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    Joe is joined by Nate to talk about the time the Nazis built a death trap out of wood and thought it would be perfect for the Hitler Youth. Lees meer

    Correction:

    The Gloster Meteor was a jet that also saw limited action in WWll

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    Sources:
    http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Heinkel-Salamander.html
    http://www.aviation-history.com/heinkel/he162.html
    https://shop.historynet.com/blogs/new-the-latest-from-historynet-com/the-10-worst-fighters-of-world-war-ii
    https://www.hotcars.com/the-me-262-the-fighter-that-could-have-changed-world-war-2/
    Christopher, John (2013). The Race for Hitler's X-Planes.

  30. Episode 246 - The Troubles Part 4

    6 februari 2023 · 1 uur 56 min

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    The conclusion to The Troubles series Lees meer

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  31. Episode 245 - The Troubles Part 3

    29 januari 2023 · 1 uur 15 min

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    Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. During this episode we talk about Bloody Sunday and how and why nobody has ever been held accountable. Lees meer

    CONTENT WARNING: This gets pretty grim.

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  32. Episode 244 - The Troubles Part 2

    23 januari 2023 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles. In this episode we cover the famine, independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, partition, and more! Lees meer

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  33. Episode 243 - The Troubles Part 1

    16 januari 2023 · 1 uur 7 min

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    Tom O'Mahony (@gotitatguineys)Host of the Beneath The Skin Podcast takes Joe on a trip through The Troubles of Northern Ireland. Lees meer

    Part 1/4

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  34. Episode 242 - Combat Of The 30

    9 januari 2023 · 1 uur 26 min

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    Joe is once again joined by the show's producer Nate to talk about how in the middle of a stagnated war, two teams of knights got together to kill each other out of boredom as a crowd of spectators watched on. Lees meer

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    sources:
    Barbara Tuchman. A Distant Mirror
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121105020628/http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/chroniqu/texts/AINSWORT.HTM
    Steven Muhlberger. The Combat of the Thirty, Deeds of Arms Series, vol. 2

  35. Episode 241 - The Bay of Pigs Invasion

    2 januari 2023 · 1 uur 32 min

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    Joe is joined by producer Nate (@inthesedeserts)to talk about the time the CIA attempted to invade cuba with a handful of guys and some repurposed fishing trawlers. Lees meer

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    sources:
    http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2134
    https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB355/bop-vol3.pdf
    https://www.historynet.com/cold-war-bay-of-pigs-invasion/
    https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160621043713/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion.html

  36. Episode 240 - King Philip's War Part 3: The Hungry March

    27 december 2022 · 53 min

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    The horrible conclusion to King Philip’s War Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Lisa Brooks. Our Beloved Kin
    James Drake. King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England
    Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms, Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip’s War

  37. Episode 239 - King Philips War Part 2: A Pocket Full of Grapes

    19 december 2022 · 58 min

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    The war finally starts and the colonial authorities immediately make everything much worse. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Lisa Brooks. Our Beloved Kin
    James Drake. King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England
    Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms, Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip’s War

  38. Episode 238 - King Phillip's War Part 1: That Isn't How Dead Bodies Work

    12 december 2022 · 1 uur

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    The little known story of the most apocalyptic war in American History. Part 1/3 Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Lisa Brooks. Our Beloved Kin
    James Drake. King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England
    Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms, Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip’s War

  39. Episode 237 - The Dumb Life and Dumber Death of the Battleship Yamato

    5 december 2022 · 1 uur 4 min

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    the Empire of Japan built the largest battleship the world had ever seen and then decided to use it in the dumbest way possible. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Russel Spurr. A Glorious Way to Die

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/supership/last-nf.html

    https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/yamato-was-hell-sink%E2%80%94and-it-went-out-bang-nuclear-blast-192257

  40. Episode 236 - The Bob Semple Tank

    28 november 2022 · 1 uur 6 min

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    Once upon a time New Zealand made their own tank. It did not go well. Lees meer

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    sources:
    https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/NewZealand/Bob_Semple_Tank.php
    The Semple Tank, J.Plowman, Classic Military Vehicle Magazine
    National Library of New Zealand

  41. Episode 235- Otto Skorzeny Part 3: Otto Skorzeny, Mossad Assassin

    21 november 2022 · 1 uur 7 min

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    Things get weird in the conclusion to the Otto Skorzeny story. Lees meer

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  42. UNLOCKED: Leka I, the Mad Prince of Albania

    14 november 2022 · 1 uur 24 min

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    The pretender to the Albanian throne and Rhodesia fan boy declares himself king, gets arrested for smuggling guns, and gets in a high speed private plane chase while armed with a rocket launcher. Lees meer

    Joe is joined by KD, writer and runner of the War Takes blog.

    https://wartakes.com/

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    Sources:
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/01/leka-zogu
    https://www.ft.com/content/6f2f39aa-21ab-11e1-a1d8-00144feabdc0
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210613055654/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/8926722/Leka-I-Zogu.html
    https://web.archive.org/web/20010122090100/http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/1127/balkankings.html

  43. Episode 234 - Otto Skorzeny Part 2: Otto the Hype Man

    14 november 2022 · 1 uur 12 min

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    Skorzeny launches the mission to rescue Benito Mussolini from a ski resort, it does not go well. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Stuart Smith. Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple

    Dr Robert Forczk. Rescuing Mussolini: Gran Sasso 1943

    Otto Skorzeny. Hitler’s Commando

  44. Episode 233 - Otto Skorzeny Part 1: The STEM Lord, Sword Fighting Enthusiast

    7 november 2022 · 1 uur 7 min

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    Otto Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite Commando during WWII, he was also a total loser. Lees meer

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    Sources:

    Stuart Smith. Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple

    Dr Robert Forczk. Rescuing Mussolini: Gran Sasso 1943

    Otto Skorzeny. Hitler’s Commando

  45. Episode 232 - The Great Siege of Malta

    31 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 6 min

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    An order of knights turned protection racket defend a chunk of rock from an Ottoman force several times their size using the military equivalent of Home Alone tactics. and then people began firing heads out of cannons. Lees meer

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    sources:

    https://www.historynet.com/no-mercy-malta/

    Crowley, Roger (2008). Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World

  46. Episode 231 - The Battle Of Peleliu

    24 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 9 min

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    The US Marines feed thousands of marines into a Japanese meat grinder for no tactical reason before trying to ignore help from the Army to save their pride. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Sledge, Eugene B. (1990). With the Old Breed: At Peleliu And Okinawa

    Leckie, Robert, Helmet For My Pillow

    Anderson, Charles R. Western Pacific. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II

    https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/unnecessary-hell-the-battle-of-peleliu/

  47. Episode 230 - The Khivan Campaign of 1839

    16 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Joe is joined by the hosts of Ukraine without Hype to talk about the time the Russian Empire fell for a con artist and invaded a khanate to try to steal gold that didn't exist. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Morrison, Alexander, "The Russian Conquest of Central Asia"

    "A Narrative of the Russian Military Expedition to Khiva under General Perofski", Translated from the Russian for the Foreign Department of the Government of India, Calcutta, 1867

    ‘Pray for the Camels’: The Winter Invasion of Khiva, 1839–41

  48. Episode 229 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 3

    10 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 9 min

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    The conclusion to the story of Witold Pilecki Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Witold Pilecki. Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery
    Adam Koch. A Captain's Portrait: Witold Pilecki - Martyr for Truth
    Jack Fairweather. The Volunteer

  49. Episode 228 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 2

    3 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Pilecki plots his escape when it becomes clear that the allies will do nothing about the crimes being committed within Auschwitz. Lees meer

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    Sources:
    Witold Pilecki. Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery
    Adam Koch. A Captain's Portrait: Witold Pilecki - Martyr for Truth
    Jack Fairweather. The Volunteer

  50. Episode 227 - Witold Pilecki, The Auschwitz Volunteer Part 1

    26 september 2022 · 1 uur 6 min

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    Witold Pilecki was a Polish Freedom Fighter who volunteered to get thrown into Auschwitz in order to let the world know what was happening there. Lees meer

    The world didn't listen.

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    Sources:
    Witold Pilecki. Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery
    Adam Koch. A Captain's Portrait: Witold Pilecki - Martyr for Truth
    Jack Fairweather. The Volunteer