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Episode 177 - The Bloody White Baron Part 1: Wolf Rehab
11 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 21 min
Baron Roman Von Ungern-Sternberg is one of the most insane men to ever live. Lees meer
*clarification: Estonians aren't slavic people. However, Russian and Baltic German nobility saw them as slavs due to their peasant status. No, this makes no sense.
Sources for all related shows:
The Bloody White Baron by James Palmer
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/02/ungern-sternberg-buddhist-isis/459327/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUq7IUU300
Willard Sunderland (2014) The Baron’s Cloak, A History of the Russian Empire in War and Revolution
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Episode 176 - The Spanish American War Part 3: The Stolen Valor of Teddy Roosevelt
4 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
The famed Rough Riders were a liability Lees meer
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Episode 175 - The Spanish American War Part 2: The One With All of the Diseases
27 september 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
Typhus! Yellow Fever! Malaria! And more! Lees meer
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Episode 174 - The Spanish American War Part 1: Maybe Don't Remember the Maine
20 september 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
Part 1 of 3 as we explore the birth of American Empire. Lees meer
Sources for all 3 episodes:
Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century
The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/spring/roosevelt-and-medal-of-honor-3.html
https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/how-buffalo-soldiers-helped-win-the-spanish-american-warand-saved-teddy-roosevelt-7716090Support the show:
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Episode 173 - The 4th Crusade
13 september 2021 · 59 min
A bunch of christian knights get hijacked to knee cap some people over boat debt. Lees meer
Sources:
https://www.historynet.com/fourth-crusade-the-second-siege-of-constantinople/
https://www.thecollector.com/fourth-crusade-siege-constantinople-fall-of-byzantine-empire/
Hindley, Geoffrey (2003). The Crusades: A History of Armed Pilgrimage and Holy WarSupport the show:
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Episode 172 - The Battle of Sarikamish
6 september 2021 · 1 uur 30 min
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. Lees meer
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-4abSupport the show:
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Episode 171 - The Soviet Axe Berserkers of World War II
30 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
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 Lees meerSupport the show
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Episode 170 - The Aleutian Islands Campaign
23 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 22 min
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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
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Episode 169 - The Nazi Rocket Plane That Melted its Pilots
16 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
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https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/messerschmitt-me-163b-1a-komet/nasm_A19530072000https://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/
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Episode 168 - The Napoleon Nerd Who Took Over a Country and Crowned Himself Emperor Part 2
9 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 17 min
The conclusion of the reign of Bokassa I Lees meer
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Episode 167: The Napoleon Nerd Who Took Over a Country and Crowned Himself Emperor Part 1
2 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 18 min
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https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Lees meerSources 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
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Episode 166 - The Namibian Genocide Part 2: Shark Island
26 juli 2021 · 1 uur 19 min
The 2nd and last part of our series on the Namibian Genocide Lees meer
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Episode 165 - The Namibian Genocide Part 1: The Scramble For Atrocities
19 juli 2021 · 53 min
Germany unifies and colonizes Namibia, is shocked to find out this is unpopular to the people who live there. Lees meer
Sources for both episodes:
The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism
The Herero Genocide: War, Emotion, and Extreme Violence in Colonial Namibia (War and Genocide Book 31)
The Genocidal Gaze: From German Southwest Africa to the Third ReichSupport the show:
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Episode 164 - The Pancho Villa Expedition Part 2: No Nicknames Given
12 juli 2021 · 49 min
The conclusion to our *duology* Lees meer
The US invades Mexico, gets lost, commits crimes against humanity, goes home.
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Episode 163 - The Pancho Villa Expedition Part 1: Dueling Race Wars
6 juli 2021 · 54 min
The US fucks around in Mexican politics and eventually finds out. Lees meer
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 MexicoSupport the show:
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Episode 162 - The First Chechen War Part 4: The One Where Everyone Invades Hospitals
28 juni 2021 · 52 min
the conclusion to our First Chechen War series Lees meer
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Episode 161 - The First Chechen War Part 3: Welcome to Hell
21 juni 2021 · 50 min
Russians invade the Chechen capital of Grozny, sparking one of the most devastating urban battles in modern military history. Lees meer
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History Of Armenia Preview
18 juni 2021 · 2 min
A preview of our upcoming Premium podcast series The History of Armenia. If you like what you hear donate to the show at the $3 level or above to unlock it:
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Episode 160 - The First Chechen War Part 2: So You've Accidentally Killed Your Own Conscripts
14 juni 2021 · 1 uur
Part 2 of our 4 part series. Russia invades the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and promptly bombs and shells themselves without mercy. Lees meer
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Episode 159 - The First Chechen War Part 1: Train Robbing Rebellion
7 juni 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
Part 1 of our 4 part series on the first Chechen War. Throughout history Russia continues to try to subjugate Chechnya, leading to generations of war. Lees meer
Sources for all 4 episodes:
The Oath
Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from Urban Combat: Lessons from the Urban Combat
Fangs of the Lone Wolf: Chechen Tactics in the Russian-Chechen War 1994-2009
One Soldier's War
Allah's Mountains: The Battle for ChechnyaSupport the show:
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Episode 158 - Mathew Charles Lamb: The Spree Shooter Turned Racist War Hero
31 mei 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
Mathew Charles Lamb was Canada's first spree shooter. He was found insane and locked up in a psych ward. He was then dosed with acid, deemed sane, and went off to fight and die in Rhodesia. Lees meer
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Sources:
Will Toffan. Watching the Devil Dance
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ogRFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820%2C4561932
https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC3002_08/869?r=0&s=2
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yEM_AAAAIBAJ&dq=matthew-charles-lamb&pg=2021%2C3005270
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oARFAAAAIBAJ&dq=mathew%20lamb&pg=5652%2C3419165
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qj9VAAAAIBAJ&dq=lamb%20canada%20rhodesia&pg=4006%2C2766738
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Episode 157 - The Mk 14 Torpedo and How the US Hated Their Own Submariners
24 mei 2021 · 1 uur
During WWII the US developed a revolutionary new torpedo that excelled at attempting to murder the people who launched it. This didn't seem to bother the US Navy. Lees meer
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https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/ww2-navy-torpedo-problems-mk14/
https://navalunderseamuseum.org/mk-14/
https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/torpedo-scandal-rear-adm-charles-lockwood-the-mark-14-and-the-bureau-of-ordnance/
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Episode 156 - Battle of Hurtgen Forest Part 2: Task Force Dick Ripple
17 mei 2021 · 1 uur 8 min
The US keeps feeding soldiers into the death forest for no reason. Eventually win. Lees meer
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Episode 155 - Battle of Hurtgen Forest Part 1: Courtney Hodges Hates His Own Soldiers
10 mei 2021 · 56 min
The US plans the battle of the Hurtgen Forest. The first step is actively hating your own soldiers. Lees meer
sources for both episodes
https://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm
https://europeremembers.com/story/battle-of-huertgen-forest/
https://armyhistory.org/hell-in-the-forest-the-22d-infantry-regiment-in-the-battle-of-hurtgen-forest/
https://9thinfantrydivision.net/battle-of-the-hurtgen-forest/
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/longest-land-battle-hurtgen-forest/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2020/01/29/the-battle-of-hurtgen-forest-a-tactical-nightmare-for-allied-forces/Support the show:
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Episode 153 - Conrad Von Hotzendorf Part 2: Mt Doom
3 mei 2021 · 42 min
The conclusion of the Conrad Von Hotzendorf story Lees meer
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Episode 152 - Conrad Von Hotzendorf Part 1: Load Bearing Franz
26 april 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
A new challenger for the worst commander of all time has entered the arena. Lees meer
** corrections**
Gavrilo Princeps is mistakenly called a "Bosnian" during the episode. What we went to say was "Bosnian Serb" and our brain melted mid sentence.
sources for both episodes:
A mad catastrophe: the outbreak of World War I and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire
Collision Course: Franz Conrad Von Hötzendorf, Serbia, and the Politics of Preventive War
https://www.historynet.com/carpathian-catastrophe.htm
http://roadstothegreatwar-ww1.blogspot.com/2019/11/forgotten-campaign-carpathian-winter.htmlsupport the show:
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Episode 151 - Mad Jack Churchill
19 april 2021 · 1 uur 34 min
Jack Churchill was a lunatic and one of the most interesting people to ever run screaming onto an enemy beach while wielding a sword. Lees meer
sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-jack-churchill
https://www.historynet.com/the-daring-exploits-of-mad-jack-churchill.htm
https://www.badassoftheweek.com/jackchurchill
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jack-churchill-carry-a-sword.html
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/01/07/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/Support the show:
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Episode 150 - This Genocide is Brought to You by Fanta
12 april 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
The non exhaustive story of how the corporate world supported the Nazis as they committed the worst crimes in human history. Lees meer
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https://timeline.com/fanta-coca-cola-nazi-845ee7e513af
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coca-cola-invented-fanta-in-nazi-germany-2019-11
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany
Edwin Black. IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation
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Episode 149 - War Duck
5 april 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
A return of the animal episode! Lees meer
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Episode 148 - The Time a Pyramid Scheme Caused a Civil War
29 maart 2021 · 1 uur 39 min
Bunkers! Fraud! A guy robbing a bank with a rocket launcher! Lees meer
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https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/03/jarvis.htm
https://unherd.com/2022/01/how-albania-became-a-pyramid-scheme/
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/albania/articles/the-pyramid-crisis-in-albania/
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Episode 147 - The Terrible History of the Nauvoo Legion
22 maart 2021 · 2 uur 9 min
Joe is Joined by the crew of the Brigham Young Money Podcast as they regale him with the story of militant mormonism. Lees meer
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Episode 146 - The Jewish Avengers
15 maart 2021 · 1 uur 24 min
"A nation for a nation" Lees meer
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https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeyssources:
https://apnews.com/article/tel-aviv-international-news-israel-ap-top-news-69cb4cdfab7d416a968b95aef87d18c1
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-an-eye-for-an-eye-jews-who-sought-to-kill-germans-in-revenge-for-the-holocaust-1.8094962
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/26/second.world.war
Lang, Berel (1996). "Holocaust Memory and Revenge: The Presence of the Past". Jewish Social Studies -
Episode 145 - Monte Melkonian Part 3: Commander Avo
8 maart 2021 · 1 uur 16 min
Monte becomes one of the greatest military commanders in Armenian history. Lees meer
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Episode 144 - Monte Melkonian Part 2: Most Wanted
1 maart 2021 · 53 min
Monte joins the Armenian Secret Army and sets off on an international mission of "armed propaganda" Lees meer
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Episode 143 - Monte Melkonian Part 1: The Boy Scout Revolutionary
22 februari 2021 · 1 uur 7 min
The story of how a regular kid from a California suburb ended up as a military hero of Armenia. Lees meer
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Melkonian, Markar. My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia
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Episode 142 - Castle Itter
15 februari 2021 · 1 uur 18 min
At the end of WWII a group of French POWs went looking for help and ended up taking part in one of the weirdest battles in military history. Lees meer
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32622651
https://www.historynet.com/the-battle-for-castle-itter.htm
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/itter-castle-strangest-battle-world-war-ii-152721 -
Episode 141 - The Last Stand of the Danzig Mailmen
8 februari 2021 · 1 uur
When the nazis stormed into Poland at the opening stages of World War II it was not soldiers, trench lines, or pill boxes that they had to conquer first. Instead, it was the Danzig Post Office. Lees meer
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Sources:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/employees-danzig-post-office-fought-germans-15-hours-invasion-poland-captured
htmlhttps://libcom.org/history/defence-polish-post-office-danzig
https://web.archive.org/web/20060502021616/http://www.1939.pl/epizody/poczta_gdansk.htm -
Episode 140 - Operation Kitona
1 februari 2021 · 1 uur 24 min
Rwanda invades Congo using a fleet of hijacked planes to spark the Second Congo War. Lees meer
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https://warisboring.com/bomb-the-other-side-of-the-runway/
https://www.economist.com/international/1998/09/03/heading-for-an-african-war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/08/25/angola-sends-thousands-of-troops-to-back-kabila/c5da7c99-0f4a-469a-8a32-a74d46b79a0d/
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Episode 139 - Operation Red Dog
25 januari 2021 · 1 uur 25 min
A group of nazis, KKK, and gangsters Voltron together to come up with the dumbest attempted invasion in American history. Lees meer
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Bell, Stewart. The Bayou of Pigs
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Episode 138 - Eugene Debs
18 januari 2021 · 1 uur 29 min
Eugene Debs organizes the working class and fights back against American entry into WWI. Lees meer
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fiery-socialist-challenged-nations-role-wwi-180969386/
https://debsfoundation.org/index.php/landing/debs-biography/
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Episode 137 - The Silmido Mutiny
11 januari 2021 · 1 uur 22 min
South Korea starts an assassination squad made out of petty criminals and dudes who look kind of in shape. Hilarity does not ensue. Lees meer
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sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/asia/south-korea-failed-assassination-squad-unit-684-intl/index.html
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20050824000044
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/world/south-korean-movie-unlocks-door-on-a-once-secret-past.html -
Episode 136 - The Khmer Rouge Part 4: The Fall
4 januari 2021 · 57 min
In the conclusion of our series Vietnam liberates Cambodia and slaps around another world power. Lees meer
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Episode 135 - The Khmer Rouge Part 3: S21 and the Killing Fields.
28 december 2020 · 1 uur 14 min
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Episode 134 - The Khmer Rouge Part 2: Year Zero
21 december 2020 · 1 uur 19 min
Episode 134 - The Khmer Rouge Part 2: Year Zero by
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Episode 133 - The Khmer Rouge Part 1: Revolutionary Snitching
14 december 2020 · 1 uur 14 min
Part 1 of 4 on the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge Lees meer
sources for all 4 episodes:
Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
A Cambodian odyssey
The Pol Pot Regime
When The War Was Over: Cambodia And The Khmer Rouge Revolution
Cambodia: Year Zero
Vickery, Micheal. Cambodia, 1975-1982Support the show:
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Episode 132 - Luigi Cadorna: Redux
7 december 2020 · 1 uur 26 min
Our first episode ever was about Luigi Cadorna. A lot has changed in the last nearly 3 years so we decided to redo the whole thing during a charity live stream. During the stream we raised over 5,000$ for displaced and at need victims of the recent war in Armenia. Lees meer
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Episode 131 - USS Indianapolis
30 november 2020 · 1 uur 14 min
naval incompetence, sharks, and suicide oh my! Lees meer
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Sources:
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/ships/modern-ships/indianapolis.html
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/surviving-sinking-uss-indianapolis
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/sinking-ussindianapolis/narrative-of-the-circumstances.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23455951
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Episode 130 - The Teenage Communist Hit Squad of The Netherlands
23 november 2020 · 1 uur 6 min
During WWII partisans came in all shapes, sizes, and ages. And sometimes death was 15 years old and riding a bicycle. Lees meer
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Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/nazi-germany-dutch-resistance-freddie-truus-oversteegen-hannie-schaft-a9188306.html
https://www.history.com/news/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen
Poldermans, Sophie. Seducing and Killing Nazis: Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII -
Episode 129 - Spartacus Part 2: Return of the Corpse Road
16 november 2020 · 1 uur 16 min
The conclusion of the Third Servile War Lees meer
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Episode 128 - Spartacus Part 1: Jupiter's Cock!
9 november 2020 · 1 uur 16 min
Rome really loves enslaving people. Spartacus disagrees. Lees meer
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Sources for all related episodes:
Appian. Civil Wars.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. "The Life of Crassus." "The Life of Pompey"
Bradley, Keith. Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989