Please don't be a genocide. Please don't be a genocide. Please don't be a genocide.

I took a semester of Armenian History taught by Prof. Akcam. He's pretty cool.

Jack Churchill was a lunatic and one of the most interesting people to ever run screaming onto an enemy beach while wielding a sword.

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:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Episode 151 - Mad Jack Churchill

The conclusion of the reign of Bokassa I

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Episode 168 - The Napoleon Nerd Who Took Over a Country and Crowned Himself Emperor Part 2

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/

Episode 170 - The Aleutian Islands Campaign

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

Episode 171 - The Soviet Axe Berserkers of World War II

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

Episode 172 - The Battle of Sarikamish

A bunch of christian knights get hijacked to knee cap some people over boat debt. 

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 War

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Episode 173 - The 4th Crusade

The famed Rough Riders were a liability 

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Episode 176 - The Spanish American War Part 3: The Stolen Valor of Teddy Roosevelt

Joe is joined by Robert Evans, the host of Behind the Bastards to talk about that time the US sparked a race war within its own army during WWII. 

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Sources:
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/events-global-african-history/the-riot-of-bamber-bridge-1943/
https://www.stripes.com/history/2021-06-24/bamber-bridge-race-riot-blacks-wwii-1792183.html
https://theconversation.com/black-troops-were-welcome-in-britain-but-jim-crow-wasnt-the-race-riot-of-one-night-in-june-1943-98120
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/85/a3677385.shtml

Episode 179 - The Battle of Bamber Bridge

2/3rds of the WTYP cast join Joe to talk about the dumbest game of telephone in military history. 

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

sources:
https://www.historynet.com/crimean-war-siege-in-the-caucasus.htm
https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/the-charge-of-the-light-brigade-who-blundered-in-the-valley-of-death/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/light-brigade-britains-disaster.html

Episode 181 - The Charge of the Light Brigade

The most British man ever went into battle against tanks armed with an umbrella and wearing a bowler hat. 

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

sources:
https://www.history.co.uk/article/ww2-heroes-the-story-of-major-digby-tatham-warter
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/digby-tatham-warter-disabled-a-german-tank-with-an-umbrella.html
https://www.saxonlodge.net/getperson.php?personID=I0973&tree=Tatham#cite1

Episode 183 - Digby Tatham-Warter

Joe is joined by Alice Caldwell-Kelly to discuss the time the US Navy murdered 47 of its sailors via incompetence and then decided to try to pin the blame on gay people. 

Support the show:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Sources:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/19/uss-iowa-first-came-explosion-then-cover.html
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/iowa-explosion/
A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up

Episode 193 - The USS Iowa Turret Explosion

The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Episode 172 - The Battle of Sarikamish

Lions Led By Donkeys

Recent comments

Njorlpinipini

lestr97

Nero Valentine

Nero Valentine

Related tracks