No, even now that's still not a german (or western european in general) thing. It's one of those aspects of US culture that regularly evoke first disbelief and then sheer horror in those who learn about them.

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

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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/

Episode 264 - The Battle of Nicopolis

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

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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

Episode 265 - The Battle Of Adwa

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

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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.

Episode 266 - The Toledo War

The conclusion to the fall of singapore series! 

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

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

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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/

Episode 268 - The Battle of Adrianople

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.

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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

Episode 269 - Chuckie Taylor. The Nerd Turned War Criminal

Tom takes the wheel for another series. This time the Red Army Faction, a German left wing terror group funded by bank robberies and fueled by chain smoking. 

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Sources: 

The Red Army Faction. A Documentary History. Volume I: Projectiles for the People. 

Margrit Schiller. Remembering The Armed Struggle. My Time With the Red Army Faction. 

Stefan Aust. The Baader Meinhof Complex

Episode 272- The Red Army Faction Part 1: Coca Cola Blood

In this episode, we cover the early- to mid-1970s bombing campaigns of the Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, and some of the... interesting personalities of the group members.

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The Red Army Faction. A Documentary History. Volume I: Projectiles for the People.

Margrit Schiller. Remembering The Armed Struggle. My Time With the Red Army Faction.

Stefan Aust. The Baader Meinhof Complex

Episode 274 - The Red Army Faction Part 3: Andreas Peterson Tells You To Clean Your Room

In the final episode of the series, we learn about the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Deutscher Herbst, or "German Autumn" of 1977. In two months in late 1977, the leadership of the first generation of the Red Army Faction would murder a high-profile German industrialist (and former SS officer), hijack a plane, and commit group suicide. And let's just say it made an impression in West Germany.

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Sources:

The Red Army Faction. A Documentary History. Volume I: Projectiles for the People.

Margrit Schiller. Remembering The Armed Struggle. My Time With the Red Army Faction.

Stefan Aust. The Baader Meinhof Complex

Episode 275 - The Red Army Faction Part 4: The Body as a Weapon

A badly designed submarine becomes the face of the french navy while accidently doing everything it can to convince people that the crew might be nazi agents. 

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William H. Langenberg. The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bizarre Surcouf

Christopher Miskimon. Seizure of the Surcouf

https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/seizure-of-the-surcouf-operation-catapult

https://www.theday.com/local-news/20161119/french-subs-visit-to-new-london-launched-conspiracy-theory/

Episode 276 - The Life and Death of the Submarine Surcouf

Striking factory workers hold off an attempted amphibious invasion launched by Pinkertons with guns, bombs, and fire ships.

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https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/homestead-strike

https://battleofhomestead.org/the-battle-of-homestead/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/carnegie-strike-homestead-mill/

https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-homestead

https://archive.org/details/jstor-25102447

Episode 278 - The Homestead Strike

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