The most surprising part of this episode was learning that ben shapiro has a wife

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

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Episode 173 - The 4th Crusade

Part 1 of 3 as we explore the birth of American Empire.

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-7716090

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Episode 174 - The Spanish American War Part 1: Maybe Don't Remember the Maine

The war begins and ends. Russia steals an entire navy. 

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Episode 191 - 2008 Russo-Georgian War Part 2: Grand Theft Navy

The founder of Scientology had a very stupid naval career 

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Sources:
Russel Miller. Bare-Faced Messiah

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/warhero/intro.htm

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/primary-sources-l-ron-hubbard-leaves-the-navy

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/30/l-ron-hubbard/?safari=1

Episode 209 - The Hilarious Military Career of L Ron Hubbard

Part 4/5

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Sources:
Leuchars, Chris. To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance

Kolinski, Charles. Independence or Death: The story of the Paraguayan War

Whigham, Thomas L. The Road to Armageddon: Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866–70.

Episode 213 - The War of the Triple Alliance Part 4: Death Funnel

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

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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

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

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.

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.

Episode 247 - The Wooden Nazi Jet Made for Kids

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

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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

Episode 248 - The Night Witches of WWII

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

Before Benedict Arnold became the world's most famous traitor, he tried to invade Canada, it went about as well as you'd expect. 

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Sources:
https://www.americanacorner.com/blog/quebec-assault
https://www.americanacorner.com/blog/1775-invasion-quebec
https://www.historynet.com/invasion-of-canada-during-the-american-revolutionary-war/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/arnolds-flawed-invasion-of-quebec/

Episode 285 - The American Invasion of Quebec

Join Joe and Nick as they dive into one of the worst military defeats in history.

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Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ambush-that-changed-history-726367
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/miscellanea/teutoburg/teutoburg.html
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https://www.historyextra.com/period/roman/roman-empire-greatest-defeat-teutoburg-forest-who-was-arminius/

Episode 78 - The Battle of Teutoburg Forest

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