Robert E. Lee, the American Josef "Sepp" Dietrich.

"Free" black people to a Confederate apparently takes on a different meaning. "Guys, we meant "free" as in not legally property, not "free" as in "Take one home with you."

The British Free Corps was an armed formation made of up brits and dominion soldiers who volunteered to fight for the Nazis during WWII. But rather than a legion of King loving nazis, they ended up being incompetent, insane, and in one case the best military grifter of all time. 

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-british-free-corps
https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/the-british-soldiers-who-fought-for-germany-in-the-world-wars/
https://www.biography.com/news/edward-viii-wallis-simpson-nazi-sympathizers-hitler
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/06/american-nazis-in-the-1930sthe-german-american-bund/529185/

Episode 92 - The British Free Corps

We take a walk down white savior lane as Rambo kills more people than an atomic weapon.

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*Unlocked* Rambo (2008)

The Crippled Eagles were a collection of American Neo nazis, white nationalists, and fascists who flooded the colony of Rhodesia to defend white nationalism. They failed hilariously. This is the story of how they failed and died. 

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Sources:
https://taskandpurpose.com/history/vets-want-fight-isis-can-learn-something-old-fights-african-bush
https://ricochet.media/en/2394/meet-the-canadian-soldiers-behind-a-white-supremacist-military-surplus-store
The Nation. Volume 222. New York: The Nation Company. 1976.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/03/soldier-of-fortune-marketing-for-mercenaries/475aac8b-ddce-4878-b732-77111bb70b67/
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-soldier-of-fortune-magazine-contract-killers-and-mercenaries-for-hire/
https://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/soldier-of-fortune-magazine-2016-02

Episode 102 - The Crippled Eagles of Rhodesia

Creator of Popular Front Jake Hanrahan joins Joe to talk about how he got his start in Conflict Journalism, why westerners need to stop projecting their beliefs onto the revolutions of other people, and why frozen and lesser known conflicts demand your attention.

https://www.popularfront.co

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Episode 103- Popular Front Ft. Jake Hanrahan

Nic Cage and John Woo flamethrower karate fight their way across the pacific theater of WWII.

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*UNLOCKED* Windtalkers

During the Cold War the US dosed thousands of its soldiers with acid. Hilarity did not ensue. 

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sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrets-of-edgewood
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/manufacturing-madness
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/operation-delirium

Episode 104 - The Edgewood Experiments

Robert E Lee was a traitor, a slave owner, and a war criminal. 

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/
https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-lee-slaveholder/
http://fair-use.org/national-anti-slavery-standard/1866/04/14/robert-e-lee-his-brutality-to-his-slaves
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/08/arlington-bobby-lee-and-the-peculiar-institution/61428/
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2013/06/30/Confederates-slave-hunt-in-North-a-military-disgrace/stories/201306300221

Episode 105 - Robert E Lee Was a Monster

Once upon a time there was a one eyed Canadian beserker who liberated an entire town on his own.

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Sources:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/leo-major-the-unstoppable.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/world/canada/quebec-leo-major.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/leo-major-montreal-zwolle-nazis-1.4660487

Episode 106 - Leo Major

Joseph Beyrle is the only known American Soldier to fight within the ranks of the Red Army during WWII. 

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Sources:
https://www.rbth.com/history/330871-joseph-beyerle-american-paratrooper-ussr-wwii
https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2017/12/08/joseph-beyrle-dual-soldier/
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/incredible-story-joseph-beyrle-american-fight-u-s-russian-army-wwii.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2010/02/local_hero_joe_beyrles_possess.html

Episode 107- Joseph Beyrle

On this episode Joe and Travis dive into the history of the podcast's favorite cold war tank: the T-55. 

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Sources: 
https://ospreypublishing.com/t-54-and-t-55-main-battle-tanks-1944-2004-pb

Episode 108 - The T-55: A History

Blow up Mount Rushmore.

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Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sordid-history-mount-rushmore-180960446/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/07/03/mount-rushmore-gutzon-borglum-klan-stone-mountain/
https://apnews.com/430aa7f10b344eef891ff733116cf3ae
https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/monumental-racism-the-kkk-member-who-carved-mount-rushmore

Episode 111 - Mount Rushmore is a Racist Tourist Trap

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