As a former aircraft mechanic, I have one thing to say about helicopters: The wings move faster than the aircraft, never trust something where the wings move faster than the aircraft.

fun fact, old EW people call themselves Crows as well

That will be the Belfast Concord - Shorts Sd3-30 / Sd3-60 or Sherpa

Joe is once again joined by the show's producer Nate to talk about how in the middle of a stagnated war, two teams of knights got together to kill each other out of boredom as a crowd of spectators watched on. 

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sources:
Barbara Tuchman. A Distant Mirror
https://web.archive.org/web/20121105020628/http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/chroniqu/texts/AINSWORT.HTM
Steven Muhlberger. The Combat of the Thirty, Deeds of Arms Series, vol. 2

Episode 242 - Combat Of The 30

Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles.  In this episode we cover the famine, independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, partition, and more! 

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Episode 244 - The Troubles Part 2

The conclusion to The Troubles series 

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Episode 246 - The Troubles Part 4

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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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

Joe and Nate begin the story of one of the most legendary battles from the beginning of WWI. It is much dumber than you think.

Part 1/3

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Episode 250 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 1: Deadly German Swamp Ass

The story of the battle of tannenberg continues part 2/3

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Episode 251 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 2: A Wild T Rex Appears

The conclusion to the Battle of Tannenberg series

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Episode 252 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 3: The Not So Battle of Tannenberg

Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about the time that Crusaders forgot that humans need water to live. 

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Sources:
Nicholson, R. L.  Joscelyn III and the Fall of the Crusader States

Phillips, Jonathan (2002), The Crusades 1095–1187

Lacey, James. Crushed at the Horns of Hattin

Episode 253: The Battle of Hattin

A man fails a civil service exam, loses his goddamn mind, and leads China into the deadliest civil war in human history. Part 1/4

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Johnathan Spence. God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan.

Stephen Platt. Autumn in the heavenly kingdom

Jian Youwen. The Taiping Revolutionary Movement

Episode 256 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 1: Jesus Christ's Little Brother

The Taiping rebellion spreads and the rebels create the world's weirdest gunpowder

Part 2/4

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Episode 257 - The Taiping Rebellion Part 2: Working in the Dog Blood Factory

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