A lot of Christians called the Jews “Christ killers” because some of the people who had a hand in the death of Jesus were Jews…which doesn’t make sense bc if you’re Christian, his death was a good thing??? But hey don’t expect bigotry to make sense

You should read "Gods War", a history of all the Crusades. The story of the first Crusade alone is so incredible, a Hollywood scriptwriter would have dumped it.

The "Viva la Meurte!" of the 11th century.

The collapse of the Roman Empire gave birth to endless stupidity, including the People's Crusade.

You know they had tree-branch clubs, maybe torches.

Episode 9 brings us our first guest! Tom is an Officer in the United States Army Armor Corps, history graduate, and anonymous shitposter on twitter. On this episode Joe and Tom talk about the stupid history of German WW2 armor development and how it went from revolutionary to comically insane in a short amount of time. We also discuss the myths and legends surrounding German tanks and battlefield prowess that has managed to follow the soldiers of the 3rd Reich for nearly 100 years after their fall.

We end the episode talking about the stupid things we manange to get ourselves into on #natsec twitter and how we have both managed to have a run in with General Abrams.

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Episode 9 - German Armor Fails of WWII Ft. Tom

Joe is joined by Historian, writer, and host of the War Stories Cast Angry Staff Officer to talk about the 100th Anniversary of the Meuse Argonne Offensive and the development of the US Army from a stick wielding joke to a super power.

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Episode 20 - Meuse Argonne Offensive Ft. Angry Staff Officer

On this episode Joe and Rich talk about Yukio Mishima, one of the greatest writers Japan has ever produced, as well as a psychotic devotee to the Japanese Emperor who created his own right wing militia based around working out in thongs and fucking. 

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sources:
https://www.stonebridge.com/sbp-blog/death-in-mid-autumn-the-art-and-artifice-of-yukio-mishima-s-final-moments
https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/scarred-memory-ex-gsdf-member-remembers-sword-attack-by-yukio-mishima/
http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/2013/02/04/persona-a-biography-of-yukio-mishima/

Episode 33 - Yukio Mishima and the Suicidal Crossfit Cult

On this episode Joe and Nick talk about the CSS Hunley, the first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship in combat. 

Via suicide bombing. 
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Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20121016165452/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_32/hunley.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=txP7dIf1fEkC&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://web.archive.org/web/20030806182729/http://www.hunley.org/index.asp

Episode 34- The Accidental Confederate Suicide Submarine

On this episode Joe and Nick dive into the age of the Crusades...kind of.

The People's Crusade was an mob put together by a starving, homeless monk to retake the Holy Land without food, water, weapons, or military training. 

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Sources:
Extra History, the First Crusade.
The First Crusade. A New History

Episode 35- The People's Crusade

On this episode Joe and Travis talk about how a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel who once ran a breast enhancement pyramid pill scheme out of his garage became an Officer for the UAE and commit massive war crimes against the Yemeni people. 

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Episode 38 - Yemeni Civil War Part 2: His Excellency General Steve

On this episode Joe and Rich talk about one of the most badass groups of people to ever walk the earth: The White Rose. A non violent anti-war activism group that operated in Nazi Germany.

A little warning: We had some recording issues during this episode. Our producer did what he could to save it. 

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Sources:
https://whiteroseinternational.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxtSSBhDYARIsAEn0thQiOTzyupQmYz5YP4A4FZ4XZPnZ5gb-bS7VzwKURKisxhRAcVz24g4aAsMjEALw_wcB
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/white-rose
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/sophie-scholl-and-white-rose

Episode 42 - The White Rose

Joe and Nick talk about how a sickly kid who liked to pass his time trolling people on the internet ended up traveling across the world and joining the Taliban and his court case that followed.

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sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/my-letters-john-walker-lindh-american-jidahist/590071/
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/725865999/john-walker-lindh-the-american-taliban-set-to-be-released
https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/may-2005-taking-the-stand.cfm

Episode 45 - John Walker Lindh, The American Taliban

Imaging being a North Korean conscript, thousands of miles away from home and watching your friends get gunned down by the guy from Drake and Josh.

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*UNLOCKED* Red Dawn (2012)

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

Joseph Medicine Crow became the last War Chief of the Crow Tribe. He did this by counting coup, stealing an enemy's weapon, and stealing their horses....in World War II. 

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Sources: 
Joseph Medicine Crow, Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/joseph-medicine-crow-last-crow-tribe-war-chief-dies-at-102

Episode 110 - Joseph Medicine Crow

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