His name is pronounced "Voytek" and is a diminutive of the name "Wojciech" or "He who loves war."

A return of the animal episode! 

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Episode 149 - War Duck

Jack Churchill was a lunatic and one of the most interesting people to ever run screaming onto an enemy beach while wielding a sword.

sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-jack-churchill
https://www.historynet.com/the-daring-exploits-of-mad-jack-churchill.htm
https://www.badassoftheweek.com/jackchurchill
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jack-churchill-carry-a-sword.html
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/01/07/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/

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Episode 151 - Mad Jack Churchill

Mathew Charles Lamb was Canada's first spree shooter. He was found insane and locked up in a psych ward. He was then dosed with acid, deemed sane, and went off to fight and die in Rhodesia. 

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Sources:

Will Toffan. Watching the Devil Dance

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ogRFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820%2C4561932

https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC3002_08/869?r=0&s=2

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yEM_AAAAIBAJ&dq=matthew-charles-lamb&pg=2021%2C3005270

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oARFAAAAIBAJ&dq=mathew%20lamb&pg=5652%2C3419165

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qj9VAAAAIBAJ&dq=lamb%20canada%20rhodesia&pg=4006%2C2766738

Episode 158 - Mathew Charles Lamb: The Spree Shooter Turned Racist War Hero

Germany gets involved and throws its entire airborne corps into a woodchipper. 

*correction, England has won a World Cup.  In 1966.

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Episode 186 - The Greco-Italian War Part 2: The Battle of Crete

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

It's our first ever series so buckle up as we talk about the beginnings of the War of 1812 between a newborn America and British Empire. 

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Episode 16 - War of 1812 Part 1: A Cannonball to the Face

Joe, Nick, and Rich tell the stories of Sergeant Stubby, Chief Dog Sinbad, and Corporal Wojtek BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL SUCH GOOD BOYS.

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sources:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/chief-dog-sinbad-cheerful-brave-coast-guard-mascot-ww2.html
https://www.navalhistory.org/2019/03/21/sinbad-the-dog-behind-the-legend

Episode 51 - The Dogs (and bear) of War

On this episode Joe and Nick dive into the troubled and misunderstood history of the Kamikaze. Were they really so devoted to the Emperor they willingly blew themselves up or were they scared and abused kids who were peer pressured into becoming suicide bombers? 

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Sources:
Wings of Defeat (2007)
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Kamikaze Dairies: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers.
Kaiten Memorial Museum: http://www.kamikazeimages.net/museums/kaiten/index.htm

Episode 68 - The Kamikaze

The Anglo Zulu War Part 2. In the conclusion of our series the war goes from Rourke's Drift to Eshowe before killing an Imperial Prince and burning the Zulu Kingdom to the ground.

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(For sources see the show notes of Part 1)

Episode 71 - Anglo Zulu War Part 2: The End of a Kingdom

A very hungover Joe and Nick dive into one of the Union Army's biggest blunders during the US Civil War: The Battle of the Crater during the siege of Petersburg. Two drunken commanders throw their soldiers into battle without a plan or orders. Hilarity does not ensue. 

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sources:
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/crater
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-forces-stopped-at-the-battle-of-the-crater
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-battle-of-the-crater-petersburg-virginia-june-15-18-1864/

Episode 73- The Battle of the Crater

One of the deadliest men who has ever walked the earth probably was too short to ride a rollercoaster.

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Episode 88 - Winter War Part 4: The White Death

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