Not sure about apologies, but both USSR and Russian Federation admitted the Katyń massacre.

Joe is joined by Francis Horton from the Hell of a Way to Die Podcast to talk about the greatest self own in American Military history: MC02

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Sources:
https://taskandpurpose.com/millenium-challenge-2002-stacked-deck
https://warontherocks.com/2015/11/millennium-challenge-the-real-story-of-a-corrupted-military-exercise-and-its-legacy/

Episode 90 - Millennium Challenge 2002 Ft. Francis Horton

Imaging doing a favor for a friend that ended up with you spending over a year in a combat zone without a single day of training. Paul Mahar didn't have to imagine. 

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Sources: 
https://taskandpurpose.com/incredible-story-man-fought-vietnam-best-friends-place
http://wolfhoundpack.org/Wolfhound-Tales/Paul-Mahar
https://lmtribune.com/man-who-served-in-vietnam-in-friend-s-place-is/article_a7f5626b-4fb5-53de-a824-0ea77f5a774b.html
https://people.com/archive/unknown-soldier-vol-41-no-10/

Episode 91 - Paul Mahar

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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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

Napoleon attempts to make friends, ends up making war instead. 

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Adam Zamoyski. Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March

Episode 95 - French Invasion of Russia Part 1: Imperial Bromance

On part 2 we talk about the terrible life and times of a soldier in the 1800s. 25 year conscription, disease, banditry, and good old government ran child abduction. Now shut up and die for your Emperor.  

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Episode 96 - French Invasion of Russia Part 2: Worst Enlistment Ever

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)

*UNLOCKED* Iron Sky ft. Francis Horton

Napoleon finally gets the battle he wants, leading to one of the bloodiest days in European history.

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Episode 98 - French Invasion of Russia Part 4: Barefoot Borodino

Moscow burns, Napoleon begins to lose his mind. 

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Episode 99 - French Invasion of Russia Part 5: Moscow is Decadent and Depraved.

Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow, the Grand Army dies a slow death, and the Cossacks get blinged out as hell.

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Episode 99.5 - French Invasion of Russia Part 6:  March or Die

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

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*UNLOCKED* Windtalkers

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