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Once upon a time the King of Portugal started a war that went so badly it collapsed his dynasty and killed three different kings all at once. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26EUS2ZHZB3Z9&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706440190&sprefix=joe+kassabian%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343746/why-the-battle-of-the-three-kings-lives-on-in-moroccan-memory https://www.historynet.com/three-dead-kings-war-in-morocco/#:~:text=By%20midafternoon%20on%20Aug,and%20North%20Africa%20for%20decades. https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Medieval/BattleOfTheThreeKings
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The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword.
The heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword. https://www.historynet.com/satsuma-rebellion-satsuma-clan-samurai-against-the-imperial-japanese-army/
This is a preview, to listen to the entire episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96076514?pr=true Once upon a time thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a film production. This is that film.
Joe and Nate talk about the time South Vietnam attempted to invade Laos. It did not go well. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: Sources: https://www.comanchero.org/LamSon719.html https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/invasion-02172021125804.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/27016309 Robert Sander. The Invasion of Laos, 1971 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024288 https://www.history.com/news/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/mauled-in-laos/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-nightmare-mission-into-laos-operation-lam-son-719/
Chinese soldiers defended the Great Wall of China armed with swords, axes, and martial arts....in the 1930s SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.historynet.com/last-battle-great-wall/ https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-forgotten-story-of-japans-attack-on-the-great-wall-of-china-5b7f75e326b8 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-imperial-japan-seized-great-wall-china-91386 https://www.republicanchina.org/war.shtml
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Once upon a time enemies put aside their differences to collectively ignore their officers orders. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-the-christmas-truce https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25206-2004Dec24.html Max Hastings. Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War
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