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We've decided to answer your questions. We chose from a list and assembled the cast of Joe, Nate, and Tom to do our best to give honest feedback... or something like it. Get the whole episode on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lions-led-by-q-1-87857214
Tom takes the wheel for another series. This time the Red Army Faction, a German left wing terror group funded by bank robberies and fueled by chain smoking. Get the whole series now on the Lions Led by Donkeys Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/ Sources: The Red Army Faction. A Documentary History. Volume I: Projectiles for the People. Margrit Schiller. Remembering The Armed Struggle. My Time With the Red Army Faction. Stefan Aust. The Baader Meinhof Complex
This is a preview, for the whole episode get access here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-d-60639257 What if you sucked so badly at your job you almost accidentally killed the president
US Marines and Soldiers invade the fortress island of Saipan and end up hating each other almost as much as the Japanese. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: http://www.battleofsaipan.com/seabee.htm Philip Crowl, "Campaign in the Marianas", vol. 9 Richard Frank. Downfall: End of the Imperial Japanese Empire https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/saipan-a-crucial-foothold-in-the-marianas/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/duel-to-the-death/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-war-between-the-smiths-high-command-feud-at-saipan/
Joe, Francis, and Shocks watch the 2018 film, 12 Strong which comes out looking even more ridiculous as few years later. Get the entire episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87002249?pr=true
Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the time the US and North Korea almost went to war over a poplar tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/axe-murder-north-korea-1976/562028/ https://ns.clementspapers.org/briefing-books/korea-tree-incident https://medium.com/@qz_li/korean-axe-murder-incident-48f3e16e47b6 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/14/north-korea-1976-axe-murder-incident-215605/
Everyone has heard of Charles Taylor, the brutal dictator of Liberia. This is the story of his son, Chuckie Taylor, an American born nerd turned head of Liberian national security, international diamond smuggler, and one of the worst war criminals in Liberian history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *UPDATE* WE FOUND HIS RAP MUSIC https://www.youtube.com/@BentmanOfficial/about Sources: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/chucky-taylor-liberias-other-monster/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/09/charles-taylor-jr-torture-liberia https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2009/January/09-crm-021.html Johnny Dwer. American Warlord: A True Story. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/23/liberia-war-crimes-chucky-taylor
Get the whole episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-toyota-war-49241965 Muammar Gaddafi invades Chad with one of the most powerful armies in Africa. What happens next is one of the most lopsided defeats in military history.
Bad customs officers cause an uprising so bad it contributes to the fall of rome. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Alessandro Barbero. The Day of the Barbarians. Peter Heather. The Fall of the Roman Empire. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-gothic-wars-battle-of-adrianople/ https://www.historynet.com/adrianople-last-great-battle-of-antiquity/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/roman-disaster-at-adrianople/
Get the whole episode and tons of other bonus content here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe, Francis, and Shocks discover that Sharpe is pretty much just James Bond but poor and in the army.
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