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Once upon a time the United States came shockingly close to annexing the Dominican Republic. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2717114 https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61771?lang=en https://news.yahoo.com/1871-us-almost-acquired-dominican-135435379.html https://www.insider.com/annexation-of-santo-domingo-act-ulysses-grant-dominican-republic-2022-7 CORRECTION: Samuel Doe was murdered by Prince Johnson, an ally of Charles Taylor, but not Charles Taylor himself.
Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the Soviet all woman night bomber unit of WWII that terrorized the Nazis and pissed off Soviet men. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night https://www.wrightmuseum.org/2020/10/01/the-soviet-night-witches/ https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/who-were-the-soviet-night-witches https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/06/night-witches-wwii-female-pilots
Joe is joined by Nate to talk about the time the Nazis built a death trap out of wood and thought it would be perfect for the Hitler Youth. Correction: The Gloster Meteor was a jet that also saw limited action in WWll Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Heinkel-Salamander.html http://www.aviation-history.com/heinkel/he162.html https://shop.historynet.com/blogs/new-the-latest-from-historynet-com/the-10-worst-fighters-of-world-war-ii https://www.hotcars.com/the-me-262-the-fighter-that-could-have-changed-world-war-2/ Christopher, John (2013). The Race for Hitler's X-Planes.
The conclusion to The Troubles series Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Listen to the Beneath The Skin Podcast: https://twitter.com/BeneathSkinPod Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotitatguineys
Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. During this episode we talk about Bloody Sunday and how and why nobody has ever been held accountable. CONTENT WARNING: This gets pretty grim. Support the show! Get bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotitatguineys Listen to The Beneath the Skin Podcast:https://twitter.com/BeneathSkinPod
Tom continues to take Joe through the history of the Troubles. In this episode we cover the famine, independence, the Anglo-Irish Treaty, partition, and more! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Listen to the Beneath The Skin Podcast: https://twitter.com/BeneathSkinPod Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gotitatguineys
Tom O'Mahony (@gotitatguineys)Host of the Beneath The Skin Podcast takes Joe on a trip through The Troubles of Northern Ireland. Part 1/4 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Joe is once again joined by the show's producer Nate to talk about how in the middle of a stagnated war, two teams of knights got together to kill each other out of boredom as a crowd of spectators watched on. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: Barbara Tuchman. A Distant Mirror https://web.archive.org/web/20121105020628/http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/chroniqu/texts/AINSWORT.HTM Steven Muhlberger. The Combat of the Thirty, Deeds of Arms Series, vol. 2
Joe is joined by producer Nate (@inthesedeserts)to talk about the time the CIA attempted to invade cuba with a handful of guys and some repurposed fishing trawlers. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2134 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB355/bop-vol3.pdf https://www.historynet.com/cold-war-bay-of-pigs-invasion/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion https://web.archive.org/web/20160621043713/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion.html
The horrible conclusion to King Philip’s War Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Lisa Brooks. Our Beloved Kin James Drake. King Philip’s War: Civil War in New England Kyle Zelner. Rabble in Arms, Massachusetts Towns and Militiamen During King Philip’s War
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