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Part 2/4 The Detroit's own finally make it to Russia, which has been transformed into the disease realm by the Spanish Flu Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Part 1/4 Joe is joined by Francis Horton, co-host of HOAWTD, to talk about a forgotten chapter of American history. The time the US invaded Russia in the middle of WWI and during the Russian Revolution. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: James Carl Nelson. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 EM Holiday. When Hell Froze Over https://books.google.com/books?id=UZPhAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Company+A+339th+Infantry&ei=TWg1S_T4KYLEMbmezcIE&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.polarbeardocumentary.com/ http://pbma.grobbel.org/
The soviets launch their killing blow against the nazi army, ending the Battle of Kursk Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
SS units arrive at the battle of Kursk cheering "Lunch in Kursk!" They would not, in fact, have lunch in Kursk. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Hitler edges the idea of starting one of the most disastrous battles of all time while the Soviets build Fortress Kursk. Correction: Panzer V - Panther Panzer VI - Tiger Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
The USSR baits Nazis Germany into bleeding their army to death on 200 miles of death traps. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: Showalter, Dennis. (2013) Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II. Guderian, Heinz (1937). Achtung – Panzer! Nipe, George (2011). Blood, Steel, and Myth: The II. SS-Panzer-Korps and the Road to Prochorowka, July 1943. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912164146/http://www.uni.edu/~licari/citadel.htm Hill, Alexander (2017), The Red Army and the Second World War,
Joe is joined by Alice Caldwell-Kelly to discuss the time the US Navy murdered 47 of its sailors via incompetence and then decided to try to pin the blame on gay people. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/19/uss-iowa-first-came-explosion-then-cover.html https://taskandpurpose.com/news/iowa-explosion/ A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up
Once upon a time a Royal Navy mutiny created an island of sex crimes and incest. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-real-story-behind-infamous-mutiny-hms-bounty LOST PARADISE: FROM MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY TO A MODERN-DAY LEGACY OF SEXUAL MAYHEM, THE DARK SECRETS OF PITCAIRN ISLAND REVEALED
The war begins and ends. Russia steals an entire navy. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
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