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Jack Churchill was a lunatic and one of the most interesting people to ever run screaming onto an enemy beach while wielding a sword. sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-jack-churchill https://www.historynet.com/the-daring-exploits-of-mad-jack-churchill.htm https://www.badassoftheweek.com/jackchurchill https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jack-churchill-carry-a-sword.html https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/01/07/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
The non exhaustive story of how the corporate world supported the Nazis as they committed the worst crimes in human history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://timeline.com/fanta-coca-cola-nazi-845ee7e513af https://www.businessinsider.com/how-coca-cola-invented-fanta-in-nazi-germany-2019-11 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fanta-soda-origins-nazi-germany Edwin Black. IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation https://historycollection.com/10-famous-companies-collaborated-nazi-germany/6/
A return of the animal episode! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Bunkers! Fraud! A guy robbing a bank with a rocket launcher! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/03/jarvis.htm https://unherd.com/2022/01/how-albania-became-a-pyramid-scheme/ https://theculturetrip.com/europe/albania/articles/the-pyramid-crisis-in-albania/ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/albania.htm
Joe is Joined by the crew of the Brigham Young Money Podcast as they regale him with the story of militant mormonism. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
"A nation for a nation" Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://apnews.com/article/tel-aviv-international-news-israel-ap-top-news-69cb4cdfab7d416a968b95aef87d18c1 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-an-eye-for-an-eye-jews-who-sought-to-kill-germans-in-revenge-for-the-holocaust-1.8094962 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/26/second.world.war Lang, Berel (1996). "Holocaust Memory and Revenge: The Presence of the Past". Jewish Social Studies
Monte becomes one of the greatest military commanders in Armenian history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Monte joins the Armenian Secret Army and sets off on an international mission of "armed propaganda" Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
The story of how a regular kid from a California suburb ended up as a military hero of Armenia. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Melkonian, Markar. My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia
At the end of WWII a group of French POWs went looking for help and ended up taking part in one of the weirdest battles in military history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32622651 https://www.historynet.com/the-battle-for-castle-itter.htm https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/itter-castle-strangest-battle-world-war-ii-152721
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