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Francis from the Hell of a way to die Podcast and Shocks, everyone's favorite podcast lawyer join the show to talk about all of the times the US and USSR lost nuclear weapons due to horrible incompetence. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://interestingengineering.com/broken-arrows-the-worlds-lost-nuclear-weapons https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/17483/8-nuclear-weapons-us-has-lost https://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/10/broken-arrow-lost-nuclear-weapons-in-canada/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/command-and-control-goldsboro-1961/
The war ends and the world sets itself on course for nuclear hellfire. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources regarding propaganda discussed at the end of the show: WARNING: This is explicit porn. In case you want to just read what a historian Tim Clark wrote about this piece when it appeared in 2013 exhibition, Shunga: Sex and pleasure in Japanese art, 1600-1900. "Popular print culture in Japan was extensively mobilised to support the country’s war effort in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5. This is a particularly savage piece of anti-Russian propaganda.A different (presumed earlier) version of the design was produced using different woodblocks. The flag at top left is Russian, the soldiers in the background are Russians fleeing, and the following dialogue appears with the two foreground figures: [Russian:] (in Romanised script with katakana glosses) “I think I’m going to die!” (Watakushi mō shinisō desu) [Japanese soldier:] “I’ll soon deliver the final blow…” (Sugu todome o sashite yarō) [Russians:] “Quick, let’s run away!” (Hayaku nigero) " The original korean translation of the print that was found during researching was inaccurate. A full translation from japanese shows this is meant to show the japanese military "raping" the russian military. These prints were very common and popular, though technically illegal. WARNING: https://media.britishmuseum.org/media/Repository/Documents/2014_11/8_12/317b80e3_54cc_4575_8936_a3dd00d07c11/mid_01361913_001.jpg There is a non graphic link to further research on the changing japanese propaganda done by actual art historians and not our dumbasses: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/mar2008.html
The Russian Navy sets off on a one way journey into naval history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Russia and Japan are introduced to the weapons of modern war. Hilarity does not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Imperialism and Racism lead Imperial Russia down a path of one of the biggest self owns in military history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05 The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905
Once upon a time a group of idiots with an airsoft rifle attempted to invade a country. Hilarity (and prison sentences) ensued. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53557235 https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/05/05/the-invasion-of-venezuela-brought-to-you-by-silvercorp-usa/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mind-blowing-story-ex-green-beret-who-tried-oust-venezuela-n1201981
Once upon a time there was a man who loved cannons. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/26/magazine/the-man-behind-iraq-s-supergun.html https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/02/10/who-murdered-gerald-bull/bfce6e11-7dff-4964-864d-29db5e02753b/
The one time a downed Japanese pilot started a small civil war on a remote Hawaiian island. *correction* A pronunciation guide was used for the word Niihau, which said it is nee-how. Others have told us this is incorrect and it is instead Nee-ee-how. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.historynet.com/the-niihau-incident.htm https://timeline.com/this-japanese-wwii-fighter-pilot-thought-he-crash-landed-on-a-deserted-hawaiian-island-wrong-635d898b08d0 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/niihau-incident-hawaiian.html https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/the-niihau-incident/
Folks, it turns out Nazis are in fact, bad. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *CORRECTION* A correction is needed regarding our answer to the question from the Legion in this episode. We originally thought the Army Esports team was just a Esports team staffed by soldiers who got a sweet gig. We were wrong. It is staffed by Recruiters. We officially retract our statement and encourage everyone to troll them until they go away. Children should not be targeted for military recruitment Sources: The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006 https://www.dw.com/en/the-wehrmacht-and-the-holocaust-on-the-battlefield/a-53366016
Stupid sexy Flanders. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: DeVries, Kelly (2006). Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology. The Boydell Press.
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