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The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.
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- 4 days ago10 min
*PREVIEW* The Trent Affair
GET THE WHOLE EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/bonus-episode-174357174?pr=true
- 1 weeks ago1h 10m
Episode 438 - The Story of Bazooka Charlie
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Once upon a time, during WWII, an artillery-spotting pilot looked at his tiny Piper Cub and wondered, "What if I strapped a bunch of rocket launchers to it?" SOURCES: Busha, James. Carpenter, Carol. Bazooka Charlie: The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer What's New in Aviation: Piper Cub Tank Buster, Popular Science, Vol. 146 No. 2 Gallagher, Wes, Major Charles Carpenter, Once History Teacher, Now Legend in Patton's Army, The Rock Island Argus, 26 September 1944 "Bazooka Charles Goes After Nazis". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. 1944-10-03 https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/bazooka-charlie-the-audacious-pilot-who-took-on-german-tanks.html
- 2 weeks ago1h 9m
Episode 437 - The Anglo-Manipur War
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON! patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Palace coups, scheming brothers, the British, and a guy faking illness to get out of exile all converge in an imperial war of conquest. SOURCES: Tarapot, Phanjoubam (2003), Bleeding Manipur Majumdar, R. C. (1960), "Rebellion in Manipur, 1891" Majumdar, R. C. (2002), British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance, Part I Yumkhaibam Shyam Singh. 1891 Anglo-Manipuri War And Rarely Known Manipuri Heroes. Journal of Positive School Psychology. History Department Imphal College.
- 2 weeks ago10 min
*PREVIEW* The French Wars of Religion: Part 6
Get the whole episode and the entire bonus back catalogue by becoming a patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/bonus-episode-of-173011217?pr=true
- 3 weeks ago1h 12m
Episode 436 - The Battle of Perryville
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys During the US Civil War, a group of men with some of the strangest names we've ever heard on the show accidentally fight a battle over a stagnant pond while their commanders were somewhere else. SOURCES: Breiner, Thomas L. "The Battle of Perryville: Bragg's Kentucky Invasion" Eicher, David J. The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War Hafendorfer, Kenneth A. Perryville: Battle for Kentucky. Harrison, Lowell Hayes. The Civil War in Kentucky. Sanders, Stuart W. "Carnage in Kentucky's Hills" Shepherd, Joshua. "The Battle of Perryville: Death on a Dry River."
- 4 weeks ago1h 14m
Episode 435 - The Strange Tale of the RB2000
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A decades-long saga involving a failed military weapons project, carnies, stuntmen, methheads, a possible international drug smuggler, a murder, and, of course, a jet pack. SOURCES: Brown, Paul (2009). The Rocketbelt Caper: A True Tale of Invention, Obsession and Murder Mullins, Justin (October 2005) "The Ups and Downs of Jet Packs. New Scientist. No. 2519 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/the-rocketbelt-caper-56202480/ https://rocketbelts.americanrocketman.com/history.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-26-me-23415-story.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/03/where-eagles-dare-the-jetpack-mystery.html https://www.deseret.com/1999/7/28/19457763/rocket-belt-still-missing-but-feud-lives-on/
- Oct 7, 202610 min
*PREVIEW* LLBD Live in Cork 26th September 2026
Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/llbd-live-in-171666271 We did in fact go to Ireland and we used this special moment to talk about a guy who got so into posting on Discord that he got charged under the Espionage Act. Thank you so much to our wonderful audience! This was an absolute blast. BUY JOE'S BOOK HERE! https://a.co/d/05B4y1rj BUY NATE'S BAND'S ALBUM HERE! https://secondhomes.bandcamp.com/
- Oct 5, 20261h 23m
Episode 434 - The Battle of Graignes
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe and Nate discuss the 1944 airborne insertion in Normandy, the absolute chaos on the ground, and a very strangely cobbled-together American unit that somehow wound up holding off a German division in a small town called Graignes. SOURCES REFERENCED: Morgan, Martin K.A. Down to Earth: The 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Normandy, Ibid. Battle of Graignes: An HQ Company Heroic Last Stand in Normandy. WWII Quarterly. Vol 5, no 3 O'Leary, Margaret R.; O'Leary, Dennis S. (24 February 2011). Tragedy at Graignes: The Bud Sophian Story Rabe SG. The Longest Day in Graignes. In: The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-of-graignes.html https://www.normandyamericanheroes.com/blog/graignes-bloody-sunday
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