You sent us questions and we answered them. Things got weird. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Buy Citizen of Earth: https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Earth-Galaxy-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B07NSMFSHN/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

On this entry into the DRS Joe and Travis read Max Boot's "Why winning and losing are irrelevant in Syria and Afghanistan" from the Washington Post. It might just be the dumbest fucking thing ever read for the show. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on twitter @lions_by

On this episode more inbred people beef over turf, English longbowmen drowned French knights in shallow puddles, and Joe mispronounces everything to do with England. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy Joe's book: https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Earth-Galaxy-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B07NSMFSHN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=citizen+of+earth&qid=1558956418&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Buy a teeshirt: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow us on twitter: @lions_by sources: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8648068/Battle-of-Agincourt-ten-reasons-why-the-French-lost.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03044181.2016.1236504

Joe, Nick, and Rich tell the stories of Sergeant Stubby, Chief Dog Sinbad, and Corporal Wojtek BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL SUCH GOOD BOYS. Buy Joe's new Military Sci Fi Novel Citizen of Earth: https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Earth-Galaxy-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B07NSMFSHN/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=1OWAX5TWGSTT6&keywords=citizen+of+earth+joseph+kassabian&qid=1558351936&s=gateway&sprefix=citizen+of+earth%2Caps%2C294&sr=8-1-fkmrnull Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy some shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on twitter: @lions_by sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/chief-dog-sinbad-cheerful-brave-coast-guard-mascot-ww2.html https://www.navalhistory.org/2019/03/21/sinbad-the-dog-behind-the-legend

James McCormick tricked the Iraqi government into buying tens of millions of dollars worth of dowsing rods to find bombs. Hilarity did not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow us on twitter: @lions_by sources: https://slate.com/technology/2013/04/dowsing-for-bombs-maker-of-useless-bomb-detectors-convicted-of-fraud.html https://borderlandsciences.org/journal/vol/ie/Janks_Empirical_Evidence_for_Dowsing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/world/middleeast/04sensors.html

On May 4, 1970 Members of the Ohio Nation Guard gunned down four innocent people at Kent State University. Nobody has ever been held accountable. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on Twitter @lions_by sources: https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/kent-state-shooting https://time.com/5583301/kent-state-photos/ https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy http://movies2.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0504.html

On Part 2 of the Easter Rising Home Rule is put on hold while Irish Republicans remember the words of Wolfe Tone: Launch an uprising while the British Empire is distracted fighting a foreign enemy. Support Dogs For the Disabled: https://dogsfordisabled.ie Buy your very own Irish Republic shirt: https://teespring.com/shop/easter-rising-1916?tsmac=recently_viewed&tsmic=recently_viewed#pid=2&cid=566&sid=front Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow us on twitter @lions_by

On this episode we dive into some of the history that caused the 1916 Easter Rising like stealing Irish freedom with the Act of Union, extracting wealth, colonialism, and outright genocide. Support the Dogs For the Disabled charity: https://dogsfordisabled.ie Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Sources: Tim Pat Coogan. 1916: The Easter Rising

On this episode Joe and Nick celebrate Confederate History Month by diving into crimes perpetrated by the Confederate States of America at Andersonville Prison. A POW camp that killed 25% of POWs during the war. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/home buy a shirt! https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on Twitter @lions_by Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/andersonville-prison https://allthatsinteresting.com/andersonville-prison http://www.civilwarmed.org/andersonville-medicine/

Joe and Nick talk about how a sickly kid who liked to pass his time trolling people on the internet ended up traveling across the world and joining the Taliban and his court case that followed. Follow us @lions_by Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Get some merchandise: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/my-letters-john-walker-lindh-american-jidahist/590071/ https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/725865999/john-walker-lindh-the-american-taliban-set-to-be-released https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/may-2005-taking-the-stand.cfm

Joe is joined by Justin Rose to talk about the USS Pueblo Incident. An American spy ship is Captured by North Korea and we do our best not to make any really easy Navy jokes. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow the show @lions_by sources: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/23/580076540/looking-at-the-saga-of-the-uss-pueblo-50-years-later https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/23/beaten-every-day-north-korea-tortured-uss-pueblo-crew-members-gathering-damaging-intel/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-uss-pueblo-pyongyang-north-korea

Joe is joined by the purveyor of @civilwarhumor Matt Palmquist to talk about Gideon Pillow. A General who spent his entire life proving the fact that you may be terrible at your job, steal a cannon, and never learn how to read a map but if your best friend is the President you can do whatever you want. Follow Matt: @civilwarhumor Support the show and get more content: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow the show: @lions_by

On this episode Joe and Travis talk about the Kargil War of 1999. You may have never heard of it but it involves nukes, ice fortresses, World War One style frontal assaults up a mountain, and ice axe murder. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on Twitter: @lions_by Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20090327120658/http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/kargil/war_in_kargil.pdf Amarinder Singh (2001). A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/k/Kargil_War.htm

On this episode Joe and Rich talk about one of the most badass groups of people to ever walk the earth: The White Rose. A non violent anti-war activism group that operated in Nazi Germany. A little warning: We had some recording issues during this episode. Our producer did what he could to save it. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on twitter: @Lions_by Sources: https://whiteroseinternational.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxtSSBhDYARIsAEn0thQiOTzyupQmYz5YP4A4FZ4XZPnZ5gb-bS7VzwKURKisxhRAcVz24g4aAsMjEALw_wcB https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/white-rose https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/sophie-scholl-and-white-rose

On this episode Joe and Travis read the famous history article "Why Arabs Lose Wars" by former US Naval Institute professor Norvell B. De Atkine and discover what happens when someone so racist they could have worked for the East India Trading Company ends up having an impact in American Foreign Policy. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow us on twitter: @lions_by @jkass99 @haycraft_travis

On this episode Nick and Joe dive into the insane world of Holocaust Denial and why these people shouldn't be debated, they should be attacked. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us: @lions_by @jkass99 @nickcasm1 Sources: Deborah Lipstadt. Denying the Holocaust. https://www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/holocaust-denial-and-distortion https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/holocaust-denial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917150/

On our final episode of the Yemeni Civil War series the UAE decides they need to buy an army to go with all of their mercenary commanders, and they look no further than Blackwater founder Erik Prince. All while a Mossad agent teams up with the former head of Palestinian Security to put together a death squad made up of former and current US Navy SEALs to assassinate the UAE's political opponents in Aden. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on twitter: @lions_by

On this episode Joe and Travis talk about how a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel who once ran a breast enhancement pyramid pill scheme out of his garage became an Officer for the UAE and commit massive war crimes against the Yemeni people. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow the show on twitter: @lions_by Follow Joe: @jkass99 follow Travis: @haycraft_travis

Travis takes Joe through the history of Yemen and the nearly constant foreign meddling in it's affairs that brought us to the Yemeni Civil War. He also takes us through the coalition arrayed against the Houthi uprising and how the US and other western powers support rampant war crimes. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Or TeeSpring: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow the show on twitter: @lions_by Joe: @jkass99 Travis: @Haycraft_travis

On this episode Joe talks to @russiawithoutbs a writer, army veteran, and the closest thing to an expert on the Donbas War that would come and hang out with us. He tells us the story about the truth of volunteering to fight in Ukraine, the inefficiency of the Ukrainian Army, and the impact of propaganda in a regional conflict. Follow him at @russiawithoutthebs Donate to his patreon so he can create more content: https://www.patreon.com/russiawithoutbs Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow us on twitter @lions_by

On this episode Joe and Nick dive into the age of the Crusades...kind of. The People's Crusade was an mob put together by a starving, homeless monk to retake the Holy Land without food, water, weapons, or military training. Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow us on twitter: @lions_by Sources: Extra History, the First Crusade. The First Crusade. A New History

On this episode Joe and Nick talk about the CSS Hunley, the first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship in combat. Via suicide bombing. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20121016165452/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_32/hunley.html https://books.google.com/books?id=txP7dIf1fEkC&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false https://web.archive.org/web/20030806182729/http://www.hunley.org/index.asp

On this episode Joe and Rich talk about Yukio Mishima, one of the greatest writers Japan has ever produced, as well as a psychotic devotee to the Japanese Emperor who created his own right wing militia based around working out in thongs and fucking. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Follow the show @lions_by Follow Joe: @jkass99 sources: https://www.stonebridge.com/sbp-blog/death-in-mid-autumn-the-art-and-artifice-of-yukio-mishima-s-final-moments https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/scarred-memory-ex-gsdf-member-remembers-sword-attack-by-yukio-mishima/ http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/2013/02/04/persona-a-biography-of-yukio-mishima/

On this episode Joe is joined by Army Veteran and one of the characters from The Hooligans of Kandahar, Mike Huang to talk about how a number of people ended up volunteering for the German Army during World War Two from a guy who ended up becoming a US Army Green Beret, the son of the founding dictator of Taiwan, and a poor Korean conscript who ended up fighting for everybody on accident. Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store follow the show: @lions_by follow Joe @jkass99

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Joe is joined by Travis Haycraft again to talk about the countless misconceptions people have about Kurdish history, the Peshmerga, the SDF, and we talk about the hilarious story where a group of religious conservatives accidentally joined a communist militia to fight ISIS. Follow the show @lions_by follow Travis @haycraft_travis donate to the show and get bonus content! http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

On this episode Joe is joined by Justin Rose. Justin is a Marine and US Army Veteran and host of the Everything is Awful Podcast to talk about the dangers of Historical Revisionism and the bastardization of facts in the name of politics. PragerU manages to do all of these things in Youtube videos that last less than 5 minutes. Follow the show @Lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Justin @Armyguyjustin want to support the show? Donate to our Patreon and get access to all of our bonus content http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Want some merch? we have that too! https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store

On this episode Joe is joined by Riley Dosh, a recent graduate of West Point, to talk about one of the most heinous crimes of the Iraq War, the rape and murder of Abeer Al-Janabi by US Soldiers. Support the show and get bonus episodes and merch! http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow the show @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Riley @ms_riley_guprz

We aren't done quite yet! Joe is joined by Travis Haycraft as Travis takes us on the wild, insane, and criminal world of Iraq's weapons procurement program during the war and it's effects. Support the show and get access to our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow the show on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Travis @Haycraft_Travis

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On the 4th part of our Iran Iraq War series Joe is joined in the studio by Tom to talk about the insanity of the Battle of the Marshes and that one time Iraq built an entire road out of corpses. Follow the show @lionsby Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Tom @tankcptnemo If you think what we do is worth a dollar you can donate it to us here and unlock all of our bonus content. https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

On part 3 Saddam's army quickly falls apart as the Iranians launch wave after wave of screaming volunteers at their trenches. Donate to the show https://www.patreon.com/home Follow us on Twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Nick @nickcasm1

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Sources for all related episodes: Karsh, Efraim (2002). The Iran–Iraq War: 1980–1988 https://www.iranchamber.com/history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq_war1.php Farrokh, Kaveh (2011). Iran at War: 1500–1988. https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/media/csis/pubs/9005lessonsiraniraqii-chap05.pdf https://nuke.fas.org/guide/iraq/cw/az120103.html https://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/basij-resistance-force https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2011/09/09/the-pasdaran-inside-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps/ Timmerman, Kenneth R. (1991). The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq

On this episode Joe and Nick fly off the deep end talking about the origins and stupidity of one of the internet's favorite military conspiracy theories. Follow the show @lions_by Follow our Hosts @jkass99 @nickcasm1 Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

On our first halloween special Joe is joined by true crime and serial killer junkie Rich to discuss a Bela Kiss, otherwise known as the "Hungarian Vampire" who turned his victims into pickles, before running off to the Eastern Front of World War One, never to be seen again. Thank you for your support! You can help the show by donating here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow the show on twitter @lions_by

Joe is joined by Historian, writer, and host of the War Stories Cast Angry Staff Officer to talk about the 100th Anniversary of the Meuse Argonne Offensive and the development of the US Army from a stick wielding joke to a super power. Follow the show on Twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper and check out the War Stories Cast here https://warstoriescast.com

On this episode Joe is joined by Nuclear Anthropology PhD student Marty Pfeiffer. Marty takes us through the terrifying history of man's relationship with nuclear weapons from insane chicken powered landmines, nuclear artillery, and all the times the US military almost nuked itself. Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Marty @Nuclearanthro

On this episode we close out the war of 1812 with style! Joe is joined by Flynn while Nick is away and we discuss the ending to the most pointless war in American history (psych!) Our show will always be free but if you think what we do is worth a buck throw it to us here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys even donating 1$ will get bonus content and you'll get to hear our new stuff before everyone else. You can follow the show @lions_by Follow Joe at @jkass99 Follow Nick at @nickcasm1

On part II of the War of 1812, America bites off more than it can chew as it is kicked out of Canada and begins to burn down Canadian towns in anger. The American Militia is routed from the fields of Bladensburg, leading to the burning of the White House. Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow nick @nickcasm1 Donate to the Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

It's our first ever series so buckle up as we talk about the beginnings of the War of 1812 between a newborn America and British Empire. Thank you to everyone for donating and helping fund the research into our show! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe on twitter @jkass99 Follow Nick on twitter @nickcasm1

On this episode we discuss the Battle of Jadotville, a little known battle during the Congolese Crisis that pit a company of badly armed Irish UN Peace Keepers against an Army of african tribesman, French Foreign Legionnaires, and everyone else looking for a paycheck. Donate to us on patreon if you think what we do is worth a buck: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow us on twitter @lions_by follow Joe on Twitter @jkass99 follow nick on twitter @nickcasm1

On this episode we discuss the Haditha Massacre carried out by members of the US Marine Corps during the Iraq War in 2005 and the cover up that followed. Rate and review us on whatever platform you listen to podcasts on and thank you to everyone who donates to the show! Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Nick @nickcasm1

On this episode we discuss the Great Emu War while simultaneously offending the entire nation of Australia probably. Follow us on twitter @Lions_by Donate to the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

On the most depressing episode yet Joe and Nick talk about the Liberian Civil War and a insane, blood drinking, heart eating warlord by the name of General Butt Naked. A man who ran screaming into battle totally naked while leading a legion of sundress wearing, clown wig headed, cannibals against his enemies. Follow the podcast on Twitter @lions_by Follow Joe @jkass99 Follow Nick @nickcasm1

On this episode Joe and Nick talk about Battles that never actually happened! From the Great LA air raid to the Battle of Kransebes, where Joseph II Austrian Army supposedly routed itself. We apologize for the audio issue that pops up about 20 minutes in. We have no idea what is causing it, but we are working to fix it. If anyone knows what might cause random static through the microphone please let us know! Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe on twitter @jkass99

On our 10th episode we go to our Emails to answer all the questions that have been sent to us over the last couple of week. Nick finally admits reenacting is cosplay, Joe loses his damn mind about Vietnam, and Nick nearly has a heat stroke. Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow joe on Twitter where you can watch him laugh at russian bots @jkass99 Follow nick on twitter for weird memes @nickcasm1

Episode 9 brings us our first guest! Tom is an Officer in the United States Army Armor Corps, history graduate, and anonymous shitposter on twitter. On this episode Joe and Tom talk about the stupid history of German WW2 armor development and how it went from revolutionary to comically insane in a short amount of time. We also discuss the myths and legends surrounding German tanks and battlefield prowess that has managed to follow the soldiers of the 3rd Reich for nearly 100 years after their fall. We end the episode talking about the stupid things we manange to get ourselves into on #natsec twitter and how we have both managed to have a run in with General Abrams. Follow the podcast on twitter @lions_by Follow Joe on Twitter @jkass99 Follow Tom on twitter @tomlovestanks