Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

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.Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here:https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast is a comedy podcast hosted by Lions Led By Donkeys, with 500 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Lions Led By Donkeys hosts Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast, a comedy show with 500 episodes published.

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  Episode 433: Operation August Storm

  Sep 28, 20261h 33m

  BUY JOE'S BOOK https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ In 1945, after the nuclear weapons were already dropped, the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan. A front of the war the Japanese believed would hold on for years, crumbled in only a few weeks all in the middle of a cloud of confusion, various orders to surrender from the Emperor, and more than one ignored ceasefire. SOURCES: Glantz (February 1983), "August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria". Leavenworth Papers No. 7, Combat Studies Institute, Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Nathan N. Prefer. The Soviet Invasion of Manchuria led to Japan’s Greatest Defeat. WWII Quarterly. Vol 9, No. 3. Tillman, Barrett. When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945. Bloomsbury Publishing. Boris Nikolaevich Slavinskiĭ, The Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact: A Diplomatic History 1941–1945, Translated by Geoffrey Jukes Stephenson, Charles. Stalin’s War on Japan: The Red Army’s Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation, 1945

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  *PREVIEW* The French Wars of Religion: Part 5

  Sep 23, 202610 min

  This is a preview. To listen to the episode become a patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/bonus-episode-of-170378941?pr=true

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  Episode 432 - Korea in the Vietnam War

  Sep 20, 20261h 21m

  SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys COME SEE US LIVE SEPTEMBER 26TH IN CORK, IRELAND https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-cork-26th-september-tickets-1993823733459 Nate, Joe, and Tom discuss the time where, under the auspices of "internationalizing" the Vietnam War, the US paid huge sums for South Korea to deploy troops to combat. On one hand, Park Chung-Hee secured the bag. On the other...there were some war crimes. A lot of them. SOURCES: Tae Yang Kwak (Spring–Summer 2003). "The Nixon Doctrine and the Yusin Reforms: American Foreign Policy, the Vietnam War, and the Rise of Authoritarianism in Korea, 1968—1973". The Journal of American-East Asian Relations Blackburn, Robert M. (1994). Mercenaries and Lyndon Johnson's "more flags": the hiring of Korean, Filipino, and Thai soldiers in the Vietnam War. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland Publishing Shulimson, Jack (1997). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year, 1968 Jang HG. People’s Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War. Asia-Pacific Journal Armstrong, Charles (2001). Critical Asian Studies: America's Korea, Korea's Vietnam. https://www.newmandala.org/politics-of-denial-south-korean-war-crimes-in-vietnam/ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/south-korea-vietnam-war-sexual-violence-women-b1806764.html https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1167951366/south-korea-vietnam-war-massacre-court-case

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  *PREVIEW* The History of Armenia: The Life and Death of the First Republic: Part 8

  Sep 16, 202610 min

  We continue our exploration of the first republic! GET THE COMPLETE EPISODE ON PATREON HERE! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/history-of-life-169692876 COME SEE US LIVE IN CORK, IRELAND SEPTEMBER 26TH https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-cork-26th-september-tickets-1993823733459 CANT MAKE IT? WE'RE LIVESTREAMING IT! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-cork-26th-september-2026-tickets-1993900928351 BUY JOE'S BOOK https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ DON'T WANT TO BUY FROM AMAZON? NO PROBLEM: https://www.llbdpodcast.com/products/the-highlands-burn-epub

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  Episode 431 - The Imjin War: Part 6

  Sep 13, 20261h 26m

  PART 6/6 COME SEE US LIVE IN CORK, IRELAND SEPTEMBER 26TH https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-cork-26th-september-tickets-1993823733459 GET YOUR LIVESTREAM TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-cork-26th-september-2026-tickets-1993900928351 BUY JOE'S BOOK https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Fo%E2%80%A6ok/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ The conclusion to our series on The Imjin War!

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