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
488 episodes transcribedSpicer Simson rides into some of the dumbest combat of all time, somehow wins. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources:...
During WWI the british navy thought of one of the most pointless battle plans of the entire war. They had to find someone equally worthless to command...
Part 3/3 Custer leads his command to their deaths. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Thomas Powers. The Killing...
Part 2/3 The American invasion of native land gets off to a bad start. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeysSources: Thomas P...
The US manufactures a war against the indigenous people of the Great Plains. Part 1/3 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys...
The British feed hundreds of Canadian soldiers into a wood chipper for no reason. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sourc...
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The story of how the US poisoned the Marshall Islands with nuclear fallout and did nothin...
The conclusion to the war of the triple alliance. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Leuchars, Chris. To the Bitt...
Part 4/5 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Leuchars, Chris. To the Bitter End: Paraguay and the War of the Triple...
Part 3/5 Suicide canoes, it turned out, would not be the wonder weapon Solano Lopez thought they would be. Support the show: https://www.patreon.c...
Part 2/5. The Paraguayan Army fights a battle against a field of cacti and hardly wins. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys...
Part 1/5. Paraguay picks a fight with an entire continent. Support the show https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Produced by Nate Bethea and Sa...
The founder of Scientology had a very stupid naval career Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Russel Miller. Bare-...
What if your local sports fans attempted a coup Support the show https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Procopius: JUSTINIAN SUPPRESSES...
The conclusion to the nanking series Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-a...
CW: Everything Part 2/3 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Iris Chang. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holoc...
Content warning: Everything. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: Iris Chang. The Rape of...
Joe, Francis, and Shocks talk about the weirdest military unit of all time. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources:...
Joe and Jordan Holmes of the Knowledge Fight Podcast continue the story of Herman Perry, the Jungle King hero of WWII. Support the show: https://www....
Joe is joined by Jordan Holmes of the Knowledge Fight Podcast to talk about one of the coolest soldiers to ever serve in the US Army. Support the sh...
