Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys
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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. 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

  1. *PREVIEW* The Battle of Fort Eben Emael

    14H AGO

    *PREVIEW* The Battle of Fort Eben Emael

    For the full episode go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154487546?pr=true

    10 min
  2. Episode 407 - The Battle of Ramree Island

    2D AGO

    Episode 407 - The Battle of Ramree Island

    PREORDER JOE'S NEW BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QWHSPAADI07D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uLEY0I7D6t0IC9GWsF7SH1FKEgKqsqTLmV4PQ_lLi-wVUCYgTqIv0BWd9_-x3VzP.xn7v2CqU5MjngXmmSbYvVGsY_fxkvgsz-LA2tkhHHTs&dib_tag=se&keywords=joseph+kassabian&qid=1774247705&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C176&sr=1-1 LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-london-29th-may-tickets-1985443952308 LIVE STREAM TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-london-29th-may-2026-tickets-1985444086710 SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The Battle of Ramree Island has gone down in history for being known for one thing: a massive crocodile attack that apparently destroyed the Japanese as they attempted to retreat. But, what if we told you that that popular story was completely made up by one guy who wasn't even there at the time? Sources: Allen, Louis. Burma: The Longest War McLynn, Frank. The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph, 1942–45 Wright, B. S. (1962). Wildlife Sketches: Near and Far. Wright, B. S. (1968). The Frogmen of Burma Platt, Steven. Man eating by Estuarine Crocodiles: the Ramree Island massacre revisited Lyons, Chuck. The Mystery at the Battle of Ramree Island. WWII History. Vol. 25. No. 1 Frazier, George. A Man's Worst Friend. The Boston Globe Archive. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/438950677/ https://the-avocado.org/2019/03/02/things-that-are-not-the-horrors-of-ramree-island/ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/crocodile-massacre-of-troops-debunked-as-wartime-myth-k6vxhdfsq

    1h 19m
  3. Episode 406 - Project Habakkuk ft. Josh Boerman

    MAR 23

    Episode 406 - Project Habakkuk ft. Josh Boerman

    PREORDER JOE'S NEW BOOK https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GSG5CNXX?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks&qid=1773423127&sr=8-3 SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys CHECK OUT THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS: https://www.worstpossible.world/ Josh Boerman, of the Worst of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived, joins Joe in the studio to talk about the time that an absolute madman attempted to build the largest aircraft carrier in the world out of ice. sources: Perutz, M. F. "A Description of the Iceberg Aircraft Carrier and the Bearing of the Mechanical Properties of Frozen Wood Pulp upon Some Problems of Glacier Flow". The Journal of Glaciology. Lutz, Stephen. Project Habakkuk’s Iceberg Aircraft Carrier. WWII History. Vol 10, No. 8 Hemming, Henry. Churchill's Iceman: The True Story of Geoffrey Pyke: Genius, Fugitive, Spy. Gold, L W. The Canadian Habbakuk Project: a Project of the National Research Council of Canada. Cambridge, UK Cross, L D. Habbakuk: A Secret Ship Made of Ice.

    1h 11m
  4. *PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 25: FLCL: Part 1 ft. Lucy Valentine

    MAR 18

    *PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 25: FLCL: Part 1 ft. Lucy Valentine

    FOR THE WHOLE EPISODE GO HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153325099 Tom and Joe are joined by Lucy Valentine of the podcasts Boonta Vista and Savant Garde to talk about...whatever FLCL is. Is it about growing up? Puberty? Changing oneself for the better? Trauma? We have no idea but man is it fun.

    10 min
  5. Episode 405 - The USS Massachusetts, America's Dumbest Battleship

    MAR 16

    Episode 405 - The USS Massachusetts, America's Dumbest Battleship

    PREORDER JOE'S NEW FANTASY NOVEL: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=28PYNNVKMAELT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vJU8q9bT2skMPocB8TLK3SQaS00llqP5djabrgGlb6PbohI3eXCKx4PBd_estyu1sKcrRFhwYBND4TTpbK29TKTSRPPQXAMm0YtWlJsX-8frRQT5ljLnsOplutHcSx-MyYKJWlUWmYxAem3R0vVpZ8eSLhuzHTNiTAIai0QTTHfC-O75kLfjAbf_0Vq_CjuTDU0Oof4mWclUz3aM9Fx0vCHuzb_9WzwH8c2xEjgOUN8.W_JOGgoCzfIALrWzYBC1ie5Bg9oW9Axq6Ok6Wo3Pv28&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+highlands+burn&qid=1773646095&sprefix=%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In a time before US Naval dominance, the not-quite-yet imperial power decided to modernize its Navy to a level that might enable it to compete with its European counterparts. Instead, they created the USS Massachusetts and the Indiana Class. A battleship that was not a battleship, with guns so large they were more hazardous to the ship itself than any enemy, and so impossible to control the Navy kept crashing it into rocks. There are two battleships named the USS Massachusetts. This is the BB-2. The one that fought in WWII is the BB-59 Sources: Gardiner, Robert; Lambert, Andrew D. (1992). Steam, Steel & Shellfire: The Steam Warship 1815–1905 https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2016/07/diving_the_worst_battleship_ev.html https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2020/june/race-uss-oregon https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/uss-massachusetts-why-worst-us-navy-battleship-ever-210474 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-epic-journey-of-uss-oregon-during-the-spanish-american-war/ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/03/26/117958746.pdf https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/08/24/105058393.pdf https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/12/16/120273752.pdf https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/12/02/104844371.pdf

    1h 13m
  6. *PREVIEW* The Battle of Haçova

    MAR 11

    *PREVIEW* The Battle of Haçova

    Nate emerges from a vat of paprikas boykibble to take the reins and bring us the story of The Battle of Haçova, a decisive clash between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans, the implications of the Hamburger Helper Mascot, and Smurf racism. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/152758527 We still have merch available! Check it out here www.llbdpodcast.com/

    13 min
  7. Episode 404 - The Battle of Beecher Island

    MAR 9

    Episode 404 - The Battle of Beecher Island

    SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In the aftermath of the Sand Creek Massacre, the traditional governance of the Cheyenne people fracture, the pro-peace chiefs lose power, and warrior societies promise revenge against the settlers and military for their crimes. A band of warriors trap a small patrol of American soldiers and frontiersmen leading to a plains siege that forces soldiers to eat raw horse meat and then get violently ill because they were eating raw horse meat. SOURCES: Norris, David. Desperate Last Stand At Beecher Island. Military Heritage. August 2012. Volume 14, No 2. Mort, Terry. Cheyenne Summer. The Battle of Beecher Island: A History Yenne, Bill. The Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West Monnett, John. The Battle of Beecher Island and the Indian War of 1867- 1869 Grinnell, George. Bent, George. The Fighting Cheyennes. Grinnell, George. Bent, George. The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways. https://the-past.com/feature/looking-death-in-the-face-the-battle-for-beecher-island-september-1868/

    1h 37m
  8. *PREVIEW* The Anphelion Project ft. The 40k Badcast

    MAR 4

    *PREVIEW* The Anphelion Project ft. The 40k Badcast

    This is a preview! For the whole episode join the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152207289

    11 min
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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. 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

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  • Creator
    Lions Led By Donkeys
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    500
  • Rating
    Explicit
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