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
361 episodes transcribedTom takes the wheel for another series. This time the Red Army Faction, a German left wing terror group funded by bank robberies and fueled by chain s...
US Marines and Soldiers invade the fortress island of Saipan and end up hating each other almost as much as the Japanese. Support the show: https://...
Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the time the US and North Korea almost went to war over a poplar tree. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lions...
Everyone has heard of Charles Taylor, the brutal dictator of Liberia. This is the story of his son, Chuckie Taylor, an American born nerd turned head...
Bad customs officers cause an uprising so bad it contributes to the fall of rome. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sourc...
The conclusion to the fall of singapore series! Correction: The repulse and prince of wales were not sunk by carrier based aircraft. Rather they wer...
Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about the most embarrasing allied defeat of WWII Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Pre Order Your...
Michigan, led by a 22 year old governor, invades Ohio to claim Toledo. PRE ORDER THE SHIRT: https://llbdmerch.com/ SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.pa...
Italy invades Ethiopia, gets churned into a chunky, sauce-like liquid. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Raym...
Crusaders attempt to drive the Ottomans out of the Balkans. It does not go well. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sou...
*CONTENT WARNING* Joe and Tom discuss The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema, a dictator nicknamed The Pol Pot of Africa. Support the show: https://...
A group of Native Americans launch one of the longest fighting retreats in North American military history in order to escape genocide at the hands of...
The story of the most deadly submarine disaster in American history. Support the show and get episodes like this a week before everyone else, plus bo...
A blind man tries to charge a line of English longbowmen. It ends exactly like you think it does. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsled...
The conclusion to the saga of the Taiping Rebellion! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Trouble in the heavenly kingdom! part 3/4 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
The Taiping rebellion spreads and the rebels create the world's weirdest gunpowder Part 2/4 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonk...
A man fails a civil service exam, loses his goddamn mind, and leads China into the deadliest civil war in human history. Part 1/4 Support the show: h...
Crassus attempts to go to war to build his own resume. He ignores everyone's advice and marches his legions into the most predictable defeat on earth....
A sex worker turned pirate queen builds a more powerful navy than the entire navy of China. Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonke...
