Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

The conclusion to the nanking series Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-10/tokyo-trials Iris Chang. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII Timothy Brook. Documents on the Rape of Nanjing David Askew. The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone: An introduction. Sino-Japanese Studies Vol. 14 Joseph Chapel. Denying Genocide: The Evolution of the Denial of the Holocaust and the Nanking Massacre. Robert P Gray (translation into english. Originally by the Nanjing University Department of History Professors Gao Xingzu, Wu Shimin, Hu Yungong, and Cha Ruizhen) Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing museums.cnd.org/njmassacre/njm-tran/ Herbert Bix. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

CW: Everything Part 2/3 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Iris Chang. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII Timothy Brook. Documents on the Rape of Nanjing David Askew. The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone: An introduction. Sino-Japanese Studies Vol. 14 Joseph Chapel. Denying Genocide: The Evolution of the Denial of the Holocaust and the Nanking Massacre. Robert P Gray (translation into english. Originally by the Nanjing University Department of History Professors Gao Xingzu, Wu Shimin, Hu Yungong, and Cha Ruizhen) Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing museums.cnd.org/njmassacre/njm-tran/ Herbert Bix. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Content warning: Everything. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: Iris Chang. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of WWII Timothy Brook. Documents on the Rape of Nanjing David Askew. The International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone: An introduction. Sino-Japanese Studies Vol. 14 Joseph Chapel. Denying Genocide: The Evolution of the Denial of the Holocaust and the Nanking Massacre. Robert P Gray (translation into english. Originally by the Nanjing University Department of History Professors Gao Xingzu, Wu Shimin, Hu Yungong, and Cha Ruizhen) Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing http://museums.cnd.org/njmassacre/njm-tran/ Herbert Bix. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Joe, Francis, and Shocks talk about the weirdest military unit of all time. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/potsdam-giants.html?safari=1 https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2021/07/28/potsdam-giants-by-name/ Darwin, Charles (1871). The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. John Murray. p. 112. https://knoji.com/article/the-potsdam-guards-prussias-giant-soldiers/ https://random-times.com/2018/07/14/king-frederick-william-i-of-prussia-and-his-obsession/

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.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Koerner, Brendan. "Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII" https://www.cbi-theater.com/ledoroad/Ledo_Main.html https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/black-soldiers-and-ledo-road-1942-1945/

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 show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Koerner, Brendan. 'Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/african-americans-world-war-ii https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-was-black-americas-double-war/

The conclusion to the story of the polar bear expedition support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Part 3/4 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Part 2/4 The Detroit's own finally make it to Russia, which has been transformed into the disease realm by the Spanish Flu Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Part 1/4 Joe is joined by Francis Horton, co-host of HOAWTD, to talk about a forgotten chapter of American history. The time the US invaded Russia in the middle of WWI and during the Russian Revolution. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: James Carl Nelson. The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America's Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 EM Holiday. When Hell Froze Over https://books.google.com/books?id=UZPhAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Company+A+339th+Infantry&ei=TWg1S_T4KYLEMbmezcIE&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.polarbeardocumentary.com/ http://pbma.grobbel.org/

The soviets launch their killing blow against the nazi army, ending the Battle of Kursk Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

SS units arrive at the battle of Kursk cheering "Lunch in Kursk!" They would not, in fact, have lunch in Kursk. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Hitler edges the idea of starting one of the most disastrous battles of all time while the Soviets build Fortress Kursk. Correction: Panzer V - Panther Panzer VI - Tiger Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

The USSR baits Nazis Germany into bleeding their army to death on 200 miles of death traps. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episodes: Showalter, Dennis. (2013) Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk: The Turning Point of World War II. Guderian, Heinz (1937). Achtung – Panzer! Nipe, George (2011). Blood, Steel, and Myth: The II. SS-Panzer-Korps and the Road to Prochorowka, July 1943. https://web.archive.org/web/20140912164146/http://www.uni.edu/~licari/citadel.htm Hill, Alexander (2017), The Red Army and the Second World War,

Joe is joined by Alice Caldwell-Kelly to discuss the time the US Navy murdered 47 of its sailors via incompetence and then decided to try to pin the blame on gay people. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/19/uss-iowa-first-came-explosion-then-cover.html https://taskandpurpose.com/news/iowa-explosion/ A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up

Once upon a time a Royal Navy mutiny created an island of sex crimes and incest. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-real-story-behind-infamous-mutiny-hms-bounty LOST PARADISE: FROM MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY TO A MODERN-DAY LEGACY OF SEXUAL MAYHEM, THE DARK SECRETS OF PITCAIRN ISLAND REVEALED

The war begins and ends. Russia steals an entire navy. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

It turns out a 2 week long war has 100 years of history Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Guns of August 2008: Russia's War in Georgia

Fun times with the USMC on the beach! * *your experience may vary Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: With the Marines At Tarawa One Square Mile of Hell https://www.historynet.com/remembering-bloody-bloody-tarawa/

What happens when white nationalists, neo nazis, and Black despots team up to try to prolong apartheid in South Africa? One of the dumbest coup attempts of all time. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Death of Apartheid: The Whites Last Stand https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104002/http://www.southafrica.info/10years/tenyearsago2.htm http://www.law.buffalo.edu/content/dam/law/restricted-assets/pdf/faculty/mutuaM/magazines/arJulyAug94.pdf Allister Sparks. Tomorrow Is Another Country: The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change