Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

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Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys check out our merch store: https://llbdmerch.com/ Joe is joined by the Zoo Crew to talk about the time Rome hosted the world's largest Goth convention. Sources: Zosimus. New History Michael Kulikowski. Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric. Ludwig Heinrich Dyck. The Goth Sack of Rome: Barbarians at the Gate in 410 AD. Military Heritage. Volume 7, no 2. 2005. Herwig Wolfram. The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 13

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Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Once upon a time, the US went to war against a small tribe in the pacific northwest, and, despite winning due to the massive power imbalance, they managed to get their asses kicked the entire time. Sources: Arthur Quinn. Hell With the Fire Out: A History of the Modoc War Terry Johnston. Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872–3 Robert McNally. The Modoc War: A Little Indian War Goes Big https://www.historynet.com/the-modoc-war-a-little-indian-war-goes-big/ Kurt Nelson. The Modoc War of 1872. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-modoc-war-of-1872/ https://www.militarymuseum.org/Modoc1.html https://www.csuchico.edu/alva/projects/2012/the-beginning-of-the-end.shtml https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/labe/intro.htm

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Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys check out our merch store! https://llbdmerch.com/ Marines storm ashore a rainforest-bound, diseased-filled, swampy death trap of an island to take an airfield with no strategic value. Sources: Bernard Nalty. The Green Inferno. Frank Hough. The Campaign on New Britain John Miller. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul Al Hemingway. The Incessant Rains of the Green Inferno. WWII History Volume 9, No. 7 Sidney Phillips. The Fighting Conditions on Cape Gloucester. (video interview) https://marinesidphillips.com/sid-phillips-on-capegloucester.htm

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SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys CHECK OUT THE MERCH STORE! https://llbdmerch.com/ George Washington crosses the Delaware! and then everyone's feet start bleeding. Sources: Henry Wood. The Battles of the American Revolution William Stryker. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton John Ferling. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence Vince Hawkins. The Battle of Trenton. Military Heritage. Vol. 5, No. 5