
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
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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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SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe, Nate, and Tom discuss the time that Alexander the Great altered the geography of the planet in order to build a huge land bridge and punish Tyre for not letting him visit the ancient world's most instagrammable temple. We've got merch available! Check out our store here: www.llbdpodcast.com/ sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/siege-of-tyre-alexander-the-greats-assault-on-the-persians/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-fall-of-tyre/ https://www.historynet.com/alexander-the-great-siege-of-tyre/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/engines-of-destruction-the-evolution-of-siege-warfare-alexander-the-great

In this episode, we revisit the 2000s warrior-scholar fixation of famously-unproblematic guys like David Petraeus with the advent of the Human Terrain System, or what you might politely call "military anthropology." Is it ethical? No. Did it work? No. Was it run by someone named Dr. Montgomery McFate? Yes. Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-133688496 We've got merch available! Check out our store here: llbdpodcast.com/

Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The British military, faced with the seemingly insurmountable problem of a heavily defended port, decide that there is nothing that methed out kayak-borne commandos on a suicide mission cannot handle. Sources: CE Lucas Phillips. The Cockleshell Heroes: The Most Courageous and Imaginative Commando Raid of WWII Quentin Rees. Cockleshell Heroes: The Final Witness. Robert Lyman. Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/cockleshell-heroes-who-what-operation-frankton-ww2/ https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2024/10/2/operation-frankton-the-most-daring-raid-of-world-war-2 https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/blog/operation-frankton-the-true-story-of-the-cockleshell-heroes/

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