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A British engineer attempts to create a weapon for breaching the Atlantic wall. He does not succeed.
Sources:
Brian Johnson. The Secret War.
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/well-didnt-work-rolling-rocket-bomb-designed-kill-nazis-almost-killed-dog-instead/
https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/second-world-war/the-great-panjandrum-scares-a-dog/1123500263001
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Joe and Tom ponder the existence of Armenians in the Marvel Universe and the charity work of the DGVVA -
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The story of how a very stupid dictator ended up swinging upside down in front of a cheering crowd.
sources:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/death-of-benito-mussolini
https://www.history.com/news/mussolinis-final-hours
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/how-did-benito-mussolini-die-the-story-behind-il-duces-last-moments/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/benito-mussolini-death
Ray Mosley. The Last 600 Days of Il Duce. -
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A bunch of racist, libertarian farmers who hate taxes revolt against the British. No, not that time, the other time.
Sources:
Laband, John. The first Anglo-Boer War 1880-1881
Pakenham, Thomas. The Boer War.
Meredith, Martin. Diamonds, Gold, and War: The Making of South Africa
Pretorius, Fransjohan. The Boer Wars.
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The Huns go to war against Rome in what turns into one of the bigger "Greater Unifying Theory of Fuck That Guy" Moments in history.
Sources:
Jordanes. The Getica
Bury, John Bagnall. History of the Later Roman Empire.
Man, John. Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome.
Stoddard, Brooke. The Battle of the Catalunian Plains. -
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Stranded in the mountains of Afghanistan, 21 Sikh soldiers face off against thousands of Afghan tribesmen. Hamstrung by British military racism and some of the dumbest battle plans the brits could come up with, they fight till the last.
Sources:
Jay Singh-Sohal. Saragarhi: The Forgotten Battle.
Col Kanwaljit Singh. Saragarhi Battalion: Ashes to Glory
https://www.sikhnet.com/news/battle-saragarhi-tale-sacrifice-and-unyielding-bravery-sikh-history
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A riot against the Civil War draft quickly turned into something much darker, and soldiers were recalled from the battlefield to put it down.
Sources:
https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/317749.html&title=The+New+York+City+Draft+Riots+of+1863&desc
Beard, Rick. City Under Siege: The New York Draft Riots
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/draft-riots
https://history.nycourts.gov/case/court-cases-related-to-the-new-york-city-draft-riots-1863/
Dupree, A. Hunter and Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. "An Eyewitness Account of the New York Draft Riots, July, 1863"
Anbinder, Tyler. "Which Poor Man’s Fight?: Immigrants and the Federal Conscription of 1863." -
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Once upon a time, a man became a wandering warrior, testing himself against the best in the land and beat the hell out of them with a combination of hyper violence and trolling.
Sources:
Miyamoto Musashi. The Book of the Five Rings
O’Brien Brown. Miyamoto Mushashi: Samurai Legend
William Scott Wilson. The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi -
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Greek Mercenaries get trapped after a job goes wrong. Now, they have to try and find their way home in a series of war crimes, ragers, and making the worst boots known to man.
Sources:
Xenophon. Anabasis.
Robin Lane. The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand
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The Conclusion to the Rwandan Genocide series.
sources used for this series:
Scott Straus. The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda
Scott Straus. Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention
Scott Straus. Rwanda, RTLM, and Mass Media Effects.
Jean Hatzfeld. Machete Season.
Philip Gourevitch. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.
Alison Des Forges. Leave None to Tell The Story: Genocide In Rwanda.
Roméo Dallaire. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
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