Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
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*PREVIEW* The Battle of Damascus 1148
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Episode 336 - The First Boer War: Part 1
ESupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our merch store! https://llbdmerch.com/ Part 1/3 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. Palmer, Gough. The Besieged Towns of the First Boer War

Episode 335 - The Battle of The Catalaunian Plains
ESupport the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our merch store! https://llbdmerch.com/ 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.

*PREVIEW* The Crash of the USS McCain
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Episode 334 - The Battle of Saragarhi
EGet tickets to our show in Belfast this weekend! https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Can't make it to belfast? we're streaming it! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-live-in-belfast-tickets-1008166803047?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=1 Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lionsledbydonkeys Check out the merch store: https://llbdmerch.com/ 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 https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/when-21-sikh-soldiers-stood-against-10000-men-the-battle-of-saragarhi/

*PREVIEW* Robot Jox
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Episode 333 - The New York City Draft Riot
ESupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Grab tickets to our live show in Belfast: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Can't make it to Belfast? We're streaming it! Get your stream tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-live-in-belfast-tickets-1008166803047?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=1 Check out our merch store: https://www.LLBDmerch.com 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."

*PREVIEW* Sarkis Soghanalian, The Armenian Viktor Bout
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Episode 332 - Miyamoto Musashi, The Troll Samurai
ESupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Grab tickets to our live show in Belfast: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…t-tickets-83V5QD Can't make it to Belfast? We're streaming it! Get your stream tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-live-in-belfast-tickets-1008166803047 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

*TRAILER* Lions Led By Donkeys Presents: The Kupiansk Dispatches
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*PREVIEW* The 2024 Q&A
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Episode 331 - The March of the 10,000
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Episode 330 - The Rwandan Genocide: Part 4
ELike what we do? Consider supporting us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Grab tickets to our live show in Belfast: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Can't make it to Belfast? We're streaming it! Get your stream tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-live-in-belfast-tickets-1008166803047 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 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Case Files. https://unictr.irmct.org/en/cases

*PREVIEW* The U352, The Dumbest U-Boat of WWII
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Episode 329 - The Rwandan Genocide: Part 3
ESupport the show on Patreon and get our next episode right now as well as years worth of bonus content: www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Grab tickets to our live show in Belfast: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…t-tickets-83V5QD Can't make it to Belfast? We're streaming it! Get your stream tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-live-in-belfast-tickets-1008166803047 Sources 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 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Case Files. unictr.irmct.org/en/cases

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 10: Why Are There Horses?
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Episode 328 - The Rwandan Genocide: Part 2
ESupport the show on Patreon and get our next episode right now as well as years worth of bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Grab tickets to our live show in Belfast: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Can't make it to Belfast? We're streaming it! Get your stream tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-live-in-belfast-tickets-1008166803047 Sources 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 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Case Files. https://unictr.irmct.org/en/cases

*PREVIEW* A Civil War of Drunks
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Episode 327 - The Rwandan Genocide: Part 1
EGet tickets to our last live show of 2024: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…s-belfast-83V5QD Get the next episode in the series by becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Content Warning Over the course of only around 100 days, horrific acts of violence, a genocide long in the making but seemingly deployed overnight, swept through the nation of Rwanda. This is the story and history of the Rwandan Genocide. Part 1/4 Sources: 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 International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Case Files. https://unictr.irmct.org/en/cases

Episode 326 - The Battle of The Plains Of Abraham
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*PREVIEW* Operation Ginny
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Episode 325 - Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 2
EPart 2/2 GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…s-belfast-83V5QD SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET BONUS CONTENT: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fail…ch/id1585592962 *since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released. Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day. sources: Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazi…-and-the-man.html archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/…venience.htm www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-…-brittney-griner/ www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/…ernationalcrime Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

Episode 324 Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 1
EGET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-belfast-83V5QD SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET THE CONCLUSION TO THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109935474?pr=true If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failure-to-launch/id1585592962 *since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released. Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day. sources: Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/2008/0624convenience.htm https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/armstrade.internationalcrime Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots Presents: Chappie
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Episode 323 -Doug Hegdahl, The Incredibly Stupid One
EGET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-belfast-83V5QD If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failure-to-launch/id1585592962 Once upon a time a POW pretended to be so stupid that his captors assumed he wasn't a threat. It turned into one of the largest North Vietnamese intelligence failures of the Vietnam War. Sources: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.usni.org/sites/default/files/users/rsmith/Poor%20Peasant.pdf https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/holy-cow-history-17880270.php https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/70-02000/70-2654.html https://www.lowellmilkencenter.org/programs/projects/view/douglas-hegdahl-the-incredibly-stupid-one/hero https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062045/vietnam-war-hero-doug-hegdahl-stupid-one-memorize-names.html https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/amazing-pow-douglas-hegdahl/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093201/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901396,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060007/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901221,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080918094431/http://www.geocities.com/talesofseasia/rossperotandparis.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091024130127/http://geocities.com/talesofseasia/doug.html Cutler, Thomas. A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy

*PREVIEW* The Battle of Shipka Pass
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Episode 322 - Alvin York
EGET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR BELFAST SHOW: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Vote for us to win a podcast award: https://www.podcastawards.com/ Alvin York started WWI as a conscientious objector and finished it as a bloodthirsty demon built for war. Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/sergeant-alvin-york-personal-accounts-that-reveal-his-true-story/ https://www.historynet.com/alvin-york-hero-argonne/ Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne

*PREVIEW* The Battle of New Market LIVE FROM THE HAGUE
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Episode 321 - The Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom
EGET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR BELFAST SHOW: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Vote for us to win a podcast award: https://www.podcastawards.com/ The Satsuma Domain launches an invasion of the Ryukyu Islands leading to a battle of samurai, muskets, and barrels full of snakes. sources: Stephen Turnbull. The Samurai Capture A King: Okinawa 1609 MG Haynes. Samurai Invasion: Japan's 1609 Conquest of Ryukyu https://en.tabi-samurai-japan.com/story/event/562/ Yuan Jiadong. Satsuma’s Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom and Changes in the Geopolitical Structure of East Asia

Episode 320 - The Whiskey Rebellion
EGet live show tickets here: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Bad tax law almost starts a new American Revolution only a few years after the last one. Sources: William Hogeland. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/whiskey-rebellion John Allen Miller. How Whiskey Almost Started a War. https://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/history/rev_war/whiskey.htm https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/george-washingtons-proclamation-whiskey-rebellion

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 9: The Gundam is Meat
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Episode 319 - The Makin Raid
ESUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys VOTE FOR US TO WIN AN AWARD https://www.podcastawards.com/ A Marine officer builds a special forces unit on the ideas of Maoism and launches one of the strangest raids of WWII Sources: Duane Schultz. Evans Carlson, Marine Raider: The Man Who Commanded America's First Special Forces https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-makin-raid-what-really-happened-to-the-marines/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/raid-on-makin/ https://www.historynet.com/gung-ho-makin-raids-strange-legacy/ https://www.historynet.com/marine-veterans-recount-daring-raid-on-makin-atoll/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/evans-carlson-forms-carlsons-raiders/

*PREVIEW* The Strange Journey of the SMS Emden
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Episode 318 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 3
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*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 8: Lube Proof Gun
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Episode 317 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 2
EThe horrors continue! part 2/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect

*PREVIEW* The Strange British Anti Tank Weapons of WWII
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Episode 316 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 1
ESupport the show on Patreon and get the rest of the series right now: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 What starts as a rational critique of the Reformation turns into a wild, sex crazed, blood thirsty, and heavily armed cult ruled by a man who thinks he can cure blindness by spitting in someone's eye while mass executions take place via comically oversized anime sword. The Anabaptists of Munster eventually turn everyone against them from Martin Luther to the Catholics to their own believers who simply like their wives. Content Warning: Everything, throughout the series. Part 1/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect

Episode 315 - Bacon's Rebellion
ESUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A colonial American uprising that united white men who wanted to steal more native land, slaves, and indentured servants against a corrupt Governor. GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://virginiahistory.org/learn/bacons-rebellion-virginia-years-1675-1676 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p274.html https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/bacons-rebellion-1676/ https://www.jyfmuseums.org/learn/research-and-collections/essays/a-history-of-bacons-rebellion-in-six-sources Tales from a Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America

*PREVIEW* The Battle of Palmito Ranch
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Episode 314 - The Zeebrugge Raid
EGET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Untrained soldiers and suicide submarines raid a port during WWI with mothballed ships, reinforced with armor made from used mattresses and sandbags. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/war_sea_gallery_06.shtml https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/the-raid-on-zeebrugge-23-april-1918-for-england-and-st-george https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-12161 https://issuu.com/faircountmedia/docs/special-operations-outlook-2018/s/72765 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/zeebrugge-a-gallant-raid-on-saint-georges-day/

*PREVIEW* The Greatest Beer Run Ever
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Episode 313 - The Fall of Confederate New Orleans
ESUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sinking forts, suicide gun boats, and one very dumb fake country. Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/new-orleans-civil-war https://64parishes.org/entry/fall-of-new-orleans-and-federal-occupation-adaptation https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1962/april/fall-new-orleans https://www.historynet.com/big-trouble-big-easy-confederacy/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/conquering-the-queen-city/

*Preview* The Kuznetsov, Russia's Cursed Aircraft Carrier
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Episode 312 - The Mogami, Japan's Most Unlucky Warship That Refused to Die
ECheck us out on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Japan creates a death trap that becomes so unlucky it becomes known throughout the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII Sources: David Lippman. Mogami: Japan's Luckless Cruiser http://combinedfleet.com/ships/mogami David Brown. Warship Losses of WWII Paul Dull. The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2
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Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1
ESUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid.

Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome
ESUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/ https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/ https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/ Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527

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