Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Military history podcast about inept commanders and battlefield failures AI summary

Lions Led By Donkeys Visit website › Comedy · EN · 500 episodes · latest 2026-11-09 · explicit

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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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Episode 439 - The Humbert Raid E

2026-11-09 · 1 hr 22 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The French invaded Ireland to assist Irish Revolutionaries during the Rebellion of 1798. Between Napoleon not wanting to do it, several shipwrecks, a comically…
*PREVIEW* The Trent Affair E

2026-11-04 · 11 min

GET THE WHOLE EPISODE HERE: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/bonus-episode-174357174?pr=true
Episode 438 - The Story of Bazooka Charlie E

2026-11-01 · 1 hr 11 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Once upon a time, during WWII, an artillery-spotting pilot looked at his tiny Piper Cub and wondered, "What if I strapped a bunch of rocket launchers to it?"…
Episode 437 - The Anglo-Manipur War E

2026-10-25 · 1 hr 9 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON! patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Palace coups, scheming brothers, the British, and a guy faking illness to get out of exile all converge in an imperial war of conquest. SOURCES: Tarapot,…
*PREVIEW* The French Wars of Religion: Part 6 E

2026-10-21 · 10 min

Get the whole episode and the entire bonus back catalogue by becoming a patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/bonus-episode-of-173011217?pr=true
Episode 436 - The Battle of Perryville E

2026-10-18 · 1 hr 13 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys During the US Civil War, a group of men with some of the strangest names we've ever heard on the show accidentally fight a battle over a stagnant pond while…
Episode 435 - The Strange Tale of the RB2000 E

2026-10-11 · 1 hr 14 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A decades-long saga involving a failed military weapons project, carnies, stuntmen, methheads, a possible international drug smuggler, a murder, and, of course,…
*PREVIEW* The Very Dumb Story of Jack Teixeira *LIVE IN CORK* E

2026-10-07 · 10 min

Get the whole episode on Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys/posts/llbd-live-in-171666271 We did in fact go to Ireland and we used this special moment to talk about a guy who got so into posting on…
Episode 434 - The Battle of Graignes E

2026-10-05 · 1 hr 24 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe and Nate discuss the 1944 airborne insertion in Normandy, the absolute chaos on the ground, and a very strangely cobbled-together American unit that somehow…
Episode 433- Operation August Storm E

2026-09-28 · 1 hr 33 min

SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ In 1945, after the nuclear weapons were already dropped, the…

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Oldest episode in feed: 01/2020 · over 6 years
Typical length: 57 min

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