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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.
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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
Published 04/29/24
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Published 04/23/24
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Scotland invades England with one of the largest armies in Scottish History and nearly wipe out their own government in the process.
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https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Marmion--A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070227045328/http://www.ourpasthistory.com/England/the-battle-of-flodden-field-or-branxton-moor
Peter Reese. Flooden: A Scottish Tragedy
Ida Taylor. The Life of James IV
William Welsh....
Published 04/22/24
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In the opening stages of the Korean War the US sent a badly underarmed, undermanned Task Force to blunt the advance of the entire North Korean military. It did not go...
Published 04/15/24
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Published 04/10/24
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Joe and Nate talk about the time a bunch of drunken American soldiers caused a pitched battle between themselves and their allies while stationed in Australia during WWII
Correction: Indigenous Australians were given Australian citizenship at the same time other Australians (1949) however, the quality of that citizenship was not equal to that of non-indigenous Australians. This continued for decades and as many indigenous...
Published 04/08/24
The conclusion to the boxer rebellion series!
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Published 04/01/24
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Sharpe rejoins the British Army to root out corruption and the boys talk about the worst pizza party ever
Published 03/26/24
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A Wild Smedley Butler Appears!
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Published 03/25/24
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Published 03/19/24
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Published 03/18/24
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Published 03/10/24
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Joe, tom, and Nate talk about the time British Commandos attempted to kill Erwin Rommel. It did not go great.
Published 03/10/24
The Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood.
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David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China
Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
Henry Keown-Boyd. The Fists of Righteous Harmony
Joseph Esherick. The Origins...
Published 03/03/24
The conclusion to the story of a boy and his Chindits.
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John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy
https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2015/2/13/orde-wingate-and-combat-leadership
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Published 02/26/24
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Published 02/25/24
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Published 02/24/24
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Published 02/20/24
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Orde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War.
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Published 02/18/24
Union soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way.
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Published 02/12/24
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Published 02/07/24
Joe and Nate explore the history of Fragging in the US military and the case of Alberto Martinez, a soldier who almost certainly killed two officers during the Iraq War and got away with it.
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George LePre. Fragging: Why US Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in...
Published 02/04/24
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Published 01/29/24
Once upon a time the King of Portugal started a war that went so badly it collapsed his dynasty and killed three different kings all at once.
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Published 01/28/24