BONUS EPISODE: History of Armenia 26: Gourgen Yanikian
A old man with nothing left to lose assassinates two Turkish diplomats in California, inspiring a modern wave of Armenian revolutionary terror.
2023-07-25 07:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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The Hooligans of Kandahar Chapter 12
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2023-07-24 10:44:35 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: Operation Paul Bunyan
Joe, Nate, and Tom talk about the time the US and North Korea almost went to war over a poplar tree.
Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/axe-murder-north-korea-1976/562028/
EARLY EPISODE: Chuckie Taylor, the Nerd Turned War Criminal
Everyone has heard of Charles Taylor, the brutal dictator of Liberia. This is the story of his son, Chuckie Taylor, an American born nerd turned head of Liberian national security, international diamond smuggler, and one of the worst war criminals in Liberian history.
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BONUS EPISODE: The Sharpe Show 5: Sharpe's Honor
We're back with Sharpe's Honor as we discover Sharpe is just James Bond if he was poor and in the army.
2023-07-16 07:36:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hooligans of Kandahar Chapter 11
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2023-07-12 07:05:16 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Adrianople
Bad customs officers cause an uprising so bad it contributes to the fall of rome.
Sources:
Alessandro Barbero. The Day of the Barbarians.
Peter Heather. The Fall of the Roman Empire.
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/the-gothic-wars-battle-o...
2023-07-09 14:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostHooligans of Kandahar Ebook File
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2023-07-03 16:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Fall of Singapore Part 2: Surrendering to a Bluff
The conclusion to the fall of singapore!
2023-07-02 18:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS: The Time Muammar Gaddafi Recruited a Chicago Street Gang
Once upon a time the dictator of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, attempted to recruit a Chicago street gang from Chicago to conduct terror attacks in America. This is the very dumb story.
Sources:
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,966132,0...
2023-07-01 03:52:55 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Fall of Singapore Part 1: The Kiwi Weeb
Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about the most embarrasing allied defeat of WWII
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Sources:
Lindsey Murdoch. The Day the Empire Died in Shame.
Janet Urh. Against The Sun. The AIF in Malaya.
Kirby Woodburn. Et Al. History of the Second Wo...
2023-06-26 03:34:40 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS EPISODE: A Knights Tale
Last month's episode of The Sharpe Show pissed us all off enough we decided to take a break from Sharpe and watch the very historically accurate film, A Knights Tale.
2023-06-24 13:04:06 +0000 UTC View PostCollecting questions for a Q&A Episode
It is crazy that we've been doing this for over 5 years. To celebrate that Tom, Nate, and Joe will be doing a Q&A bonus for August. Follow the link and drop your questions in. They can be about anything and everything!
2023-06-19 07:21:25 +0000 UTC View PostYou Can Now Pre-order Your Hong Christ Shirt
This is the first run of merch we're offering pre-orders for!
Order fulfillment is handled in-house and is not drop-shipped. We supply garments from a reliable UK wholesaler and have them printed via a commercial press in Bath, England. We then pack and ship them from our recording studio in London. Nate and Tom will personally inspect and pack each item to make sur...
2023-06-19 07:19:03 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Toledo War
Michigan, led by a 22 year old governor, invades Ohio to claim Toledo.
Sources:
Emmanuel, Greg (2004). The 100-Yard War: Inside the 100-Year-Old Michigan–Ohio State Football Rivalry. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons. pp. 2023-06-18 12:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
History of Armenia 25: The Great Ali Baba
Ali Baba (born Arteen Ekizian) was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, World Champion Professional Wrestler, and all around legend.
2023-06-14 14:23:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hooligans of Kandahar Chapter 7
The horrible story continues!
2023-06-12 17:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Adwa
Italy invades Ethiopia, gets churned into a chunky, sauce-like liquid.
Sources:
Raymond Jonas. The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire
Greg Blake. The First Italo-Abyssinian War: The Battle of Adwa
Greg Peduto. Italy's Failed African Gambit
2023-06-12 10:32:16 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Nicopolis
Crusaders attempt to drive the Ottomans out of the Balkans. It does not go well.
Sources:
Aziz Antiya. Crusades in the Later Middle Ages
Hooligans of Kandahar Ebook
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2023-06-02 08:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS EPISODE: Operation Urgent Fury
The US invents a reason to invade the tiny island nation of Grenada based on plans made from some tourist maps.
Sources:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2013/09/08/paul-scoon-who-...
2023-06-01 10:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema
*CONTENT WARNING*
Joe and Tom discuss The Madness of Francisco Macías Nguema, a dictator nicknamed The Pol Pot of Africa.
Sources:
Tufts Mass Atrocity Endings for Equatorial Guinea
Paul Kenyon. Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa.
The Hooligans of Kandahar Chapter 6
The time we captured someone very important and realized none of it mattered.
2023-05-22 10:42:53 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Nez Perce War
A group of Native Americans launch one of the longest fighting retreats in North American military history in order to escape genocide at the hands of the US government.
Sources:
Bruce Hampton. Children of Grace, The Nez Perce War of 1877
Elliot West. The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story
BONUS EPISODE: The Battle of the Bees
Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about The Battle of the Bees, or that time the British Army in WWI was defeated by a swarm of angry bees
Sources:
Byron Farwell, The Great War in Africa
https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/what-was-the-battl...
2023-05-19 07:51:42 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The USS Thresher
The story of the most deadly submarine disaster in American history.
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