Episode 55 - Soviet Afghan War 1: A Revolution of Drunks

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On part 1 of the Soviet Afghan War the Afghan King is overthrown leading to a series of coups, counter coups, and purges that would eventually set the stage for Soviet intervention. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Sources for all related episodes: Gregory Feifer. The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan Svetlana Alexievich. Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War Lester Grau. The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan

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0:00.0	And the Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the lions led by Donkeys podcast.
0:22.0	We just got done with our vocal warm-ups.
0:24.0	Ugh.
0:25.0	No, we did not.
0:26.0	Our sweet podcasting voices come naturally.
0:28.0	Fuck.
0:29.0	Fuck.
0:30.0	Fuck.
0:31.0	Balls. Shit. Thisalls. Shit.
0:34.0	This is bad already.
0:36.0	Yeah, so Nick is with me.
0:38.0	I'm Joe from every other episode of the show.
0:40.0	Yeah, I'm a special guest.
0:42.0	And we are on finally part one of the Soviet Afghan war.
0:46.0	How many parts?
0:47.0	A lot.
0:48.0	So many.
0:50.0	I think we will get a shirt out of this?
0:52.0	I don't know if we're going to be able to break the I ran Iraq
0:55.4	where level of shirt content. Solid. Which is actually one of the reasons why this was such a hard series to script. I ran Iraq War and you know most people don't remember
1:06.5	we'd also did a series in the War of 1812 back in the day. It was our first series but you know there's
1:12.1	distinct battles. There is an ebb and flow of war.
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