Episode 85 - Winter War Part 1: Russian Problems

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On part one of our Winter War series we dive into the history of Finland and its long struggle for independence from a string of different oppressors. **Correction** The Commander of Finnish forces was named Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. There was no "Von" honorific. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Bibliography for all related episodes: Trotter, William. A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish War of 1939-1940.

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0:00.0	It's all- Hello welcome to another episode lines led by Donkeys. I'm Joe and that terrible
0:21.5	introduction was not by my co-host Nick.
0:23.7	Not me.
0:24.7	And today is the first of many of another giant series, this one, the Winter War.
0:34.4	See, when you text me this, you said it would be three at most.
0:37.5	You know how that happens? I think I said the Soviet Afghan war was going to be three or four. That was seven. Yeah.
0:44.3	I'm not good at that part of the job. I really honestly thought that was going to be eight just to
0:48.3	eat it could have been ten. I left a lot. He would still be going.
0:54.0	Like, every week it seems I get an email or a DM or something or even a Patreon message like,
0:59.6	oh, you left this out of the Soviet Afghan.
1:01.6	And we're like, yes, I yes I know trust me we would still be
1:05.2	recording episodes about it but we get to talk about the Soviet Union again we
1:11.4	really shit on the Soviet Union. God.
1:14.0	Low-hanging fruit.
1:15.0	Yeah.
1:16.0	Low-hanging fruit.
1:17.0	To be fair, until the Soviet Afghan War series,
1:20.0	our biggest series was on the Iran-Iraq war.
1:23.2	That's true.
1:23.7	Which I still think is actually my favorite.
1:25.9	It's one of mine.
1:26.6	Yeah.
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