Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

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In 1592 a newly unified Japan, under the control of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, launched an invasion of the Joseon Kingdom with an army numbering in the hundreds of thousands. The war would eventually consist of two different invasions over the course of almost 6 years and suck in most of Asia, killing well over 1 million people in the process, all while Japan accomplished absolutely nothing.

SOURCES:

Hawley, Samuel (2014). The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China (2nd ed.). Conquistador Press.

Turnbull, Stephen (2012). The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592–98. Osprey Publishing.

Andrade, Tonio (2016). The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History

Brown, Delmer M. (May 1948). "The Impact of Firearms on Japanese Warfare, 1543–1598". The Far Eastern Quarterly

Park, Yune-hee (1978). Admiral Yi Sun-shin and His Turtleboat Armada. Hanjin Publishing Company

Rockstein, Edward D. (1993). Strategic And Operational Aspects of Japan's Invasions of Korea 1592–1598. Naval War College.

Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin (1997). Diplomacy and ideology in Japanese–Korean relations: from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Palgrave Macmillan

Lewis, James B. (2004). "The Book of Corrections: Reflections on the National Crisis during the Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592–1598. By Sôngnyong Yu. Translated by Choi Byonghyon. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies". The Journal of Asian Studies.

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Peter Ortiz, a rich kid from New York City, serves in the French Foreign Legion before joining the Marine Corps, becoming a spy during WWII, and fighting the Nazis alongside the French Resistance, all while dual-wielding pistols, in full dress uniform, and wearing a cape.

SOURCES:

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/peter-ortiz-oss-operative-undercover-hero/

https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2025/11/05/us-marine-who-forced-nazi-officers-toast-fdr-gunpoint-and-became-most-decorated-oss-operative.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-american-spy-who-surrendered-to-the-nazis-to-save-civilians-180982003/

https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-incredible-saga-of-col-peter-j-ortiz/

https://chroniclesmagazine.org/columns/sins-of-omission/the-marine-corps-answer-to-james-bond/

https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/32798/Ortiz-Pierre-Peter-Julien.htm

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After zeppelins begin bombing the UK, the British order the first seaborne air raid in British military history. It involves hundreds of men, dozens of ships...all to launch a few biplanes that are barely armed with bombs, with no navigational devices, and no idea where they are going.

SOURCES:

Layman RD. The Cuxhaven Raid, The World's First Carrier Air Strike. Conway Maritime Press. 1985

https://www.avalanchepress.com/JutlandCuxhaven1.php

https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1998/february/strike-warfare-1914

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/raid-on-cuxhaven-first-carrier-raid-in-history-bw-122525

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