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George Patton launches a very badly thought-out mission to rescue his son-in-law from a POW camp.
Sources:
http://oflag64.us/ewExternalFiles/whitaker-richard-tfb-article.pdf
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/costly-failure-pattons-raid-liberate-hammelburg
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/task-force-baum-george-pattons-controversial-mission-to-rescue-his-son-in-law-from-a-pow-camp.html
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/witnessing-pattons-failure-a-prisoners-view-of-the-task-force-baum-raid/
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*PREVIEW* The Insane First Pilots of the US Postal Service ft. Josh Boerman
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Episode 361 - The K Class Submarine and the Battle of May Island
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Once upon a time, the British Navy built one of the worst submarines ever put to sea and then promptly smashed them into one another repeatedly.
Sources:
N.S Nash. K Boat Catastrophe: Eight Ships and Five Collisions.
Edwyn Gray. Disasters of the Deep: A Comprehensive Survey of Submarine Accidents & Disasters
Anthony Preston. World's Worst Warships
https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120339/http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/underseawarfaremagazine/issues/archives/issue_49/KforKatastrophe.html
https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/the-battle-of-may-island-january-1917-and-k-class-submarines-of-the-first-world-war/
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Episode 360 - The Armenian Genocide: Part 4
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The conclusion to the Armenian Genocide series.
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Episode 359 - The Armenian Genocide: Part 3
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Part 3/4
For full bibliography see episode 1 show notes.
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