History Podcast / LionsLedByDonkeys

* AesopAmnesia: It's noted in the podcast that, despite the Russians being directly involved, and dozens of multi-national military attaches observing the battles of the Russo-Japanese War, sometimes characterized as a rehearsal for World War One, nobody seemed bothered by using practically the same tactics nearly ten years later.

Lions Led By Donkeys is a weekly history podcast largely devoted to laughing at military blunders, incompetent leadership, and generally cover wild stories from the front lines. Hosts Joe Kassabian and Nick Cassanova, along with the occasional guest-host, also cover subjects such as the history of animals in war, tasting some [=MREs=], and reviewing movies related to military history, however tenuous their connection to reality.

* OldShame: The first episode. So much so that it's not available on certain services, and Joe did a complete redux of it for Episode 132

* WeHaveReserves: Luigi "There were ''twelve'' Battles of the Isonzo River" Cadorna.

Lions Led By Donkeys is a weekly history podcast largely devoted to laughing at military blunders, incompetent leadership, and wild stories from the front lines. Hosts Joe Kassabian and Nick Cassanova, along with the occasional guest-host, also cover subjects such as the history of animals in war, tasting some [=MREs=], and reviewing movies related to military history, however tenuous their connection to reality.

[[caption-width-right:350:I'm sure he totally earned those...]]

* WeHaveReserves: Luigi "There were ''12'' Battles of the Isonzo River" Cadorna.

* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: British supply officers around the time of the Anglo-Zulu War were not allowed to open a new box of ammunition until the previous one had been completely emptied, due to how quickly the rounds of the day would succumb to the elements, and could only supply those men assigned to them. Supply officers refused to deviate from these rules [TooDumbToLive even as their camp was surrounded] by thousands of Zulu warriors.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Natch

* HollywoodTactics: Given that it's a history podcast, many stories include some truly bizarre strategic and tactical choices due not only to lack of development in those fields, but also the foibles of micromanaging dictators and incompetence of the nobility, among other things.
* JustFollowingOrders

* AesopAmnesia: It's noted in the podcast that, despite the Russians being directly involved, and dozens of multi-national military attaches observing the bloody, attrition-based battles of the Russo-Japanese War '''specifically for posterity''', nobody seemed bothered by using practically the exact same tactics just a few years later.

Lions Led By Donkeys is a weekly black-comedy history podcast largely devoted to laughing at military blunders, incompetent leadership, and wild stories from the front lines. Hosts Joe Kassabian and Nick Cassanova, along with the occasional guest-host, also cover subjects such as the history of animals in war, tasting some [=MREs=], and reviewing movies related to military history, however tenuous their connection to reality.

* MirthlessLaughter: While a comedy podcast, many episodes veer off in this direction due to the subject matter.

* {{Conscription}}: Several stories involve the Soviet Union, so this goes without saying, but they're not the only ones who engage in it.

* PrisonerExchange: Failed to happen for nearly two years after the Iran-Iraq war, due to ongoing territorial disputes, and some [=POWs=] were not released until the US military invaded Iraq in 2003. The war ended in [[AC:1988.]]
* DeathNotification: Subverted HARD by the Soviets during their war with Afghanistan. Not only were families not informed of how their loved ones died, their first indication that something had happened was a zinc coffin being unceremoniously dropped at their front door; and it was never 100% certain you had even received the right corpse because said coffins were [[AC:welded shut.]]

* DeathNotification: Subverted HARD by the Soviets during their war with Afghanistan. Not only were families not informed of how their loved ones died, their first indication that something had happened was a zinc coffin being unceremoniously dropped at their front door; and it was never 100% certain you had even received the right corpse because said coffins were [[AC:welded shut]].

* DeathNotification: Subverted HARD by the Soviets during their war with Afghanistan. Not only were families not informed of how their loved ones died, their first indication that something had happened was a zinc coffin being unceremoniously dropped at their front door; and because said coffins were [[AC:welded shut]] it was never 100% certain you had even received the right corpse.

* ZergRush: Once again, the Soviets are involved in several stories, so this goes without saying, but they are again not the only people who do this.

Lions Led By Donkeys is a weekly black-comedy history podcast largely devoted to laughing at military blunders, incompetent leadership, and wild stories from the front lines. Hosts Joe Kassabian and Nick Cassanova, along with the occasional guest-host, also cover subjects such as the history of animals in war, taste some [=MREs=], and review movies related to military history, however tenuous their connection to reality.