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Jaws of Defeat

Exploring the strategy, tactics, leadership, and luck behind history's upset victories
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Jun 6, 2017

In this week's episode, Luke takes us to feudal Japan and presents our biggest upset yet, the Battle of Okehazama. Ever wondered why Oda Nobunaga is a big deal? Not sure who Oda Nobunaga is? Look no further, those questions and more will be answered.

 

 

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May 16, 2017

In this battle between the Romans and Parthians, Marcus Lincinius Crassus and his legions run afoul of Surena and his horse archers, the Carr-height of folly. Luke comes clean about his hatred for camels.

 

 

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May 2, 2017

In this week's episode, Luke does the Battle of the Ice. This has nothing to do with Game of Thrones. Real deal, we promise. Its the Teutonic Knights vs. the Novgorod Republic led by Alexander Nevsky. Remember dear listeners, unless you're the Mongols, it's always a bad idea to invade Russia during winter.

 

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Apr 10, 2017

In this week's episode, the French Colonial Army learns an object lesson in colonial hubris at the hands of the Viet Minh forces, and Luke mistakes the name of the battle for a type of delicious soup.

 

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Mar 20, 2017

In this episode we look at a whole campaign rather than one battle. This is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign.

Mar 6, 2017

In our fifth episode, Luke describes a battle against the Persians... again. But it's with the Byzantines this time!

 

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Feb 20, 2017

In this episode, Will tells Luke why you don't bring a wicker shield to a spear fight in the Battle of Granicus, Alexander the Great's first battle against the Persians.

Feb 6, 2017

Episode 3: Luke presents this 19th century battle between the Zulus and British colonials.

 

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Jan 22, 2017

In today's episode, Luke makes a terrible Sala-mistake in choosing an ancient sea battle between the Greeks and the Persians. 

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Jan 22, 2017

In our first episode we take a look at the Battle of Agincourt, which pits the French mounted cavalry against the English longbow. Sorry about the sound quality, it's our first day.

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