For this month's History of Armenia, Joe and Ani discuss the history of the most decorated Armenian-American military veteran in US history: a midwest Armenian-American named Victor Maghakian who was, without exaggeration, an absolute beast during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
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Episode 377 - The Schwerer Gustav
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In this episode, Joe regales Nate and Tom with the story of the Schwerer Gustav, a novelty oversize rail cannon designed to be as big and stupid as possible. It required you to lay down double track anywhere it went, effectively creating the first Fortnite build mode. It looked like the Magitek Factory except real. It did not work very well and was used far less frequently than you'd expect.
Sources:
Ian Hogg. German Artillery of WWII
https://www.historynet.com/hitlers-monster-tanks/
https://www.historynet.com/krupp-28-cm-k5e-railway-gun/
https://www.forcesnews.com/heritage/wwii/super-gun-hitlers-most-powerful-cannon-was-used-battle-against-russia
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/schwerer-gustav-the-biggest-cannon-during-wwii
https://www.slashgear.com/1430418/biggest-gun-ever-used-in-combat-schwerer-gustav-dora/
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*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 18: Beasting It
For this month's LLBR, Joe and Tom reconvene to discuss episode 2 of Neon Genesis Evangelion ("The Beast"). It's an episode that speaks to our respective early-teen years of listening to terrible music on headphones and being depressed. Some of us have not stopped doing this and that's okay too.
Cover art by Unzealous
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Episode 376 - The English Peasants' Revolt: Part 3
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The conclusion to our series on the English Peasants' Revolt
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*PREVIEW* The Close Quarters Combat of the USS Buckley
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