EARLY EPISODE: The Potsdam Giants
The Zoo Crew gets together to talk about one of the weirdest military units of all time.
Sources:
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/potsdam-giants.html?safari=1
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2021/07/28/potsdam-giants-by-name/
Darwin, Charles (1871). The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. John Murray. p. 112.
https://knoji.com/article/the-potsdam-guards-prussias-giant-soldiers/
https://random-times.com/2018/07/14/king-frederick-william-i-of-prussia-and-his-obsession/
Comments (13)
Queen dead.Well it not joke anymore
I lost it at "one giant union" but also holy shit
Potsdam Longbois
Voltaire writes about this in Candide, Candide gets abducted at a pub. Right before getting forcibly conscripted he has an ominous conversation where some recruiters ask him, "hey how tall are you? Like 5'11"? 6'?"
This is just me playing CK3 but I’m using my court as backup stock to reinforce traits in my family.
Eyyyy my LLBD Bingo game got a mention. Thats an Armenia space filled and a Prussian space filled!
Joe being a (semi-ironic?) Bonapartist cracks me up every time it shows up out of nowhere not gonna lie
fully ironic!
Joe why didn’t you mention the Battle of Stralsund, where the Potsdam Giants climbed the walls of the city like Attack on Titan and massacred the entire garrison of Swedish soldiers with nothing but their bare hands (and their bear). I expect better attention to detail and a more comprehensive history from a serious podcast like this.
Uh obviously the Bingo center space is "And then it got worse"
“The person that god spilled” poor Charles what a shitty life lol such a sick burn though
https://bingobaker.com/view/5053104
If you know too much about history, one either becomes Leto II God Emperor, or Joe Kassabian 🤣