EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Tannenberg Part 1: Deadly German Swamp Ass
Joe and Nate begin the story of one of the most legendary battles from the beginning of WWI. It is much dumber than you think.
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Hey, thanks for a wonderful show! It has become my favourite! Quick question, where do I find the show notes with listed sources?
Nate was spot on Canadian History has a huge focus on Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele. WW1 in general is considered a defining moment in Canadian nation identity
I took 2 years of German in high school. It's an unlearnable language, Nate must be some manner of linguistic genius.
I think he mentioned that he was born in Germany and learned German as his first language
I’m digging Nate being on the show. He’s a good guest/ cohost whatever they are. He adds to the show for sure.
ludendorff was literally the guy who invented the stabbed-in-the-back myth. once it was clear that the military situation was lost, it was ludendorff who had the idea to invite the social democrats into the government so that they could navigate germany's defeat.
Schee is delicious. Daredevil would be lucky to have it.
Four monsters ( that I can think of ) of Tannenberg ; Hindenburg , Ludendorff ,Looney toons villain of mongolia Urgen Sternberg and lastly noted skull hat wearer and noted dad and grandfather of Nazi's August von Mackesen
German historians are currently having Historikerstreit 2: Electric Boogaloo over the continuities between the German Empire and the Nazis. If you point those out german libs will call you an antisemite, which is fun
When in doubt about German articles, almost all nouns in German can be used with the diminutive suffix -chen or -lein. Diminutive forms always use the neutral gender. In this case, it would be 'das Sumpfärschchen', or, with a slight accent, 'das Sumpfärschle', which sounds like a particularly disgusting local dish from Stuttgart.
What dish do you mean?
It’s >der< sumpfarsch.
Imagine having such piss poor logistics that you lose to a bunch of dickheads rife with venereal diseases wearing buttplugs on their heads
Much excite.
WW1 Donkeys content is always fire.
Tannenberg is one of my favorite crazy dumb WW1 battles.
Oh hell yes!
I will listen to this tomorrow, but my guess if that this battle involved walking face first into a machine gun nest until there's a pile of bodies that turns itself into a trench...
Solid guess
About time