PODCAST: Were these military leaders brilliant or crazy?
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Subscribe to the WATM channel: Stitcher | Spotify The thin line between brilliant and crazy cliché couldn't be truer than for the military leaders in this entertaining episode of the We Are The Mighty podcast. While they accomplished incredible feats and heroics on the battlefield, they have another side the history books leave out. [caption id="attachment_60742" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]
Some generals are saner than others.[/caption]
Hosted by:
- Logan Nye: Army veteran
- Blake Stilwell: Air Force veteran
- Tracy Woodward: Benevolent smartass
- Orvelin Valle (AKA O.V.): Navy veteran
Selected links and show notes from the episode
- 5 general officers who were almost certainly crazy
- 5 American generals buried in more than one place
- 5 generals with some of the weirdest habits in military history
- [01:00] Stan McChrystal's one-meal-a-day regimen.
- [01:30] Vice Adm. John D. Bulkeley dressed up in a ninja suit to ensure his classified areas were defended.
- [07:40] Gen. Curtis LeMay really wanted to bomb the Russians.
- The Fog of War: eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
- [14:05] Gen. Thomas Power—LeMay's successor—really, really wanted to bomb the Russians.
- [18:30] Stonewall Jackson and his weird elevating his arm habit.
- [24:50] Lt. Gen. George Custer was obsessed with his huge pack of dogs.
- 9 amazing facts about General George S. Custer
- Napoleon Bonaparte's nap habit.
- [38:15] Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne made his soldiers fight without ammunition.
Music licensed by Jingle Punks
- The Situation 001-JP
- Heavy Drivers-JP
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