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The Wild History Of War

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  • How The Nazis Tried To Turn Whales Into Margarine

    October 2, 2026 · 16 min

    Many people have heard some pretty bizarre tales from World War 2 history, but few come close to matching this one for its scale, scope and sheer absurdity.  In this episode we'll explore how the German people's love of margarine (and the…

  • When A Navy Destroyer Fought A Submarine Using Potatoes

    September 18, 2026 · 16 min

    War often calls for quick thinking and unconventional tactics, but few battles have ever been won with… potatoes. But, during World War II, the USS O’Bannon, a U.S. Navy destroyer, found itself in a tense standoff with a Japanese…

  • When The Austrian Army Accidentally Went To War...With Itself!

    September 4, 2026 · 17 min

    In 1788, the Austrian army marched toward Karansebes expecting to fight the Ottoman Empire. Instead, a drunken argument somehow ended with thousands of Austrian soldiers firing on each other. Cavalry were mistaken for enemy troops…

  • Using Donkey Missiles To Blow Up A Confederate Army Camp

    August 21, 2026 · 17 min

    In one of the most ill-advised military ideas of the American Civil War, some poor donkeys were turned into self-guided ballistic missiles. But as we'll find out, donkeys aren't always reliable when it comes to navigation! Hosted by…

  • The Candy Bomber Of Berlin

    August 7, 2026 · 19 min

    What do chewing gum and tiny parachutes have to do with the Cold War era Berlin Airlift? Quite a lot, as it turns out! This is the story of the American airforce pilot Gail Halvorsen, the "Candy Bomber of Berlin", who began dropping…

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  • When A Dog Was Officially Enlisted In The South African Navy

    July 24, 2026 · 18 min

    During World War II, the sailors at Simon’s Town Naval Base gained an unlikely new recruit: a giant Great Dane named Just Nuisance. After repeatedly sneaking onto trains to follow his sailor friends into Cape Town, the Navy solved the…

  • How Native Americans Used A Ball Game To Infiltrate A Fort

    July 3, 2026 · 19 min

    Before lacrosse became a modern sport with helmets, pads, and tiny goals, it was a massive Native American war game played across miles of open land. But in 1763, outside Fort Michilimackinac, the Ojibwe and Sauk used it for something…

  • How The CIA Used Vampires To Fight Communism

    June 19, 2026 · 19 min

    In the 1950s, the CIA helped the Philippine government fight communist rebels known as the Huks. But instead of relying only on bullets and bombs, one American operative turned to something far stranger: vampire folklore. This episode…

  • Australia's Most Ridiculous War (And How The Emus Won)

    June 4, 2026 · 17 min

    In 1932, Australia went to war against some large flightless birds. It did not go well.  This is the infamous Emu War, a true story involving machine guns, some entirely misguided military strategy, and of course a deeply humbling loss…

  • A Warship Disguised As A Pacific Island

    June 4, 2026 · 25 min

    For a fleeing Dutch naval vessel caught up in the middle of the Pacific theatre of war, the best thing they could do to survive was to make their warship look like…an island? Covered in foliage, fake trees, and camouflage so ridiculous it…

  • Operation Mincemeat: The Corpse That Tricked The Nazis - Pt. 2

    June 4, 2026 · 18 min

    The body has been found. The documents are in enemy hands. Now comes the waiting. In part two, we follow the ripple effects of one of history’s most unbelievable intelligence operations and see just how close it came to catastrophic…

  • Operation Mincemeat: The Corpse That Tricked The Nazis - Pt. 1

    June 4, 2026 · 18 min

    In 1943, British intelligence pulled off one of the most audacious deceptions of the entire war using a dead body, a fake identity, and a briefcase full of lies. This is the setup to a plan so strange it sounds almost fictional, yet it…

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About the show

The Wild History of War uncovers the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from wartime history.  From Civil War Donkey Missiles to CIA vampires, each episode delivers gripping, humorous tales that reveal the chaos, ingenuity, and unpredictability of war in ways you never could have imagined.