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Once upon a time there was a supply convoy called PQ-17, loaded down with tons of supplies and heading to the Soviet Union. Over the course of several days the convoy was destroyed by a combination of terrible intelligence, fear of confrontation with the German Surface Fleet, and a commander with a brain tumor.

SOURCES:

Beesly, Patrick. Convoy PQ 17: A Study of Intelligence and Decision-Making

Bunker, John. Liberty Ships: The Ugly Ducklings of WWII

Hague, Arnold. The Allied Convoy System, 1939–1945: Its Organization, Defence and Operation.

Milton, Keith. Convoy PQ 17: A Story of Unprecedented Arctic Disaster. Military Heritage. June 2001. Volume 2, no. 6

Lippman, David. 'Convoy is to Scatter.' : Arctic Convoy Disaster. WWII History. Winter 2012. Volume 11, No. 1

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Joe is joined by AJ, Brian, and Josh from the Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time a British trader got murdered by Samurai for being an asshole and sparked a war between the British and the Satsuma Domain.

SOURCES:

De Lange, William. The Namamugi Incident: The Murder that Sparked a War

Totman, Conrad. The collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868

Satow, Ernest. A Diplomat in Japan

Rennie, David Field. The British Arms in North China and Japan

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A half-blind Irish immigrant to the US freelance develops the first modern submarine with funds from the Fenian Brotherhood. This leads to a lot of arguments and a late-night submarine jacking.

SOURCES:

Davies, R. Nautilus: The Story of Man Under the Sea

Lyons, Chuck. The Holland Submarine. Military Heritage. August 2008. Vol 10, no. 1

Devoy Tells Story of First Submarine: Holland Warship Purchased for Clan-na-Gael, The Original Owners, by Harry Cunningham”, The Gaelic American, New York, 09 July 1927

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1935/august/fenian-ram

https://www.millrivertrail.com/learn/famous-stolen-submarine

https://web.archive.org/web/20121021174106/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_19/holland2.htm