Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast Episode 251 - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 2: A Wild T Rex Appears
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Mar 13, 2023 AI Snips
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Open Radios Gave Germans A Critical Edge
- Russian radio transmissions were unencrypted and easily intercepted, repeating lessons from the Russo-Japanese War.
- German signals intelligence exploited plain-language broadcasts to track Russian dispositions and timing.
Bicycle Troops Capture Russian Orders
- A German bicycle detachment chased off Cossacks and found an entire copy of the Second Army's orders left behind in plain Russian.
- That captured paperwork directly informed German understanding of Russian plans at Tannenberg.
T-Rex Erotica Interrupts History
- The hosts detour into bizarre internet culture by reading the synopsis of an erotic book called Taken by the T-Rex as comic relief.
- They use this to illustrate odd side conversations that happen during long historical episodes.