EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Tannenberg Part 1: Deadly German Swamp Ass

Hey, thanks for a wonderful show! It has become my favourite! Quick question, where do I find the show notes with listed sources?

Every time Nate or Liam go deep into various historical figures, conflicts and trends at the drop of a hat I'm always thrown off/in awe at how easy they know things.

Nicholas Slayton

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

Mathieu Tremblay

I think he mentioned that he was born in Germany and learned German as his first language

Chase Pavlich

I took 2 years of German in high school. It's an unlearnable language, Nate must be some manner of linguistic genius.

Mark Hardgrove

I’m digging Nate being on the show. He’s a good guest/ cohost whatever they are. He adds to the show for sure.

Scott Jackson

What dish do you mean?

Jan

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.

Craven Moorehead

It's giving me flashbacks to German class and memorizing them for tests.

Kaylee

Schee is delicious. Daredevil would be lucky to have it.

amylase

don't try to guess the grammatical gender of german nouns, it's all counterintuitive nonsense that evolved randomly. you can get it right only through rote memorization.

Gryphoneer

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

bossbear the rock

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

Dennis Schmidt

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.

Till Wer Sonst

It’s >der< sumpfarsch.

Jan

Imagine having such piss poor logistics that you lose to a bunch of dickheads rife with venereal diseases wearing buttplugs on their heads

A Guy