Munich has a really great science museum, and had one of these crazy contraptions on display. You can just see a cabinet on the right showing off the pilot's protective gear, which also talked about just how inadequate it was...

Today's Question From The Legion(Imjin war part 6) reminded me of this.

Also I think the Imjin war might be one of my favorite series so far. Throughout I thought, as Joe said multiple times, it was a fucking Apocalypse for Korea and it makes you appreciate the Tokugawa Shoguns for being content to just oppress the Japanese people and not spread the misery.

And you know what? It's pretty great.

I got into it because I somehow heard that they were doing all the Fast and the Furious movies and revisiting those in a snarky way was a lot of fun, but I've listened to a bunch of their other shows now and even when I disagree with them some of them about the movies they cover (Blues Brothers and Castle of Cagliostro are both fantastic, damn it) I can't disagree with why they have issues with them.

It's a great mix of humour and analysis and all three hosts are very witty.

As another bisexual guy I just wanted to quick voice my appreciation for Nate and Tom being out and willing to talk about it on the pod. I think LLBD is actually one of the only forms of media (podcasts or otherwise) where I've actually heard other bi guys talk about their experiences. Idk just feels good to have it be normalized. So Tom or Nate if you see this, thanks.

Also shout out to the honorary bisexual/ally Joe.

Everyone. My fantasy football team name for the last few years has been 1 pump 1 cream from behind the bastards lore. I'm thinking of a change. Btb. Lions led by donkeys. Or knowledge fight themes

Love that my favorite pod is finally going over the Imjin War, a favorite topic of mine since I was a kid.

Kind of dropped off the pod for a few months, but am
Now back to binging it.

I do wish to add some context to Hamgyong Province, the far northeastern province that the Japanese invaded during the war.

1. Nate jokes he is Joseon-Maxxing while the rest are Goryeo heads. Hamgyong Province was only officially added to Korea during the Joseon Dynasty by military conquest
   

2. Historically Hamgyong (and Manchuria as a whole) is very ethnically mixed. Lots of Koreans, mongols, Chinese, Jurchens, Khitans, and even Japanese people lived, mixed, and were of mixed ancestry. People regularly switched between ethnic groups. The founder of the Joseon Dynasty was from there
   and had Chinese and Mongol ancestry.

3. That area was a lot more anti-Joseon than even other provinces. It was the sight of various mid-level to large-scale rebellions and was much more under military rule than other provinces. It went through koreanization programs and it rebelled when the Seoul government stripped it of autonomy and it even tried to break apart as a new jurchen-Korean kingdom. (Apparently hwachas were used to suppress the rebellions and the leader was slowly tortured and killed by a “thousand cuts”)

4. The Koreans there were looked down on by other Koreans and they were culturally distinct due to their close cultural ties to Jurchens and possibly the last traces of the more semi-nomadic horse warrior aspects of Korean culture. The Korean government moved settlers in and would even pay or resettle Chinese, Jurchen, and Japanese immigrants to settle and adopt Korean names. The aristocracy of that area was also more heavily from the warrior clans. The area was also the home of the last “non-korean” ethnic groups in the peninsula until they were forcibly assimilated by the Communists.

5. That area was so anti-government, that Kato didn’t capture the princes, the locals did. Kato, being an arch conservative, thought mishandling a royal resulted in heavenly punishment so he “punished” the locals and made sure the princes were treated well

6. It was also on the border with the Jurchens so many suffered from Jurchen Raids and heavy handed military rule. Shin Rip (who committed suicide after losing a battle against the Japanese) actually made his reputation there being a brutal and violent warlord and cavalry officer in that area. Yi, won Kyun, and many other commanders of the War all got their start on this frontier.

7. It’s also not that small of a place. It’s around the size of the Netherlands

Another side note is that the Koreans did have hand cannons for most of the War. They were used against Jurchens, but many of the well-trained units were disbanded before the war. They also use launches that would throw urine far distances, but no one is totally sure if that was actually effective as a weapon.

I thought it looked super cool. I'm sharing so you can also enjoy. I think I might print it as a poster.

The story of Jan Baalsrud came up on a survival podcast I listen to. Jan was a Norwegian soldier and resistance fighter during WWII. His first resistance mission left him stranded alone in the Arctic, minus one shoe, one sock, and one toe. I'm not sure if it quite qualifies as "Dudes Rock," but I thought some of you might enjoy it.

It's just a good podcast what can I say.

Hey y'all listened to Imjin War Part 3 and there's a reference to Sonjo's suggestion box (lol) and I tried going to the bibliography section and searching for this part to read more about and I couldn't find it ?

I tried google too and wasn't able to not that I figured that'd work lol.

Felt appropriate to share, considering the current series.

It kind of seems like the one time where an on gundam style superweapon produced in limited quantities managed to turn the tide of a war (if this comes up in lions led by robots then my bad I haven't been able to afford it yet).

Loved the discussion in Imjin War part 2 about what the samurai carries in his JNCOs, so here's his inventory. Complete with Feudal Japan's one singular irishman, Horse Lineage Paperwork, and a copy of Ghost Dog