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Podcast: Bold American Pod
Episode: ZBT: Historic Hurricane Leads To Poop-Filled Cargo Pockets
Description: On this episode of Drop A Pin, we’re diving into the wildest times Mother Nature called the shots in war.
First up, Napoleon thought he could just waltz into Russia in 1812 like, "Cool, we’ll wrap this up by fall." Spoiler: Russian winters had other plans, and dude lost 300,000 troops to frostbite and exile. Same thing happened to Hitler. These guys clearly don’t check the forecast.
Then, good ol’ George Washington was about to get bodied by the British in Brooklyn. But a thick fog rolled in, and boom, he pulled a Houdini, sneaking all 9,000 troops across the East...