55 - How Sausages Helped Win A Battle
Jun 7, 2024 ·
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It’s well into the northern european winter season at the end of 1939. Five hundred thousand Russian Soviet Soldiers are making a collective push northwards, swarming the countryside as they...
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It’s well into the northern european winter season at the end of 1939. Five hundred thousand Russian Soviet Soldiers are making a collective push northwards, swarming the countryside as they go. They are armed to the hilt with tanks, explosives, machine guns, grenades and a staggeringly overwhelming number of troops.
But there is one thing that they didn’t count on, one thing that threatened to derail their entire military offensive altogether. And that one thing, was the humble sausage.
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But there is one thing that they didn’t count on, one thing that threatened to derail their entire military offensive altogether. And that one thing, was the humble sausage.
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Thank you to my brand-new supporters:
- Josh Lovetere
- Zachary Hedden
You too can support me on Patreon for just $2 a month: patreon.com/foodhistorypod
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Sources for this episode's research:
- https://www.history.com/news/the-bizarre-sausage-war-that-inspired-hitler
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varolampi_Pond
- https://www.finlandatwar.com/the-sausage-war-an-army-marches-on-its-stomach/
- https://sofrep.com/news/sausage-war-when-hunger-got-the-best-of-the-soviets/
- https://short-history.com/sausage-war-733d71767317
- https://pennytyrrellmcqueen.wixsite.com/togetherapart/single-post/2016/10/26/sausage-war
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