Part One: Francisco Solano Lopez: The Worst Military Leader In Human History
18 August - 57 minsThis week Robert sits down with James Stout to weave the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.
Sources:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22
https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life
https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=
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Series Episodes
Part One: Percy Fawcett: Real-Life Indiana Jones, or Deluded Psychic Racist?
58 mins
25 August Finished
Part Two: Francisco Solano Lopez: The Worst Military Leader In Human History
1 hour 5 mins
20 August Finished
