The Panjshir Lions: Afghan Guerrillas Against the Nazis

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The Panjshir Lions: Afghan Guerrillas Against the Nazis

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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known chapter of World War II: the Allied operation to supply Afghan tribesmen in the Panjshir Valley to sabotage German and Italian agents operating in Afghanistan. In 1941, amid fears of a Nazi-backed coup, Britain and the Soviet Union jointly occupied neutral Afghanistan and launched a covert campaign to arm local militias like the Panjshiris. We meet key figures like the British envoy Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, the Italian spy Pietro Quaroni, and the Afghan king Mohammad Zahir Shah. The episode covers the logistics of parachuting weapons into the rugged Hindu Kush, the tribal politics that made the Panjshiris formidable fighters, and the eventual collapse of the Axis threat in Central Asia. A forgotten front where the Great Game intersected with World War II. #WWII #Afghanistan #PanjshirValley #HinduKush #GreatGame #BritishEmpire #SovietUnion #Axis #CovertOperations #TribalWarfare #SirWilliamKerrFraserTytler #PietroQuaroni #MohammadZahirShah #CentralAsia #History #FexingoHistory #WorldWarII #GuerrillaWarfare Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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