Guest: AnnibaleRecorded: September 10, 2026 Annibale joins to discuss Ansarallah's stunning sweep of Saudi-backed forces and seizure of the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the unraveling of the US empire + part 3 of our Soviet-Finnish Wars series, taking us into the first months of Finland's key role in Nazi Germany's Operation Barbarossa and one of the worst war crimes of WWII: the Siege of Leningrad. First - Ames and Annibale discuss events of the past hours and days: the Houthi-led Ansarallah offensive in southwest Yemen, spiking debt rates (ie, falling bond prices), America's increasingly dangerous decline & more...At 1:00:50 - Music interlude by Brendon Anderegg. Check out music from his group Mountains hereAt 1:02:24 - Part 3 of Annibale's Soviet-Finnish Wars series Further listening*RWN 630 - Soviet Finnish Wars, Pt. 1: Introduction*RWN 632 - Soviet Finnish Wars, Pt. 2: The Winter War*Annibale's Operation Barbarossa Series Total time: 1:45:07Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * John's new essay collection, To The Crows, is available to subscribers. You can also order a hard copy on Amazon - read it, know it, review it! Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio