138 - Guadalcanal - Battle of the Tenaru: How the Marines stopped Ichiki's night assault on the Alligator Creek

This is the fourth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.
This episodes discusses:
How did the Marines...

137 - The Marines' Assault on Guadalcanal

This is the third episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.
This episodes discusses:
How the Marines seize...

136 - Marines vs Japanese: Brutal Battles for Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo

This is the second episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.
Shoestring invasion planning
Koro rehearsals...

135 - How the Marines Prepared for Guadalcanal | Operation Watchtower Explained

This is the first in a major series of podcasts looking at the Battles of Guadalcanal.  This is an interview with Dave Holland.  
 
This e...

134 - Preparing Today's Armies for Tomorrow's Wars: Battlefield Innovation and Disruption

This is the final episode of three in our series from our interview with Retired Colonel John Antal discussing his research into contemporary combat a...

133 - Kill webs and super swarms - building survivable CPs for decision superiority

This is the second episode of our interview with Retired Colonel John Antal discussing his research into contemporary combat and how technology is cha...

132 - Ten Battlefield Disruptors for Tomorrow's Wars

How is the modern battlefield changing?
What role is technology like Artificial Intelligence, drones, precision strike and electronic warfare ch...

131 - Amphibious Ambitions and Island Defeats - How Kinman and Hainan shaped China's Navy

This is the second of a two-part series looking at the origin story of the PLA Navy.  This episode looks at the crucial Kinmen and Hainan Islands camp...

130 - From River Crossings to Amphibious Operations - How the PLA Built a Navy from scratch and learned littoral manoeuvre

129 - Slim in Burma - Innovation, Air Power and Special Forces

How did Field Marshall Slim innovate in the Burma Campaign?  This is a look at military innovation through necessity that developed key capabilities f...

128 - Rebuilding an Army: Morale, Leadership, Training and Mission Command in the 14th Army with Slim

How did Slim rebuild the 14th Army after it's 1,000 mile withdrawal from Burma?
We look at how lessons were learnt and doctrine was developed to...

127 - The General who wouldn't quit: Slim and the longest retreat

We look at Slim's early career and background to study his optimism and resilience in the face of an overwhelmingly poor tactical situation.
Thi...

126 - Care of the wounded on the Kokoda Track

This episode looks at the care of the wounded on the Kokoda Track.
What level of care did sick and wounded soldiers receive?
Why was the...

The Military Decision Making and Planning Process

This episode is a cross-post from The Cove Podcast.  This is a recording of MAJGEN Mick Krause, AM - the author the new ADF-I-5 doctrine - Decision Ma...

125 - Medical considerations on the Kokoda Track

What medical treatment was avaiable for the soldiers fighting on the Kokoda Track.  How were ill and injured soldiers cared for and what were the diff...

124 - Leadership lessons from the Jungles of Vietnam with Gary McKay

This episode is the second of a two part interview with retired LTCOL Gary McKay, who was a Platoon Commander in Vietnam, in D Coy, 4 RAR.  He fought...

123 - Jungle Combat in Vietnam with Gary McKay

This episode is the first of a two part interview with retired LTCOL Gary McKay, who was a Platoon Commander in Vietnam, in D Coy, 4 RAR.  He fought i...

122 - Japanese Lessons Learnt for Jungle Warfare

This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode is Part 5 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert i...

121 - The Jungle Warfare Training Centre, Canungra

This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode is Part 4 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert i...

120 - Preparing for Combat in the Jungle

This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall,...

119 - Learning to learn: Jungle Warfare

This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall,...

118 - Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development in the Australian Army

We return to the fetid jungles of New Guinea and our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series, looking at the 53rd Battalion and it's combat performance at Isur...

117 - Lessons learnt from Drone combat in Ukraine

Check out the  show notes for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn'...

116 - Air Power during the Kokoda and Milne Bay Campaigns.

How did air power influence the Kokoda Campaign?  We review the employment of air power and compare it with the Milne Bay operation, where Air Power's...

115 - No. 75 Squadron Leadership at Port Moresby

What was RAAF Leadership like in No. 75 Squadron at Port Moresby.  We look at the career and Leadership of Squadron Leader John Jackson, a great RAAF...

114 - P40Es vs Zeroes - 75 Squadron and their 44 days at Port Moresby

How did the P-40E compare against the Japanese Zero?  We look at how Australia was prepared for the war in the air over Port Moresby.  How well were t...

113 - 75 Squadron and the Kokoda Campaign

It was 900 days from the declaration of war against Germany in 1939 to the bombing of Darwin.  When Darwin was bombed, there were no RAAF fighters to...

112 - Combined Arms on the Kokoda Track

This is Part 14 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, focusing on the combat performance of battalions on the Kokoda Track and how the militia...

111 - Friendly Fire on the Kokoda Track

This is Part 13 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, focusing on the combat performance of the 53rd Battalion and how the militia were prepar...

110 - The JIPOE / IPB for the Kokoda Track

This is Part 12 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, focusing on the combat performance of the 53rd Battalion and how the militia were prepar...

109 - Operational mistakes in the Kokoda Campaign

This is Part 11 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, focusing on the combat performance of the 53rd Battalion and how the militia were prepar...

108 - The Competition for Superior Doctrine

This is the third episode in a three part interview with Dr Robert Lyman about 'Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40', a book he co-wrote with...

107 - British Combined Arms doctrine in the inter war period

This is the second in a three part interview with Dr Robert Lyman about 'Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40', a book he co-wrote with Lord Da...

106 - Combined Arms Doctrine Development in the First World War

This is the first in a three part interview with Dr Robert Lyman about 'Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40', a book he cowrote with Lord Dann...

105 - Ralph Honner, the 39th Battalion and Kokoda

This is Part 10 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, looking at the combat performance of the 39th Battalion.
The 39th Battalion was on...

104 - The 39th Battalion on the Kokoda Track

This is Part 9 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, looking at the combat performance of the 39th Battalion.
This episode discusses the...

103 - Principles of Training for War

This is Part 8 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, Battle of Isurava, the 53rd Battalion, how they fought and how they were prepared to figh...

102 - Training a Battalion for War

This is Part 7 of our series looking at the Battle of Isurava, the 53rd Battalion, how they fought and how they were prepared to fight.
This epi...

100 - The fall of Isurava

This is the fifth episode in our Kokoda Track series looking at the performance of the 53rd Battalion. The 53rd, a militia Battalion, had some incredi...

101 - Mobilisation Mistakes with the Mice of Moresby

This is the sixth episode in our Kokoda Track series looking at the performance of the 53rd Battalion.  The 53rd, a militia Battalion, had some incred...