The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics, Doctrine and Leadership.
Professional Military Education in 30 minute sessions. Historic Battles study through current doctrine to gain lessons learned. Tactics, Strategy, Combined Arms, Military Leadership in a format for Unit PME programs. We study the great battles to draw the lessons on strategy, tactics and leadership. Get your lessons learned here rather than in AAR format.
Episodes
This is the fourth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.
This episodes discusses:
How did the Marines employ the 37 mm gun firing canister at Alligator Creek?
Why did Colonel Ichiki attack without heavy weapons— trading firepower for speed and what was the cost?
What ar...
This is the third episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.
This episodes discusses:
How the Marines seized conducted the landing and seized Guadalcanal’s decisive terrain.
Red Beach landing bypasses IJA fortifications at Lunga Point.
Vandegrift prioritizes tight perimeter, airfield defense.
Carriers withdraw; logistics halved, myths deb...
This is the second episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.
Shoestring invasion planning
Koro rehearsals fiasco
Risking the aircraft carriers vs time to unload the convoy
Crutchley’s covering cruisers
Rupertus leads Tulagi
Blue Beach landing
Fighting at “the Cut”
Improvised cave tactics
Gavutu–Tanambogo battles
Tanks combat
This is the first in a major series of podcasts looking at the Battles of Guadalcanal. This is an interview with Dave Holland.
This episode looks at:
Guadalcanal's strategic significance
Terrain and Climate of Guadalcanal
Development of Marine Amphibious Doctrine
Combat experience within the 1st Marine Division
Strength and structure of a Marine Division
US intelligence preparation before the landings
Japanese intelligence and...
This is the final episode of three in our series from our interview with Retired Colonel John Antal discussing his research into contemporary combat and how technology is changing the modern battlefield.
John makes a series of great points during the interview:
This is the second episode of our interview with Retired Colonel John Antal discussing his research into contemporary combat and how technology is changing the modern battlefield.
We discuss the lessons learnt from 2nd Nagorno-Karabakh, Ukraine and recent Israeli battles and how technology is changing the modern battlefield.
Check out the show notes for all of the info...
How is the modern battlefield changing?
What role is technology like Artificial Intelligence, drones, precision strike and electronic warfare changing command and control, ISR and combined arms?
This is the first of 3 episodes with retired Colonel John Antal, who has studied 2nd Nagorno-Karabakh, recent Israeli battles and the war in Ukraine.
Check out the show notes for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well...
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 campaigns. This is an interview with Dr Toshi Yoshihara, an expert in the history of China's Navy.
How was each campaign planned and executed?
What were the results for the Chinese Navy?
What did the PLA Navy learn from these campaigns?
How have these early littoral manoeuvre campaigns sh...
How did Field Marshall Slim innovate in the Burma Campaign? This is a look at military innovation through necessity that developed key capabilities for the 14th Army to defeat the Japanese forces in the Burma theatre.
We discuss:
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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 forge an Army capable of taking on the Japanese. We discuss the important question - what makes an Army officer a good trainer of soldiers.
This interview is the s...
We look at Slim's early career and background to study his optimism and resilience in the face of an overwhelmingly poor tactical situation.
This interview is the first part of a 3 part series w...
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 medical planning still being conducted whilst the Battle of Isurava was in progress?
What was the issue with medical logistics and how were casualties to be casevaced from the battlefield?
We listen to the story of CAPT Stan Bissett as he describes how his brother Butch was wounded just north of I...
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 Making and Planning Processes. He presented a PME session at Holdsworthy Barracks to discuss the new doctrine.
ADF-I-5 Decision Making and Planning Processes replaces the Joint JMAP (Joint Military Appreciation Process) doctrine along with the Army LWD 5-1-4 The Military Appreciation P...
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 difficulties in providing surgical and medical care in the austere conditions of the Jungles of Kokoda?
This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
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...
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 in Op Ivanhoe at the battle of Nui Le, where he was wounded. For his awarded the Military Cross for his performance during the battle. He was later the Commanding Officer of 8/9 RAR between 1988 and 1990.
This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series. The training, doctr...
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 in Op Ivanhoe at the battle of Nui Le, where he was wounded. For his awarded the Military Cross for his performance during the battle. He was later the Commanding Officer of 8/9 RAR between 1988 and 1990.
This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series. It specifically look...
This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode is Part 5 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.
This episode looks at the introduction of the Jungle Scales Division into the Australian Army, the development of the Owen Gun an...
This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode is Part 4 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.
This episode discusses the development of the Jungle Warfare Training Centre, Canungra, the role that it played in preparing sold...
This episode continues our Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.
This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.
We look at how the soldiers prepared for combat in the ...
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