The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics and Leadership.
By James Eling
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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.
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124 - Leadership lessons from the Jungles of Vietnam with Gary McKay
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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123 - Jungle Combat in Vietnam with Gary McKay
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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122 - Japanese Lessons Learnt for Jungle Warfare
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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121 - The Jungle Warfare Training Centre, Canungra
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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120 - Preparing for Combat in the Jungle
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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119 - Learning to learn: Jungle Warfare
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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118 - Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development in the Australian Army
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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117 - Lessons learnt from Drone combat in Ukraine
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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116 - Air Power during the Kokoda and Milne Bay Campaigns.
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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115 - No. 75 Squadron Leadership at Port Moresby
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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114 - P40Es vs Zeroes - 75 Squadron and their 44 days at Port Moresby
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May 06, 2024 |
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113 - 75 Squadron and the Kokoda Campaign
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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112 - Combined Arms on the Kokoda Track
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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111 - Friendly Fire on the Kokoda Track
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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110 - The JIPOE / IPB for the Kokoda Track
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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109 - Operational mistakes in the Kokoda Campaign
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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108 - The Competition for Superior Doctrine
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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107 - British Combined Arms doctrine in the inter war period
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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106 - Combined Arms Doctrine Development in the First World War
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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105 - Ralph Honner, the 39th Battalion and Kokoda
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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104 - The 39th Battalion on the Kokoda Track
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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103 - Principles of Training for War
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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102 - Training a Battalion for War
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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100 - The fall of Isurava
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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101 - Mobilisation Mistakes with the Mice of Moresby
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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99 - The Death of a CO
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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98 - Creating the doctrinal and cultural changes for effective Mission Command with Jim Storr
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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97 - Time and the importance of timeliness in orders with Jim Storr
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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96 - The 53rd Battalion at Isurava during the Kokoda Campaign
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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95 - A militia Battalion on the Kokoda Trail
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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94 - The 53rd Battalion on the Kokoda Trail
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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93 - Chinese Deception Planning on the Yalu River, 1950
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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92 - Deception and self deception on the Yalu River - 1950
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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91 - Principles for Employment of Artillery at 2nd Alamein
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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90 - Counter Battery Fires at 2nd El Alamein
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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89 - Artillery at 2nd El Alamein
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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88 - The Role of Artillery at 2nd Alamein
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May 16, 2022 |
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87 - Julian Corbett and British Maritime and Grand Strategy with Professor Andrew Lambert
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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86 - Lessons learnt from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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85 - Monty fights to buy time for the 8th Army at Alam Halfa
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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84 - Montgomery, Fighting Power and turning morale around in the 8th Army
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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83 - Op Bertram - Operational Deception at 2nd El Alamein
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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82 - Military Deception at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical level - examples from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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81 - The 2nd Battle of El Alamein
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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80 - The Fireplan for the Battle of Vimy Ridge
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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79 - The development of Canadian Artillery technology leading up to Vimy Ridge
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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78 - The conduct of the Battle of Vimy Ridge Part II
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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77 - The Battle of Vimy Ridge Part I
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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76 - Lessons for the Employment of Artillery from the Battle of Bullecourt
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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75 - Operational Level Lessons Learned from 1st Bullecourt
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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74 - Failing to Plan or Planning to Fail? First Battle of Bullecourt
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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73 - 1st Battle of Bullecourt - The Australian Infantry's most brilliant achievement
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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72 - Panzergruppe Kleist - German Centre of Gravity - Battle of France Part VIII
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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71 - German Center of Gravity - Battle of France Part VII
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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70 - The French Centre of Gravity - Battle of France 1940 Part VI
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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69 - British CoG under Churchill - Battle of France 1940 Part V
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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68 - British Centre of Gravity Analysis - Battle of France 1940 Part IV
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May 31, 2021 |
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67 - Overview of the Battle of France 1940 II
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May 25, 2021 |
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66 - Overview of the Battle of France I
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May 17, 2021 |
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65 - Battle of France 1940
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May 10, 2021 |
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64 - In Action - The Boer War and the First Shot of the First World War
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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63 - The Birth of Australian Artillery
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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62 - Sir Max Hastings and Lessons Learnt from Vietnam
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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61 - Vietnam - An Epic Tragedy and Moral Centers of Gravity
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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60 - Nelson and the Amphibious Raid on Tenerife
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Nelson, Tenerife and Mission Command
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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58 - Reflections and lessons learnt from the Battle of Long Tan
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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57 - The Battle of Long Tan - C2 and Logistics
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Firepower 54: Western Front - Breaching the Hindenburg Line Plenary Session
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Firepower 53: The Apogee of the Gunner's Art
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Firepower 52: Bringing Artillery in the Great War together
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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Firepower 51: Coxen as Commander Royal Artillery
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Firepower 50: Montbrehain: Artillery Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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56 - The Battle of Long Tan from the Company Commander's Perspective
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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55 - The lead up to the Battle of Long Tan with LT COL Harry Smith
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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54 - Preparing for the Battle of Long Tan with LT COL Harry Smith
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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53 - Royal Navy Mission Command at the Battle of Cape St Vincent
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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52 - Lord Nelson and the Battle of Cape St Vincent
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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51 - Lord Horatio Nelson and Mission Command
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Firepower 48: Artillery Spotting, Air Drops and Ground Attacks
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May 19, 2020 |
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Firepower 49: Hamel and Amiens Questions and Answer
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May 16, 2020 |
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Firepower 47: The Amiens Offensive
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May 16, 2020 |
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Firepower 46: The Fireplan from Hell
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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Firepower 45: Technological Testing at the Battle of Hamel
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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50 - The Birth of Australian Special Forces
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Firepower 44: Western Front - The Spring Offensive and Villers Brettoneux Plenary Session
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Firepower 43: The man who killed the Red Baron
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Firepower 42: French Artillery to 1918
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Firepower 41: Villers-Bretonneux
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Firepower 40: The German Spring Offensive
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Firepower 39: Western Front Plenary Session
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Firepower 38: The advent of the tank
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Firepower 37: The Battle of Cambrai and the role of artillery
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Firepower 36: The emergence of modern combined arms warfare
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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Firepower 35: Messines Ridge / Passchendaele Plenary Session
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Firepower 34: Artillery and manoeuvre warfare in the Desert War
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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Firepower 33 - The origins of Artillery Intelligence Fusion
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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Firepower 32 - Menin Road - Cracking the nut
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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49 - Innovative tactics for the Battle of the Bismarck Sea
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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48 - Creating a culture of military innovation - GEN Kenney and the Fifth Air Force
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Firepower 31: Western Front 1917 Plenary Session
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Firepower 30: The Gunners of 101st Battery - Lance Bombardier Lindsay Barret DCM
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Firepower 29: Industrialised warfare 1916 - 1918 - Firepower and tactics
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Firepower 28: 1917 - A strategic overview
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Nov 23, 2019 |
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Firepower 27: Plenary Session for the Western Front - Verdun and the end of the beginning
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Firepower 26: Archie - The Development of Anti Aircraft Artillery
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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Firepower 25: Feeding the guns - From Arsenal to Gun Position
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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47 - Military Innovation and Creativity with GEN Kenney and the Battle of the Bismarck Sea
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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46 - The Battle of the Bismarck Sea
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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45 - Leadership and Morale on Palliers Hill
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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44 - The considerations for the defense of Palliers Hill
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Oct 05, 2019 |
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Firepower 24: Shell Shock - The precursor to post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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Firepower 23: The French Artillery at Verdun
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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43 - Considerations for the attack on Pallier's Hill
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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42 - The attack goes in on Pallier's Hill
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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41 - The Assault on Pallier's Hill
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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Firepower 22: Pozieres Plenary Session
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Firepower 21: Jutland and the advent of Over the Horizon Warfare
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Firepower 20: The First Air Observation Posts
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Firepower 19: LT Thurnhill - Direct firect at Pozieres
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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40 - Long Tan Mission Analysis
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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Firepower 18: Evolution of Royal Artillery Tactics
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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Firepower 17: Plenary Session for the employment of Australian Artillery on the Western Front in 1916
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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Firepower 16: The 100 Series Batteries in WW1
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Firepower 15: Major General Talbot Hobbs: Command in Manoeuvre and Firepower
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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39 - The unwomanly face of war and the moral centre of gravity
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May 25, 2019 |
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38 - The experience of women in the Soviet Military in WW2.
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May 21, 2019 |
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Firepower 14: New technology: Munitions, fuses and production for Artillery in WW1
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Firepower 13: Artillery planning for the Somme Offensive
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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37 - How was D Coy prepared for battle?
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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36 - Why was Long Tan a Victory?
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Apr 21, 2019 |
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Firepower 12 - Artillery at Gallipoli Plenary Session
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Firepower 11: Artillery Logistics over the Shore
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Firepower 10: Counter Battery Fire at Gallipoli
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Firepower 9: The Ottoman Artillery at ANZAC
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Firepower 8: The ANZAC Commanders and their use of Artillery
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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35 - The Defence of Nui Dat
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Mar 24, 2019 |
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34 - How was artillery controlled at Long Tan?
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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33 - The practice of Mission Command
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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32 - Mission Command and Mission Success with Nordbat 2
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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31 - Long Tan 7: The final Coy Defensive position
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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30 - Terrain Analysis for a Social Media War
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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29 - Russia, T-800s, Social Media and the War that never was
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Jan 05, 2019 |
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28 - Long tan 6: The transition to the defence
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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27 - Long Tan 5: The Encounter Battle in the Long Tan Rubber Plantation
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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26 - Long Tan 4: The Terrain in Phuoc Tuy and the base at Nui Dat.
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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25 - Long Tan 3: To Vung Tau
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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Firepower 7: Tactics and use of Artillery in the ANZAC Campaign, 1915
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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24 - Long Tan 2 - The Scheyville Experience
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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23 - Long Tan 1: Readiness, Conscription and the Nashos
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Oct 14, 2018 |
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Firepower 6: Gallipoli Landing Questions and Answers
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Firepower 5: Forgotten Gunners of Gallipoli - 7 Mountain Indian Artillery Brigade
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Firepower 4: New Zealand Field Artillery at Gallipoli
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Firepower 3: Naval Gunfire at Gallipoli
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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Firepower 2: Gallipoli Gunners - The Human Side
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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22 - Centre of Gravity Analysis with COL Dale Eikmeier
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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21 - Centers of Gravity and Ends, Ways and Means with COL Dale Eikmeier
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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20 Hannibal at the gates of Rome - The process for finding a Center of Gravity
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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Firepower 1: Command, Control and Communication challenges at ANZAC
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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19 - Hannibal and the definition of Center of Gravity
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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18 - The Center of Gravity at the Battle of Cannae
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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17 - Malaya Campaign After Action Review Part II
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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16 - Malaya Campaign After Action Review Part I
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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15 - LT COL Anderson VC, moral and physical courage at Bakri and Parit Sulong
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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14 - Lt McCure, Moral Courage and the Battle of Bakri
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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13 - Black Jack Galleghan and the ambush at Gemas
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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12 - What role did Morale play in Malaya
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May 20, 2018 |
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11 - Flexibility in the Malaya Campaign
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May 14, 2018 |
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10 - What role did Sustainment play in Malaya
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May 03, 2018 |
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9 - Economy of Effort and Cooperation in the Malaya Campaign
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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8 - Concentration of Force in the Malaya Campaign
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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7 - Security and Surprise in Malaya. How were the British surprised with 4 years warning of invasion?
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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6 - Dithering and Offensive Action in the Malaya Campaign
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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5 - Japanese and British selection and maintenance of aim for the Malaya Campaign
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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4 - Comparing Japanese and British Doctrine in Malaya
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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3 - Malaya Campaign Terrain and comparing Japanese and Allied Doctrine
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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2 - The Japanese and Allied Centres of Gravity for the Malaya Campaign
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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1 - The most Manouevrist Campaign the Australian Army has ever fought.
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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0 - The Principles of War and You
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Mar 15, 2018 |