Podcast Episodes

139 - Guadalcanal - Edson and the defence of Bloody Ridge

Season 1 Episode 139

This is the fifth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland.

This episodes discusses:

Why was Henderson Field the single piece of decisive terrain on Guadalcanal…

Published on 1 day ago

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

Season 1 Episode 138

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?
Wh…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

137 - The Marines' Assault on Guadalcanal

Season 1 Episode 137

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 ter…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

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

Season 1 Episode 136

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 co…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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

Season 1 Episode 135

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…

Published on 2 months ago

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

Season 1 Episode 134

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 batt…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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

Season 1 Episode 133

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 le…

Published on 3 months ago

132 - Ten Battlefield Disruptors for Tomorrow's Wars

Season 1 Episode 132

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…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Season 1 Episode 131

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 Yoshiha…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Season 1 Episode 130

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago