The latest #podcast looks at the JIPOE / IPB for the #Kokoda campaign. Basil Morris failed to recon the track and based the plan for the defence of Port Moresby on wrong information about the track. A quick appreciation of the terrain, and allocating the resources necessary to…

A great trip with a terrific mix of knowledge to really bring out the lessons from the past that will help guide the future. A lot of very terrain driven combat and a lot of lessons in joint warfare, logistics, morale and training. Thanks all, especially Dave who really is Mr…

The mouth of the Matanikau River. Four battles were fought here. It provided an avenue of approach along the coast to the decisive terrain - Henderson Field, hence the importance. The background shows the ridges across the AO. Tough work in hot weather. Jungle, kunai grass,…

My #PME #pairing for today is a cold Solbrew Whisky and Cola with John Toland's excellent The Rising Sun. I'm reading the chapters on Guadalcanal with Savo Island to the left in the background and Iron Bottom Sound in front. Combining reading with listening to Jospeh Wheelan's…

So, any ideas where this battlefield study tour is? It's hot, the river in the background starts with L and I am not sure that six frontal assaults over this pretty open terrain was the way to take the objective. #sww #history #pme

theprinciplesofwar.com/spotify-pme-pl… General Mattis wrote that if you have read 100 books, you are functionally illiterate. For those without the time, here are some @Spotify #PME playlists to get you started. There are two in there now, and more to follow. #getlistening #makepmefunagain

theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/122-ja… Our next #Podcast episode looks at the Jungle Division, the development of the Owen Gun and how the Imperial Japanese Army adapted to Australian and Allied development of doctrine to fight in the jungle and to fight the Japanese. How did the IJA respond…

theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/108-th… Introducing new platforms into service isn't just about selection and procurement. How is the doctrine developed to exploit the strengths and minimise the weaknesses of each new technology. @robert_lyman discusses Wehrmacht doctrine development in the…

Just tidying up the show notes for the next episode (actually released 6 months ago - yes I am that far behind!) and looking into what 6th Div was up to around the Battle of #Isurava. I had no idea that the IJN and the Royal Navy squared off. The strategic situation explains…

theprinciplesofwar.com/uncategorized/… What role did Canungra play in the development of Australia's Jungle Warfare capability? This #podcast episode continues with Dr Adrian Threlfall and looks at the work of BRIG Irving, the Director of Military Training at LHQ. We look at the initial…

The Chief of Army, @ChiefAusArmy finished his opening address with an excellent quote from GEN Douglas MacArthur to remind of the crux of our Profession. "And through all this welter of change and development, your mission remains fixed, determined, inviolable - it is to win our…

The #Podcast with Dr Adrian Threlfall looks at the barriers to innovation and adaption for Jungle Combat in the #SWW. The Directorate of Military Training only had a handful of staff officers to collate lessons, synthesis them and then distribute them out to the wider Army. We…

Setting the context for logistics preparedness problems - strategic guidance on the way to 1999s INTERFET deployment. Part Two examines strategic sources of failure logisticsinwar.com/2024/09/10/gui…

Logistics, according to Kane, is an ‘arbiter of opportunity’ - This is a great quote from what I am certain will be an excellent series of articles.

Continue the research for doctrine development, innovation and adaptation in jungle warfare and came across this great photo of soldiers from the 2/10th Battalion working over a pillbox at Buna. Description from the @AWMemorial - PAPUA. INFANTRY BACK UP ATTACK ON BUNA BY…

theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/120-pr… The next #podcast episode with Dr Adrian Threlfall is now out. We discuss the barriers to learning, innovation and adaptation across Army as Australia prepared to fight in the Jungle. For the battle hardened 21st Brigade, it was a new enemy fighting in…

theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/119-le… Our interview with Dr Adrian Threlfall continues, looking at the barriers to effective lessons learnt collection, synthesis and dissemination. Adaptation and Innovation are needed are driven when the terrain, technology or threat changes. In the jungles…

Another example of military innovation from Ukraine and a great example of the psychological impact that drones are having on the battlefield. This is next level 'Drone Dread' with drones now able to literally rain fire down upon the enemy.

And the ruse was discovered by the discovery of a French copy of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca by the Australian 2/24th Battalion at Tel el Eisa. The big question is was it accidentally captured or was the 2/24th tasked with attacking such a high value target. It was a group coup…

To what degree are armies other than Russia and Ukraine saying "That's interesting" or "OMG, we need new TTPS, equipment and to rethink how we manoeuvre?" The smart armies will be reworking from the ground up. Everyone else will treat this video like the Russo-Japanese war -…