The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics and Leadership.

Learn the lessons of military history by looking at the great battles through the lens of the Principles of War. Part of the enduring nature of war, all good Generals follow the 10 Principles of War. The great Generals of history have the ability to know which of the principles are most important at the decisive moments of the campaign. We study the great battles to draw the lessons on strategy, tactics and leadership.

100 - The fall of Isurava 09/18/2023

101 - Mobilisation Mistakes with the Mice of Moresby 09/18/2023

99 - The Death of a CO 04/05/2023

98 - Creating the doctrinal and cultural changes for effective Mission Command with Jim Storr 03/16/2023

97 - Time and the importance of timeliness in orders with Jim Storr 02/13/2023

96 - The 53rd Battalion at Isurava during the Kokoda Campaign 02/06/2023

95 - A militia Battalion on the Kokoda Trail 01/27/2023

94 - The 53rd Battalion on the Kokoda Trail 01/09/2023

93 - Chinese Deception Planning on the Yalu River, 1950 08/29/2022

92 - Deception and self deception on the Yalu River - 1950 08/15/2022

91 - Principles for Employment of Artillery at 2nd Alamein 07/25/2022

90 - Counter Battery Fires at 2nd El Alamein 07/19/2022

89 - Artillery at 2nd El Alamein 06/14/2022

88 - The Role of Artillery at 2nd Alamein 05/16/2022

87 - Julian Corbett and British Maritime and Grand Strategy with Professor Andrew Lambert 03/30/2022

86 - Lessons learnt from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein 03/15/2022

85 - Monty fights to buy time for the 8th Army at Alam Halfa 02/17/2022

84 - Montgomery, Fighting Power and turning morale around in the 8th Army 02/07/2022

83 - Op Bertram - Operational Deception at 2nd El Alamein 12/09/2021

82 - Military Deception at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical level - examples from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein 12/01/2021

81 - The 2nd Battle of El Alamein 11/15/2021

80 - The Fireplan for the Battle of Vimy Ridge 11/08/2021

79 - The development of Canadian Artillery technology leading up to Vimy Ridge 11/01/2021

78 - The conduct of the Battle of Vimy Ridge Part II 10/29/2021

77 - The Battle of Vimy Ridge Part I 10/22/2021

76 - Lessons for the Employment of Artillery from the Battle of Bullecourt 10/20/2021

75 - Operational Level Lessons Learned from 1st Bullecourt 10/16/2021

74 - Failing to Plan or Planning to Fail? First Battle of Bullecourt 10/05/2021

73 - 1st Battle of Bullecourt - The Australian Infantry's most brilliant achievement 09/30/2021

73 - 1st Battle of Bullecourt - The Australian Infantry's most brilliant achievement This Episode looks at the lessons for the employment of Artillery at the 1st Battle of Bullecourt. CEW Bean, the author of the official History wrote that Australian troops braved the odds in numerous battles, but that Bullecourt was the most brilliant of these achievements, impressing both enemy and friends alike. This Bullecourt miniseries is part of our . We look at the strategic picture in 1917, with Germany realising that time is on the side of the Allies. The commencement of unrestricted warfare is an attempt to deny Great Britain the resources required to remain in the war, setting the conditions for the war to be won, before the United States mobilisation makes victory impossible. The last of the ANZAC Divisions arrived on the Western Front in November 1916 - this was Monash's 3rd Australian Infantry Division. On the 23rd of February, German troops started thinning out the line and Operation Alberich, the withdrawal to the Siegfried Line. The Germans termed the withdrawal Operation Alberich, after Alberich the dwarf who fashions a ring out of Rhine Gold. The ring he forges grants the power to rule the world. The Siegfried Line was named after a legendary hero of Germanic legend who slew a dragon and was later was later murdered. He may have been based on Arminius of the Tuetoburg Forest. These legends were featured in Wagner's Ring Cycle, an epic Opera over 4 nights with the last night entitled Gotterdammerung, The Twilight of the Gods. The winter of 1916-17 was the worst in the last 40 years and the conditions took a terrible toll on the soldiers in the front lines. Here Australian Army Medical Corps members evacuate cold casualties. In December 1916, Joffre was replaced with General Robert Nivelle. Originally Lloyd George wanted to place Haig under Nivelle, which would have simplified command arrangements, but Haig would not countenance the idea. Haig was keen to create his own breakthrough if possible, but this would be difficult with the main effort, the Nivelle Offensive, receiving the majority of the guns and ammunition. Supporting the French Nivelle Offensive was the reason for the Arras Offensive. The British would draw German troops into the Arras area, and potentially trigger the German committal of their Reserve, setting the conditions for the French breakthrough further North. Gough, was termed the Thruster. Commander of Fifth Army. A cavalry Officer, he exhibited the best and worst tendencies of cavalry officers. Bullcourt, in the Queant area was to support Allenby's Third Army's attack at Arras. Allenby's attack was also supported at Vimy by the Canadian Corps under LT GEN Byng. This will be the subject of another podcast partially to celebrate 150 years of Canadian Artillery - UBIQUE!, and partially to compare and contrast with Bullecourt. The Battle at Bullecourt literally became the textbook example of how not to conduct a battle - it was taught in British Staff Colleges of the dangers of poor planning. Vimy Ridge is almost the perfect juxtaposition - Byng vs Gough, detailed planning vs big hands small map, artillery vs no artillery, CBSO vs little effective counter battery effects, ammunition allocation (50,000 tons were fired in pre H-Hour fires), vs an inadequate allocation, enough guns vs clearly insufficient numbers of batteries, and coordination and cooperation across corps vs little coordination. The Vimy Ridge battle was an exemplar of how to attack a strongly defended objective in the First World War and many of the techniques developed at Vimy would be used by Monash in 1918 in his first Battle as Corps Commander in the Battle of Hamel. The Bullecourt Battle was a support effort to Allenby's Third Army Arras Offensive. Join the conversation on or /episode/index/show/theprinciplesofwar/id/20653865

72 - Panzergruppe Kleist - German Centre of Gravity - Battle of France Part VIII 07/15/2021

The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics and Leadership.

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