129 – Slim in Burma – Military Innovation, Air Power and Special Forces
How did Slim use military innovation to overcome crippling logistics shortages and develop the combat power required to defeat the Japanese? This is the third...
Category : Leadership
128 – Rebuilding an Army – Morale, Leadership, Training and Mission Command in the 14th Army with Slim
After the longest withdrawal in the history of the British Army, how did Slim rebuild the Army? This second episode in our three-part series with...
127 – The General who wouldn’t quit: Slim and the longest retreat
We look at the early life and career of Field Marshal William Slim. Dr Robat Lyman discusses Slim’s upbringing, his early military career and how...
56 – Fighting the Battle of Long Tan
This is Part III of our podcast interview with LT COL Harry Smith, the OC of Delta Coy / 6 RAR at the Battle of...
55 – Preparing D Coy / 6 RAR for the Battle of Long Tan with LT COL Harry Smith
This is Part II of our interview with LT COL Harry Smith, the OC of Delta Coy / 6 RAR at the Battle of Long...
53 – Royal Navy Mission Command at the Battle of Cape St Vincent
We continue to look at the genesis of Royal Navy Mission Command with Lord Horatio Nelson. The Battle of Cape St Vincent is his first...
15 – LT COL Anderson VC and his moral and physical courage at Bakri and Parit Sulong
The Leadership of LT COL Anderson VC This podcast looks at the moral and physical courage of LT COL Charles Anderson VC and his leadership...
14 – LT McCure, Moral Courage and the Battle of Bakri
Listen to this podcast to find out how moral courage overcame the lack of combined arms training in the 2nd AIF in Malaya, particularly at...
13 – Black Jack Galleghan and the ambush at Gemas
As we transition to look at some vignettes of Leadership in Malaya, we pause to look at the composition of the 8th Division. The Commander,...
