141 – Chesty Puller, 1/7 Marines and the 2nd Matanikau – Guadalcanal
This episode is the seventh instalment of our Guadalcanal campaign with battlefield historian Dave Holland. This episode sees us return to the Matanikau, this time with the...
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140 – Battle of Edson’s Ridge – How the Marines saved Henderson Field
This episode is the sixth instalment of our Guadalcanal campaign with battlefield historian Dave Holland. This episode examines the Battle of Edson’s Ridge – a...
139 – Guadalcanal – Edson and the defence of Bloody Ridge
This episode is the fifth instalment of our Guadalcanal campaign with battlefield historian Dave Holland. This episode looks at the key planning factors that impacted...
138 – Guadalcanal – Battle of the Tenaru: How the Marines stopped Ichiki’s night assault on the Alligator Creek
This is the fourth episode in our Guadalcanal Series with historian Dave Holland. Battle of Tenaru (Alligator Creek): How the battle unfolded Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki’s...
137 – The Marine’s Landing on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal Landings: How Marines Seized Henderson Field The Guadalcanal landings in August 1942—Operation Watchtower—marked the US transition to the offensive and the attempt to stem...
136 – Marines vs Japanese: The Brutal Battle for Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo.
This episode looks at the first US Offensive land operations of the Second World War as US Marines land on Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo. US...
135 – How the Marines Prepared for Guadalcanal | Operation Watchtower Explained
Key Lessons from the Marines’ Preparation for Operation Watchtower The Guadalcanal campaign was the United States’ first major offensive in the Pacific during the Second...
134 – Preparing today’s Armies for Tomorrow’s Wars: Battlefield Innovation and Disruption with drone tactics and decoys
This episode looks at the actions that Western militaries need to take to prepare themselves for combat on contemporary battlefields with advances in drone tactics,...
133 – Kill webs and super swarms – building survivable CPs for decision superiority
How are kill webs, super swarms and CP survivability changing combined arms on the modern battlefield? We discuss combat on contemporary battlefields and how they...
132 – Today’s Lessons Learnt from Ukraine, Israel and Azerbaijan and the Ten Battlefied Disruptors for Tomorrow’s Wars.
This episode is the first in a three-part series with retired Colonel John Antal. We discuss how John researched the Battlefield Disruptors and then briefly...