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

A podcast by James Eling

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177 Episodes

  1. 102 - Training a Battalion for War

    Published: 10/10/2023
  2. 100 - The fall of Isurava

    Published: 9/18/2023
  3. 101 - Mobilisation Mistakes with the Mice of Moresby

    Published: 9/18/2023
  4. 99 - The Death of a CO

    Published: 4/5/2023
  5. 98 - Creating the doctrinal and cultural changes for effective Mission Command with Jim Storr

    Published: 3/16/2023
  6. 97 - Time and the importance of timeliness in orders with Jim Storr

    Published: 2/13/2023
  7. 96 - The 53rd Battalion at Isurava during the Kokoda Campaign

    Published: 2/6/2023
  8. 95 - A militia Battalion on the Kokoda Trail

    Published: 1/27/2023
  9. 94 - The 53rd Battalion on the Kokoda Trail

    Published: 1/9/2023
  10. 93 - Chinese Deception Planning on the Yalu River, 1950

    Published: 8/29/2022
  11. 92 - Deception and self deception on the Yalu River - 1950

    Published: 8/15/2022
  12. 91 - Principles for Employment of Artillery at 2nd Alamein

    Published: 7/25/2022
  13. 90 - Counter Battery Fires at 2nd El Alamein

    Published: 7/19/2022
  14. 89 - Artillery at 2nd El Alamein

    Published: 6/14/2022
  15. 88 - The Role of Artillery at 2nd Alamein

    Published: 5/16/2022
  16. 87 - Julian Corbett and British Maritime and Grand Strategy with Professor Andrew Lambert

    Published: 3/30/2022
  17. 86 - Lessons learnt from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein

    Published: 3/15/2022
  18. 85 - Monty fights to buy time for the 8th Army at Alam Halfa

    Published: 2/17/2022
  19. 84 - Montgomery, Fighting Power and turning morale around in the 8th Army

    Published: 2/7/2022
  20. 83 - Op Bertram - Operational Deception at 2nd El Alamein

    Published: 12/9/2021

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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.