Churchill and the diplomatic strategy that won the Second World War

Chamblerain and the British Centre of Gravity 1939.

Is Australia ready to fight tonight? What can we do to improve readiness and deterrence?

The Bombing of Darwin, Japanese Submarines and Australian Air Defence Failures

Australian Sea Power and Maritime Trade - Lessons from WW2 with Dr Mark Bailey - Firepower Seminar

How Guderian crossed the Meuse River in contact and without artillery.

Why 149 Allied Division lost to just 93 German Divisions. The Battle of France, 1940.

Why France Fell in 6 Weeks: The REAL Story Behind Hitler's 1940 Blitzkrieg

How do you defend an island nation when 40% of your trade flows through contested waters?

Dr Mark Bailey - Firepower Seminar 1 Strategic Basis Australia's Strategy

Dr Peter Layton Firepower Seminar Australias Road to War 1936 to 1941

How did Montgomery turn artillery into a battle-winning capability at Second El Alamein

Why Monty's Artillery didn't fire on hostile batteries - Winning the Counter Battery Battle.

How did Montgomery's Artillery outfight Rommel's at 2nd El Alamein?

1.5 million artillery rounds: Montgomery's fireplan for the Deutsche Afrika Korps at 2nd El Alamein

Morshead's Gamble - A Brigade Relief In Place, at night whilst in contact at 2nd El Alamein.

Battle of Alam Halfa Explained (1942): Montgomery vs Rommel Before El Alamein

No retreat - Monty's turnaround of the 8th Army

Montgomery Outfoxing the Desert Fox at 2nd El Alamein

How El Alamein Fooled Rommel: The Deception Plan That Blinded the Desert Fox at Second Alamein

Logistics, Artillery and Deception: The Real Reasons 2nd El Alamein Broke Rommel’s Army

Getting Mission Command, HQs, Orders and Culture fit for combat with Dr Jim Storr

Shorter Orders, Faster Ops: How Lean Planning Restores Tempo and Decision Superiority

Julian Corbett and the British Way of War

Preparing today’s Armies for Tomorrow’s Wars: Battlefield Innovation and Disruption with John Antal

Kill webs and super swarms – building survivable CPs for decision superiority

The Ten Battlefield Disruptors. Lessons from Ukraine, Israel and Nagorno-Karabakh.

How Kinmen and Hainan Shaped China's Naval Doctrine - Disaster, Lessons Learnt & Hainan Victory

The Birth of China's Naval Power - How the PLA Built a Navy

How Slim Outthought and Outfought the Japanese in WWII

From Defeat to Victory: Slim’s Genius Strategy to Rebuild the 14th Army

Is this Britain's Greatest General?

US Army's longest Retreat and PLA Deception tactics. Yalu, 1950.

Chinese deception tactics and US self-deception on the Yalu River – 1950

Singapore Campaign - Japanese vs Allied Doctrine - Tempo vs Combined Arms.

Was the Fall of Singapore inevitable? Lessons Learnt from the Singapore Campaign

Impossible Leadership Dilemma - LTCOL Anderson VC and the Parit Sulong Massacre

2 pdr vs Type 95 Ha-Go Tanks at the Battle of Bakri

Australia's most famous Ambush - Gemas

Morale in War - A comparative study for the Singapore Campaign

Flexibility in Combat: A Doctrinal Breakdown of Malaya 1941–42

Singapore Campaign Logistics Lessons - How Sustainment was a critical vulnerability for the British

Too much Economy of Effort and not enough Cooperation - Lessons from the failure of Malaya Command.

Churchill's greatest shock: What lead to the sinking of Force Z?

Why Were the British Blindsided at Singapore?

Malaya Campaign 6: Dithering and Offensive Action - how the Japanese crushed the Allies.

Malaya-5: What were the Japanese and Allies trying to achieve? Selection and Maintenance of the Aim

Why the British lost Malaya: The shocking failure of Allied Jungle Doctrine

How human and physical terrain doomed the British in Malaya - A military disaster explained.

How did the Japanese conquer Malaya in just 55 days?

The most manoeuvrist campaign the Australian Army has ever fought.

The Military Decision Making and Planning Processes

German Centre of Gravity Analysis for the Battle of France, 1940 - Panzergruppe Kleist & Guderian

The Birth of the Australian Artillery

What are the Principles of War?

Map to Ground

The terrain for the assault from King's Hill looking towards Pallier's Hill.