It was 900 days from the declaration of war against Germany in 1939 to the bombing of Darwin. When Darwin was bombed, there were no RAAF fighters to defend, and it was three weeks before Darwin was had fighter coverage (and they were US fighters). We look at how the RAAF was prepared for war, prepared for war for Japan and prepared to defend Australia.
This is Part 15 of our series looking at the Kokoda Campaign, focusing on the combat performance of battalions on the Kokoda Track and how the militia were prepared for combat at the tactical, operational and strategic level.
This episode looks at how No 75 Squadron contributed to the Joint Battle during the Kokoda Campaign. We focus on how the RAAF looked to mobilise and scale up. We discuss EATS,
Check out the show notes for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.
94 - The 53rd Battalion on the Kokoda Trail
93 - Chinese Deception Planning on the Yalu River, 1950
92 - Deception and self deception on the Yalu River - 1950
91 - Principles for Employment of Artillery at 2nd Alamein
90 - Counter Battery Fires at 2nd El Alamein
89 - Artillery at 2nd El Alamein
88 - The Role of Artillery at 2nd Alamein
87 - Julian Corbett and British Maritime and Grand Strategy with Professor Andrew Lambert
86 - Lessons learnt from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein
85 - Monty fights to buy time for the 8th Army at Alam Halfa
84 - Montgomery, Fighting Power and turning morale around in the 8th Army
83 - Op Bertram - Operational Deception at 2nd El Alamein
82 - Military Deception at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical level - examples from the 2nd Battle of El Alamein
81 - The 2nd Battle of El Alamein
80 - The Fireplan for the Battle of Vimy Ridge
79 - The development of Canadian Artillery technology leading up to Vimy Ridge
78 - The conduct of the Battle of Vimy Ridge Part II
77 - The Battle of Vimy Ridge Part I
76 - Lessons for the Employment of Artillery from the Battle of Bullecourt
75 - Operational Level Lessons Learned from 1st Bullecourt
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