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.
74 - Failing to Plan or Planning to Fail? First Battle of Bullecourt
73 - 1st Battle of Bullecourt - The Australian Infantry's most brilliant achievement
72 - Panzergruppe Kleist - German Centre of Gravity - Battle of France Part VIII
71 - German Center of Gravity - Battle of France Part VII
70 - The French Centre of Gravity - Battle of France 1940 Part VI
69 - British CoG under Churchill - Battle of France 1940 Part V
68 - British Centre of Gravity Analysis - Battle of France 1940 Part IV
67 - Overview of the Battle of France 1940 II
66 - Overview of the Battle of France I
65 - Battle of France 1940
64 - In Action - The Boer War and the First Shot of the First World War
63 - The Birth of Australian Artillery
62 - Sir Max Hastings and Lessons Learnt from Vietnam
61 - Vietnam - An Epic Tragedy and Moral Centers of Gravity
60 - Nelson and the Amphibious Raid on Tenerife
Nelson, Tenerife and Mission Command
58 - Reflections and lessons learnt from the Battle of Long Tan
57 - The Battle of Long Tan - C2 and Logistics
Firepower 54: Western Front - Breaching the Hindenburg Line Plenary Session
Firepower 53: The Apogee of the Gunner's Art
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