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A Tank Regiment at War 1939-45 By Peter Hart Profile Books , London, 2022. 462pp. Paperback ISBN: 9781788166409 Hardback ISBN: 9781788166393 eBook ISBN: 9781782837602 Reviewed by BRIG Chris Roberts AM, CSC (Retd.) In an engaging and easily read style Peter Hart’s Burning Steel delivers a vivid account of the brutality, confusion, and reality of tank warfare during the Second World War. It is a history in which a graphic sense of combat leaps from the pages. Hart has written widely on men at war in his …
In June 2022, the British Chief of the General Staff used the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Land Warfare conference to make a major speech. In it he publicly directed his organisation to ‘mobilise’ in response to Russian aggression. Striking in its forcefulness, that speech was widely reported among many responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. One year on, General Sanders used the same forum to run a ruler over developments to-date. In a room full of military leaders and analysts from across a …
Lieutenant Thomas J Davis, RAINF, is the Adjutant of 4th/3rd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment. LT Davis is studying a Double Degree: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) & Bachelor of Arts (Environmental Humanities) with University of Wollongong, completing exchange at the University of Leeds in 2022. He will graduate this year. … Thomas …
Army’s Role in Train, Advise and Assist Missions 前事不忘，后事之师 “Do not forget the past, for it serves as a teacher for the future” Chinese proverb The actions of Australian commandos in Japanese-occupied East Timor during World War 2 are well established in the Australian Army legacy. Less widely known, however, is the fact that Australia, not Japan, was first to invade East Timor in December 1941. The deployment of a joint Australian and Dutch force into Portuguese Timor, 10 days after the Japanese attack on …
Corporal John Wellfare is a Military Police Section Commander in D Company, 1st Military Police Battalion. He has previously served in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and Royal Australian Armoured Corps, with operational service in East Timor. … John Wellfare …
Corporal Luke Jones is a current serving member posted to Simpson Barracks. … Luke Jones …
Australia has experienced major power competition in the Indo-Pacific before. When we last experienced this environment, we deployed forces into south-western China under the little-known Mission 204 in 1941. This mission was expressly intended to deter Japan from aggression; a purpose that still resonates today in the context of the 2023 Defence Strategic Review which establishes a need for ‘asymmetry’ against a more powerful competitor, to affect ‘a strategy of denial.’ [i] Mission 204 thus highlights …
Australia’s model of Good Soldiering involves the development of trusting teams, where ideas can be contested, and each soldier is expected to contribute to a force with an intellectual edge over potential adversaries. A similar approach is emphasised by some of our key allies, particularly the US and the UK. [i] One feature that these three nations share in common is a national approach to education that has, for decades, emphasised active learning and critical deliberation. This educational foundation is …
CAPT Matthew Malcolm joined the Australian Army after a career in academia, most recently serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at an Indonesian university. Having previously been posted to the Army Education Centre, he is now Staff Officer Grade 3 - Professional Military Education. … Matthew …