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The Danger Zone (DZ)
Paul conducts the guided tour at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns every Saturday at 10:30 am. Paul’s tour’s like what Carlsberg says about their beer, probably the best tour of an armour and artillery museum in the world. The Trip Advisor reviews of his Tour speak for themselves. This Podcast is like the Tour – only infinitely better. It looks at military history, in incredible detail, the likes of which you’ve never heard before. Never rushed – the topic is exhaustively…
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The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 67. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Beyond the Limits of Individual Human Endurance – The Battlewise Infantryman.
… the small number of divisions - 89 in all — and the policy of keeping them continually up to strength by a steady stream of replacements made unit rotation…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 65. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Beyond the Limits of Individual Human Endurance.
In the legendary story of the great Salvation Army chaplain who served with the Australian Army in World War I at Gallipoli, and then on the Western Front…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 63. The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Officers – Less Than Mediocre?
Martin Creveld, in his study, Fighting Power, seeking to evaluate the performance of the German Army by comparing it with the US Army, gave his report on the…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 62. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Officers – An American War Fought by the Tired, the Poor, the Huddled Masses.
To deploy all resources as well as possible, to put every man and screw in their proper place, a highly centralized organization and vast amounts of detailed…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 61. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Officers – And Gentlemen.
According to Martin Creveld, in his book Fighting Power, comparing the fighting performance of Americans in the European Theatre of Operations with the Germans…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 59. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Which Four Men Would Fight a Lion.
Four brave men who do not know each other, wrote Ardant du Picq in his Etudes de Combat, will hesitate to attack a lion; four less brave men, but knowing and…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 66. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Americans Had to Say – Beyond the Limits of Individual Human Endurance – Infantry the Endangered Species.
Private Donald Schoo of the 80th Infantry Division recalled seeing one of his buddies, named Steehhourst, take a hit from an 88 that blew off his right hand…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 58. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Brits Had to Say – Not Enough Soldiers to Die.
In his book, The War Between the Generals, David Irving wrote about an important meeting, that few people know about, at the time that the Battle of the Bulge…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 57. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Brits Had to Say – Was Like a Hollywood Movie.
British observers of the US Army in action in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe sometimes had the impression that they were watching a Hollywood…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 56. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Brits Had to Say – An American General Like a Social Media Influencer.
Patton, typically, once exclaimed that intelligence and possible enemy intentions never worried him: it was what he was about to do to the enemy that mattered…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 55. End the War in 44 – The American Way of War – What the Brits Had to Say.
The Americans did not give a great deal of thought to morale, in the sense of fighting spirit. Generals in all armies as a matter of faith and national pride…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 54. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 16 – Black and White.
Four brave men who do not know each other, wrote Ardant du Picq in his Etudes de Combat, will hesitate to attack a lion; four less brave men, but knowing and…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 53. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 15 – Running on Empty – His Finest Moment.
Bradley's distaste for Lee, which he expressed frequently, was never explained. Bradley left behind two autobiographies, one co-written with Clay Blair. In…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 52. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 14 – Running on Empty.
On 24 December Bradley gave a press briefing in which he announced that he had foreseen the possibility of the enemy's attack in the Ardennes six weeks before…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 51. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 13 – Told You So – Miracle on the Meuse.
In World War I, one of the great miracles happened on 24th August 1914, just weeks after the war began, to save the British Army from disaster – the Angels of…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 50. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 12 – Trial By Combat.
In November, Major General Harold R. Bull, Eisenhower's G-3, had traveled to Washington at the head of a special mission to present the European Theater's…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 49. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 11 – Told You So - Major-General Henry Aurand.
Montgomery would have been staggered had he listened in at Lutes' final interview with Bedell Smith, who told him: `No one can say supply has failed. At the…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 48. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 10 – Kill that Supply Story – There’s a Presidential Election to be Won.
Bradley, Patton and Hodges had rattled the cages of Somervell’s command in Washington about what they said were failures by General Lee’s ComZ to issue their…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 47. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 9 – Shoot the Messenger.
On 9 March 1942 the US Army underwent its greatest organisational change. It implemented the wishes of General Marshall, the Army’s Chief of Staff. It was to…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 46. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 8 – Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition – What Ammunition?
… if it became known that American logistics and American strategy had been instrumental in bringing the autumn campaign to a standstill and, what was more…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 45. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 7 – Cancelling General JCH Lee.
The Normandy invasion was without doubt the most ambitious amphibious operation in military history, involving thousands of ships ferrying hundreds of…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 44. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 6 – At Least Mussolini Got the Trains to Run on Time.
After Aurand [Colonel Henry S Aurand – a consultant to the US Army world logistic supply supremo, General Brehon Somervell] had delivered his report and taken…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 43. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 5 – Paris - And the Red Bull Express.
Carlo d’Este, in his biography of Eisenhower wrote: The only air plan that existed for Overlord in January 1944 vaguely proposed minimal measures for air…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 42. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 4 – Lee Always Had Paris.
In 1944/1945 General JCH Lee, was the Supremo of supply in the European Theatre of Operations under both Eisenhower, as the theatre commander, and under the…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 41. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 5 – Lee and His Train.
Logistics is the ball and chain of armoured warfare said General Heinz Guderian – and that was definitely a topic that he was qualified to speak on. Tag words…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 40. 0393 DZ WHOLE End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 4 – Lee and The Battle of the Atlantic - Part 40
The formidable Nazi war machine was powerless to stop the build up in Britain of Allied troops shipped from the USA and Canada. But in early 1943 Doenitz was…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 39. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 3 – For the Overlord Supply Build Up Somervell Needed His Best Man.
To manage the buildup and subsequent supply of the American troops being shipped to Europe for the planned invasion of Hitler’s Festung Europa, Fortress…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 38. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 2 – The Biggest Jerk in the European Theater of Operations
For the most part the popular historians have been even harder on [General JCH Lee than the men who served with him]. Stephen E. Ambrose wrote in Citizen…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 37. End the War in 44 – Only Human – JCH Lee 1 – Eisenhower Only Had 5 Stars – Who Had 6?
On December 16, 1944, there was a wedding at Eisenhower's headquarters in Paris for a young staff officer and a Red Cross nurse. …. The day before the wedding…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 36. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 7 – Patton Hated Being on the Defensive at All.
The reality is that Patton accepted the inevitability of death in combat but strove mightily to save the lives of his men. so wrote Carlo d’Este in his…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 35. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 6 – Was Patton a Cowboy.
Grudging admiration of Patton was even expressed by Adolf Hitler, who referred to him as "that crazy cowboy general." wrote Carlo d’Este in his biography of…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 34. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 5 – Why Patton Was Right to Slap Those Two Soldiers.
One of the fellows under me was Orde Wingate!’ …. Rank-and-file British soldiers trained kibbutzniks in military tactics. The British militarised the Yishuv…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 33. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 4 – Once a Powerful Friend Transformed into a Powerful Enemy.
The Times 6th December 1943 edition covered a piece written by The Quaker muckraker Drew Pearson, apparently tipped off by an OSS source, broadcast a garbled…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 32. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 3 – Managing a Crisis.
Cowards. Cowardice. Fear. An army has to have soldiers who are afraid. If it didn’t it would be a disastrous army. Just enough fear is what is wanted, but if…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 31. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 2 – The Slap That Killed Millions.
In the space of a week, 3 and 10 August 1943, two incidents occurred that could have resulted in the sacking of Patton. He he’d slapped and otherwise abused…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 30. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Patton 1 – Salute to a Rebel.
Patton. I stand on shaky ground speaking about this American legend if I’m going to say anything negative about him. Luckily for me all of the men who served…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 29. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 14 – Saving General Bradley.
Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Learn from the mistakes of others … You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself!” It was almost a pity, which would…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 28. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 13 – The American Armies Are Exhausted.
Hitler’s seemingly insane gamble in the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, wasn’t perhaps as crazy and desperate as it seemed or has been represented. Consider…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 27. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 12 – Don't come in George, if you're not bringing good news.
Just a few weeks before the Germans launched their massive and unexpected offensive in the Ardennes on 16 December 1944, Major General Pete Quesada, the…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 26. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 11 – Would You Follow a General Who Hid From the Enemy.
20th December 1944 proved a momentous day for Eisenhower, Bradley and Mongomery. Bradley’s ego was shattered by his best and most trusted friend. Montgomery…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 25. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 10 – The Truth Was That Bradley Himself Had Nothing Under Control.
… on December 20, during Eisenhower's morning staff conference, Ike telephoned Bradley and emphatically stated, "Where is the line you can hold the best and…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 24. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 9 – Germany was achieving near-miracles in fighter production.
On 19 October 1944, Spaatz flew on to Luxembourg to visit Bradley. Bradley told him he planned to start his big offensive toward the Rhine on November 10…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 23. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 8 – where in hell has this son of a bitch gotten all his strength.
The Germans had launched their massive Ardennes offensive on the morning of 16th December. Bradley had brushed it off as a spoiling attack. … by Sunday…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 22. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 7 – Winter Unpreparedness – History Repeats Itself - Part 22
In his book Retreat from Moscow, David Stahel relates: If the German troops retained a general measure of faith in their commanders, this is not to say it came…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 21. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 6 – He’s Really a Moron – Who Said That and About Whom
“He was really a moron”. Which of Eisenhower’s generals said that, and who was he referring to. Stick around and I’ll tell you. Tag words: Eisenhower; Rick…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 20. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 5 – Bradley Couldn’t See the Woods for the Trees.
If you’ve ever read the Grimms Brothers fairy stories of Hansel and Gretel or Snow White, then you’ll already have a really good feel for the dark, sinister…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 065 Part 19. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 4 – Bradley vs The James Bond Villain.
In this part your going to meet the man who defied Bradley and Patton in Brittany. A man as described by David Irving as literally having a mouthful of steel…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 18. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 3 – I don't care if we get Brest tomorrow or ten days later.
It was Omar Bradley who, during the campaign by Patton’s Third Army in Brittany who said to Troy Middleton, the commander of the VIII Corp who was fretting…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 17. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 2 – Bradley Attacks in Exactly the Wrong Direction.
From 27 July 1944, as the Americans began to achieve a surprisingly spectacular breakout, beyond everyone’s wildest dreams as Operation Cobra gained a good…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 16. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Bradley 1 – Marshall’s Choice for D-Day American Land Forces Commander.
Nigel Hamilton, in his book The Battles of Field Marshal Montgomery, wrote about Montgomery’s concerns of the hopeless preparations being undertaken for the…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 15. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 9 – How a Nazi Fake BBC Broadcast Almost Shattered the American British Alliance.
Was there fake media in January 1945? Was it Montgomery that said what sent the Americans into a blind rage, or was it Nazi disinformation (and so long ago)?…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 14. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 8 – Monty’s Letter Too Far.
A good commander surrounds himself with the most talented people to make it easier to achieve his mission. The goals that Eisenhower and Monty wanted to…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 13. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 7 – to Eisenhower: comply with Monty’s two basic conditions or fail.
It was the coldest winter in Europe for as long as anyone could remember. The Battle of the Bulge was at its height. Monty finished telling his boss…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 065 Part 12. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 6 –Bradley Aways Addressed Monty as Sir.
What was so remarkable about General Omar N. Bradley’s exhortation on Christmas Day to Field Marshal Montgomery to immediately attack the north side of the…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 11. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 5 – Monty Gives Bradley a Christmas Present.
As General Bradley travelled to a meeting with Montgomery, in the thick of the Battle of the Bulge, he was puzzled to see the Hollanders, Bradley’s description…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 10. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 4 – Bradley explains how he had arrested the German Ardennes offensive.
Which general was it, who called Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery a tired little fart? Was it Eisenhower? Perhaps General Omar N. Bradley? Or was it…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 9. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 3 – Christ come to cleanse the temple.
Someone said of Monty’s arrival at US First Army’s headquarters in December 1944 that it was like "Christ come to cleanse the temple." Do you know who said…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 8. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 3 – His Superiors and Peers.
True or false. Montgomery penned a pamphlet called Notes on High Command in War which he provided to King George VI, General Marshall as well as to leaders and…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 7. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 2 – Family and Subordinates.
To some it was a stupid thing that Monty did. But by God did it inspire the men he lead? Tag words: Monty; Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery; Betty Carver…
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 064 Part 6. End the War in 44 – Only Human – Monty 1 - Military Career up to 8th Army
The very first time Monty came across the name Eisenhower was in circumstances that caused him to doubt that man’s suitability as a commander-in-chief. Tag…