The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
Categories: Education
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In this podcast episode, we will discuss the different approaches to command and control of the British Army and the German Army. From a management point of view, both organisations developed different doctrines to deal with the 'fog of war' or 'friction', which affected how commanders responded as a battle unfolded.
We'll do this by delving into the origins of each nation's different approaches to doctrine and training and, most importantly, how these strategies played out during the pivotal Battle for France in 1940.
Joining me today is Martin Samuels.
Martin is the author of Piercing the Fog of War: The Theory and Practice of Command in the British and German Armies, 1918-1940, which builds upon his early work Command or Control? Command, Training and Tactics in the British and German Armies, 1888-1918.
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Previous episodes
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230 - 224 - The Theory and Practice of Command in the British and German Armies Wed, 01 May 2024
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229 - 223 - Landing Craft Infantry Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 0h
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228 - 222 - The D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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227 - 221 - Training the Indian Army Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 0h
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226 - 220 - The Archer: Reversing to Victory Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 0h
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225 - 219 - D-Day Tourism Fri, 15 Mar 2024
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224 - 218 - Target Hong Kong Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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223 - 217 - How the Luftwaffe Lost the skies over Germany Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 0h
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222 - 216 - The Latvian Legion Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 0h
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221 - 215 - The Power of Japanese Propaganda Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 0h
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220 - 214 - Stan Hollis VC and the Green Howards on D-Day Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 0h
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219 - 213 - The British Empire and Commonwealth’s War Against Imperial Japan Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 0h
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218 - 212 - Invisible Generals Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 0h
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217 - 211 - HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler's U-boats Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 0h
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216 - 210 - The Battle for Italy, 1943 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 0h
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215 - 209 - Hospital Trains of WWII Tue, 21 Nov 2023 - 0h
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214 - 208 - 2SAS and Bill Sterling Wed, 15 Nov 2023 - 0h
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213 - 207 - Tank Warfare in North Africa, 1942-43 Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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212 - 206 - The Extraordinary Life of Journalist Wallace Carroll Sun, 15 Oct 2023
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211 - 205 - Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 - 0h
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210 - 204 - Armour in the Pacific Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 0h
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209 - 203 - The Battle of Britain, July 1940 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 - 0h
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208 - 202 - Leningrad, 1941-42 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 0h
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207 - 201 - Japanese Americans in WWII Tue, 15 Aug 2023
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206 - 200 - The Life of Mrs George S Patton Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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205 - 199 - Patton, August - December 1944 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 - 0h
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204 - 198 - Kesselring Sat, 15 Jul 2023 - 0h
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203 - 197 - Kohima Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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202 - 196 - Winthrop Bell: Cracking the Code Thu, 15 Jun 2023 - 0h
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201 - 195 - Their Finest Hour Project Wed, 07 Jun 2023 - 0h
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200 - 194 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf Thu, 01 Jun 2023
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199 - 193 - London Underground Mon, 15 May 2023 - 0h
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198 - 192 - 'The Angels', The 11th Airborne Division Mon, 01 May 2023 - 0h
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197 - 191 - US Glider Pilots of World War II Sat, 15 Apr 2023 - 0h
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196 - 190 - Mussolini's Last 10 Days Sat, 01 Apr 2023 - 0h
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195 - 189 - The Stalingrad Airlift Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 0h
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194 - 188 - Company of Heroes Tue, 07 Mar 2023 - 0h
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193 - 187 - Desert Armour: Tank Warfare in North Africa Wed, 01 Mar 2023
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192 - 186 - Our Man in Tokyo Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 0h
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191 - 185 - Adrian Carton de Wiart Wed, 01 Feb 2023 - 0h
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190 - 184 - My Road to Mandalay Sun, 15 Jan 2023
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189 - 183 - The Waffen-SS Sun, 01 Jan 2023 - 0h
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188 - 182 - The British Parachute Regiment Thu, 15 Dec 2022 - 0h
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187 - 181 - Britain's Coast at War Thu, 01 Dec 2022 - 0h
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186 - 180 - US Navy Demolition Divers Tue, 15 Nov 2022 - 0h
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185 - 179 - Bitter Peleliu Tue, 01 Nov 2022 - 0h
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184 - 178 - Battles of Rzhev Salient Sat, 15 Oct 2022
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183 - 177 - Japan's Pacific War Sat, 01 Oct 2022 - 0h
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182 - 176 - Colditz Thu, 15 Sep 2022 - 0h
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181 - 175 - Dünkirchen, 1940 Fri, 09 Sep 2022 - 0h