The Adjutants Lounge (The Mess of the Glorious 404th) – Details, episodes & analysis

Our new series of podcasts continues as Phil and I face the Mother of all Quandaries... we soon fall down a rabbit hole of what next, and we'll soon be turning to the masses for guidance. Not sure if this is a wise thing.

The Adjutants Lounge returns with Dr Phil Blood and me, Ben Skipper, talking models and looking through the Meng Bergepanther manual. This was originally recorded on 20 March 2023 with our usual style.

I hope you enjoy our ramblings.

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this episode, Dr Philip Blood and I are joined by legal counsel Dustin Du Cane, discussing the continuing Russo-Ukraine war and the legal challenges Russian behaviour presents. The concepts of Mechanized Holocaust and Holocaust by Artillery are also introduced. Phil's latest blog post regarding the Russian God of War (artillery) can be found here: https://www.philipwblood.com/post/a-holocaust-by-artillery-russian-military-operations-in-ukraine

RIA article regarding how the Russo-Ukraine war is seen can be found here: https://ria.ru/20220403/ukraina-1781469605.html

Pic - RIA

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this episode, Dr Philip Blood and I are joined by Neil Poynter, who brings excellent insight into the Adjutants Lounge. We discuss the All Arms battlespace, OBUA and the role of armour, which remains very much relevant. Other subjects discussed include the Russian economy and China's role in the current war.

We also discuss Genocide as defined by Lemkin, and how best to prepare our soldier's responses on encountering Genocide. 

Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people — usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group — in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin

Pic - Eurasian Times

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Continuing the theme of 'The Russian Way of War' Phil Blood and I discuss the continuing war in Ukraine, and the effect the politics of inadequacy and violence have on the current situation in Ukraine. 

There is an accompanying article for this podcast that I recommend the listener reads.

https://www.philipwblood.com/post/remember-vukovar-lessons-from-the-breakup-of-yugoslavia

Pic: UN Peacekeepers collecting bodies from Ahmići, Bosnia and Herzegovina April 1993 - Photograph provided courtesy of the ICTY.

*Apologies for the iffy editing at the end

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Dr Philip Blood continues the discussion on the Russian Way of War in Ukraine. 

Pic - Winnipeg Free Press

The Great Dictator Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3OQ&t=1s

In this episode, I'm joined by OC Royal Horse Engineers, Neil Poynter who describes how the Ukrainians are winning the Morale War using FM Bill Slim's definitive approach to military morale as a Force Multiplier. 

Pic - Lieutenant General Sir William Slim, commanding British Fourteenth Army in Burma, chatting with a Gurkha rifleman, November 1944. IWM

Listener caution: This is one of the more serious posts on the Adjutants Lounge.

In this feature-length episode, we continue the discussion regarding the Russian Way of War with Dr Phil Blood (@HistorianBlood) and Neil Poynter (@neilpoynter), discussing a range of relevant topics, including rarely talked about force multipliers such as leadership, and morale and ask the unpleasant question, is this a Total War scenario for Russia?

Dnieper Pic - Novoklimov

Listener caution: This is one of the more serious posts on the Adjutants Lounge. 

In this episode of The Adjutants Lounge Phil Blood (Twitter: @HistorianBlood) discusses The Russian Way of War in its current context in Ukraine. 

I'm joined by Nick Budd discussing the Grossdeutschland and its portrayal in Guy Sajer's seminal book The Forgotten Soldier as well as Nicks's own experiences in re-enacting Grossdeutschland activities. 

An example of Nick's research can be found here: https://twitter.com/BuddNicholas/status/1382300887268347906