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Australian Military History
The Australian War Memorial presents ‘Australians at War' an Australian military history overview. These short chapters focus specifically on Australia's involvement in war, from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th century, to peacekeeping roles, and the First and Second Gulf Wars.
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Strategy, Theory and History
This article titled ‘Strategy, Theory and History’ by Dr Christian Tripodi via Defence-in-Depth, discusses how a particular experience changed his approach. He moved from not wanting to be labeled as a military historian for fear of producing unoriginal and derivative work, to embracing the label.
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The Use of Military History
This paper, based on a presentation by Sir Michael Howard, forms part of the Shedden Papers at the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies. It conveys concepts central to the study of military history, and military strategy, and also pays tribute to broader concepts such as the manner and purpose of scholarly inquiry.
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Episode of Kokoda Trail Podcast
This episode from the Dead Prussian Podcast Series features Karl James, a senior historian at the Australian War Memorial and editor of Kokoda: Beyond the Legend. During the podcast, Karl covers the legend and reality of Kokoda as well as its significance to Australia.
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Ollie Palmer
Captain Ollie Palmer is SO3 Future Land Integration at the Land Combat College. He graduated from Royal Military – Duntroon in 2017 to the Corps of Royal Australian Engineers. His postings include, 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment, Headquarters 3rd Brigade, Combined Arms Tactics and Network Integration and Headquarters 7th Brigade.
Where to Begin with Military History?
This article introduces a series of historical training packages aimed to assist battalion and company level professional development. The packages have been designed to recognise the 100th anniversary of a number of key battles while at the same time offering relevant discussion points across the spectrum of warfare.
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