This episode continues our <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/">Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.</a> This episode is Part 5 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia. This episode looks at the introduction of the Jungle Scales Division into the Australian Army, the development of the Owen Gun and finally how the Japanese adapted to Australian tactically improvements in Jungle Warfare. Check out the  <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&pk_kwd=libsyn"> show notes</a> for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode continues our &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/"&gt;Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode is Part 5 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode looks at the introduction of the Jungle Scales Division into the Australian Army, the development of the Owen Gun and finally how the Japanese adapted to Australian tactically improvements in Jungle Warfare.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out the  &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&amp;pk_kwd=libsyn"&gt; show notes&lt;/a&gt; for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This episode continues our  This episode is Part 5 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to...

122 - Japanese Lessons Learnt for Jungle Warfare

This episode continues our <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/">Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.</a> This episode is Part 4 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia. This episode discusses the development of the Jungle Warfare Training Centre, Canungra, the role that it played in preparing soldiers for combat in the Jungle and the legacy it created for the Australian Army as experts in jungle warfare. Check out the  <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&pk_kwd=libsyn"> show notes</a> for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode continues our &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/"&gt;Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode is Part 4 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode discusses the development of the Jungle Warfare Training Centre, Canungra, the role that it played in preparing soldiers for combat in the Jungle and the legacy it created for the Australian Army as experts in jungle warfare.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out the  &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&amp;pk_kwd=libsyn"&gt; show notes&lt;/a&gt; for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This episode continues our  This episode is Part 4 of our interview with Dr with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to...

121 - The Jungle Warfare Training Centre, Canungra

This episode continues our <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/">Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.</a> This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia. We look at how the soldiers prepared for combat in the Jungle against the Imperial Japanese Army.  What were the barriers to the lessons learnt process?  We look at the British Army and allies in Burma, the Marines on Guadalcanal and the Australian Army in New Guinea. Check out the  <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&pk_kwd=libsyn"> show notes</a> for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.

<description>&lt;div class="libsyn-modal__body modal-body"&gt; &lt;div class="px-2"&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode continues our &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/"&gt;Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We look at how the soldiers prepared for combat in the Jungle against the Imperial Japanese Army.  What were the barriers to the lessons learnt process?  We look at the British Army and allies in Burma, the Marines on Guadalcanal and the Australian Army in New Guinea.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out the  &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&amp;pk_kwd=libsyn"&gt; show notes&lt;/a&gt; for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

This episode continues our  This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other...

120 - Preparing for Combat in the Jungle

This episode continues our <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/">Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.</a> This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia. We discuss how the Australian Army learnt to learn, starting to collate the lessons learnt from combat with the Japanese in the Jungles, and the process to turn that into doctrine. Check out the  <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&pk_kwd=libsyn"> show notes</a> for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;This episode continues our &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/"&gt;Kokoda Campaign Podcast series.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode looks at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We discuss how the Australian Army learnt to learn, starting to collate the lessons learnt from combat with the Japanese in the Jungles, and the process to turn that into doctrine.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out the  &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&amp;pk_kwd=libsyn"&gt; show notes&lt;/a&gt; for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

119 - Learning to learn: Jungle Warfare

We return to the fetid jungles of New Guinea and our <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/">Kokoda Campaign Podcast series</a>, looking at the 53rd Battalion and it's combat performance at Isurava. This episode is the start of a series looking at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia. Check out the  <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&pk_kwd=libsyn"> show notes</a> for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.

<description>&lt;p&gt;We return to the fetid jungles of New Guinea and our &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/kokoda/"&gt;Kokoda Campaign Podcast series&lt;/a&gt;, looking at the 53rd Battalion and it's combat performance at Isurava.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This episode is the start of a series looking at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in how the Australian Army learned to learn about combat in the jungles of Malaya, Singapore, Papua, New Guinea, and many other islands to the north of Australia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Check out the  &lt;a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&amp;pk_kwd=libsyn"&gt; show notes&lt;/a&gt; for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We return to the fetid jungles of New Guinea and our , looking at the 53rd Battalion and it's combat performance at Isurava. This episode is the start of a series looking at Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development, with Dr Adrian Threlfall, an expert in...

118 - Jungle Warfare Doctrine Development in the Australian Army

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