James Holland
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Podcast Appearances
Yes. We've jumped straight into 1941.
Yes. We've jumped straight into 1941.
Yes.
We've jumped straight into 1941.
I've eaten off two years of war.
I've eaten off two years of war.
I've eaten off two years of war.
I've eaten off two years of war.
Yeah, that's absolutely spot on. And it's interesting because the vast majority of general histories of World War II tend to focus on the strategic and the tactical. So what do I mean by that? Well, the strategic, just for those who don't know, that's your overall war aims. Get to Moscow, whatever it might be. Conquer the world. That's your strategy.
Yeah, that's absolutely spot on. And it's interesting because the vast majority of general histories of World War II tend to focus on the strategic and the tactical. So what do I mean by that? Well, the strategic, just for those who don't know, that's your overall war aims. Get to Moscow, whatever it might be. Conquer the world. That's your strategy.
Yeah, that's absolutely spot on. And it's interesting because the vast majority of general histories of World War II tend to focus on the strategic and the tactical. So what do I mean by that? Well, the strategic, just for those who don't know, that's your overall war aims. Get to Moscow, whatever it might be. Conquer the world. That's your strategy.
Yeah, that's absolutely spot on.
And it's interesting because the vast majority of general histories
of World War II tend to focus on the strategic and the tactical.
So what do I mean by that?
Well, the strategic, just for those who don't know, that's your overall war aims.
Get to Moscow, whatever it might be.
Conquer the world.
That's your strategy.
The tactical side of things is that's the coalface of war. That's the attritional bit. That's the... following his spitfire, the tank crew, the soldier in his foxhole. It's the actual kinetic fighting bit. The operational bit is the level of war that links the strategic to the tactical. So it is absolutely factories, it's economics, it's shipping, it's supply chains, it's how you manage your war.