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US Special Operations ForcesUS Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, is divided up into the following. I will talk about each individual unit listed.Army: 75th Ranger Regiment, Special Forces (Green Berets), 160th SOAR (Night Stalkers)Navy: SEALs, and SWCCs (Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen)Air Force: Pararescuemen (PJs), Combat Controllers (CCTs)Marine Corps: Marine Force ReconJoint: Delta Force, DEVGRU, 24th Special Tactics Squadron, Intelligence Support Activity
For more information, read:US Special Forces ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Planning the American Civil War
This episode answers four basic questions:
Why were both North and South so unprepared for war?Which side had the initial advantage?Did the South have to secede? Did the North have to respond with military force?Was Northern victory inevitable?
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Farragut and the Vicksburg CampaignVicksburg was a Confederate fortress guarding the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. It was the only thing stopping the Union from taking control of the all-powerful Mississippi waterway. Although the Vicksburg Campaign is most famously associated with General Ulysses Grant (whose capture of the fortress is considered a major turning point in the war), there were many earlier Union campaigns to take control of Vicksburg. One of these campaigns, led by Navy Ad ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Democracy in IraqWhy has democracy failed in Iraq? Here are some potential theories, with their originators in parentheses:
Modernization (Rostow, Lipset): Iraq is not wealthy, urban,
modern, or secular enough to support democracy. It has not followed
the same path to development that Western democracies have set out, and
thus, it is not yet ready.Cultural (Huntington, Weber): Iraqis are not inherently suitable
for democracy, simply because their culture favors an authoritarian
style of governme ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Troop Surge in IraqThis episode focuses on the decision-making strategies that President
Bush used in December of 2006 before choosing to commit the troop
surge. Things discussed include: the release of the Iraq Study Group
Report, the 2006 midterm elections, Bush's meeting with Generals Keane
and Downing, and Bush's relationship with General Petraeus and
Secretary Gates. At the end of the episode is a recap on the success
of the troop surge, as well as an analysis of President Bush's
leadership d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Forces of Nature (2)Whether they are seen as acts of God, or as simple climate-related
occurrences, natural events have always had a sizeable impact on
military operations. At the small end of the scale are the little changes in terrain or weather that may affect a battle or a small war. For
example, many armies have postponed their campaigns due to inclement
weather conditions, and many militaries have suffered from rampant
disease. On the other end of the scale are the
times when nature has so much of an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Forces of Nature (1)Whether they are seen as acts of God, or as simple climate-related
occurrences, natural events have always had a sizeable impact on military
operations. At the small end of the
scale are the little changes in terrain or weather that may affect a battle or
a small war. For example, many armies
have postponed their campaigns due to inclement weather conditions, and many
militaries have suffered from rampant disease.
On the other end of the scale are the times when nature has ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Occupying Iraq (2003-2007)This episode covers the period between Bush's declaration of "Mission
Accomplished" and the change in coalition leadership (from General
Casey to General Petraeus). The following major events and topics are
discussed:
2003: Deaths of Saddam's two sons (Qusay and Uday), capture of
Saddam, Baathist Purge, National Museum looting, and Bremer's
disbanding of the Iraqi Army.2004: Sectarian violence and displacement, Operation Vigiliant
Resolve (1st Fallujah), Battle of Ramadi, B ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Philosophy of War (2)According to Lawrence Keeley, "90-95% of known societies engage in
war". Why? What compels homo sapiens to kill each other? Why do we
fight? Part one will describe two hypotheses.War is Necessary:Aristotle
says in Nicomachean Ethics that "we fight war so that we may live in
peace". This notion is echoed by many other famous thinkers including
Marx (an advocate of a final proletarian revolution in order to
establish a worker's paradise) and Zoroaster (the first monotheist ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Philosophy of War (1)According to Lawrence Keeley, "90-95% of known societies engage in
war". Why? What compels homo sapiens to kill each other? Why do we
fight? Part one will describe two hypotheses.War is Rational:Sun
Tzu argued that political struggles would eventually lead to armed
conflict. Clausewitz took this one step further by saying that "war is
a mere continuation of policy by other means". Machiavelli completed
this entire line of thought by saying that war was the most efficient ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc (1412-1431) was a poor peasant girl from
Lorraine. One day, she had a vision in which three saints urged her to
lead the French to victory over the English in the Hundred Years' War.
She traveled to Charles VII's court and was appointed head of the
French Army (headed to relieve the besieged city of Orleans) because
her unlikely presence would inspire hope in the French forces. Upon
arriving in Orleans, Joan launched several counterattacks against the
English and broke the siege ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Frederick the GreatFrederick the Great, King of Prussia, is considered the best commander
of the European Enlightenment. Despite possessing relatively few
people and resources, he transformed the tiny Prussian state into a
great military power (which arguably wouldn't be brought down until
1945). Strategically, he modernized the Prussian military into a
well-trained, well-disciplined unit. He taught them to fire faster,
march with more precision, and deploy artillery quicker. Tacticall ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Lincoln's AssassinationPresident Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a
southern sympathizer and a self-proclaimed modern-day Brutus, on April
14th, 1865 (five days after the end of the Civil War). Booth snuck into
Lincoln's viewing Booth at the Ford's Theater while Lincoln was
watching "Our American Cousin" and shot him in the back of the head.
Booth then jumped down onto the stage and ran out the back door. The
ensuing manhunt eventually caught up with him in the swamps of the
Potoma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Crassus vs. SpartacusCrassus was the wealthiest man in Rome. Before he joined the First
Triumvirate with Pompey and Caesar, he struggled to make a name for
himself. His big break came with the outbreak of the Third Servile
War, when Spartacus led a slave rebellion throughout the Italian
Peninsula. Spartacus and his men wreaked havoc throughout the region,
defeating several Roman legions. Although his original plan was to
escape to Gaul and head home, Spartacus decided to head south towar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Anglo-Dutch WarsToday's episode's script was written by Andrew Tumath of Aberdeen,
United Kingdom. To submit your own script, please send them to me at
militaryhistorypodcast@gmail.com
The Anglo-Dutch Wars were a series of the
distinct conflicts waged between England and the United Provinces (modern-day
Netherlands) in the middle years of the 17th-century. Fought for different
reasons, alongside different allies, and with different results, the wars
pitted the two great maritime powers of the period ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Iraq's EnvironmentThis episode is an analysis of the environmental impacts of the current
war in Iraq. There are several major categories, each of which will be
discussed. This episode is meant to be an overview of the
rarely-discussed ecological situation in Iraq, rather than a persuasive
piece towards one viewpoint or another. The entire episode will
revolve around environmental issues--political and strategic issues and
biases will not be included.
Negative Effects:Oil Fires: Saddam l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The John McCainsJohn McCain Sr: Admiral, Commander of Fast Carrier Task Force in South Pacific during WWII
John McCain Jr: Admiral, Commander of Pacific Command during Vietnam War
John McCain III: Navy aviator, shot down in Hanoi, tortured as a
prisoner of war for 5.5 years, currently running for Republican
nomination for President of the United States
Other presidential candidates with military experience are:
Chris Dodd: Army ReserveMike Gravel: Lieutenant, Counter-Intelligence Corps (West Germany)Ron P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Screaming EaglesThe 101st airborne division, founded in 1942, is nicknamed the
"screaming eagles". Their motto is "Rendevous with Destiny", and they
are officially known as air assault infantry. Their training is one of
the toughest in the Army.
Some of their battles in WWII include: Pathfinding during D-Day,
Operation Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge. The division
also participated in the Vietnam War (ex. Hamburger Hill), during
Desert Storm, and during Ope ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Sports - War minus the ShootingThe title of this episode comes from the following George Orwell quote: âSerious
sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,
jealousy, boastfulness, disregard for all rules and sadistic pleasure
in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
This is meant to be a fun episode on the similarities between football, chess, and war. Please take each analogy with a grain of salt.Football (two armies fighting to reach the opposing camp/end zone) ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Food of WWIIThis episode is written by Russell Holman of Merrimack, New Hampshire.
If you would like to submit a script to Military History Podcast,
please send me an email at militaryhistorypodcast@gmail.com
The mighty American military during WWII would have been nothing
without its surprisingly-important rationing system. Food kept the
United States going, so therefore, it is well worth studying.
Throughout WWII and the years beyond, the US entered/exited several
"eras" ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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