88 - The Role of Artillery at 2nd Alamein

The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics and Leadership.

16-05-2022 • 38 mins

We look at the roles of Artillery, including how it integrated with all of the Forces within 8th Army.

2nd Alamein is the apogee of Australian Artillery in the Second World War and we will look at the role that BRIG Ramsay from 9th Div Arty built a team and capability to support the 9th Div and MAJ GEN Morshead.

We will look at:

  • Field Artillery
  • Medium and Heavy Artillery
  • Anti Aircraft Artillery
  • Survey
  • Anti Tank Artillery
  • Met
  • Comms
  • C2

Check out the show notes 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.