An excellent pod by @maxlauker on his upcoming book ‘Number 788’. Deep and insightful. @Helionbooks @combat_story

🦊 Rommel got the flair. South Africa got Tobruk. We sat down with Lt. Col. Jean-Pierre Scherman to talk desert warfare, bad orders, and what WWII looked like from the losing side of the myth. @schermanjp74 . 🎧 Listen here: #undergroundstrategy #tobruk

You fight in Irpin and Kharkiv. Then you teach improv to help soldiers rebuild their minds. 🎭⚔️.In Part 2, Serhii Velychanskyi talks post-combat recovery, psychological warfare, and why healing is its own kind of resistance. 🎧 Listen here:

🎭 From the improv stage to a trench outside Kyiv. Serhii Velychanskyi fought in Irpin and Kharkiv with Ukraine’s 130th Territorial Defense Battalion—then used improv to survive what came next. 🎧 Part 1 is live: #undergroundstrategy #ukrainewar

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Pillboxes in hedgerows. 🌳.Anti-tank blocks in farm fields. And one archaeologist tired of the southern England obsession. Gordon Barclay’s If Hitler Comes rewrites the invasion story—Scotland included. ⚡ Read the review: #undergroundstrategy

🇳🇴 Norwegian and Polish troops defending Scotland. 🛡️ Anti-tank ditches, naval forts, and a strategy we’re still misreading. In this third Fortress Britain episode, we sit down with Gordon Barclay to unpack the real plan—and how it’s been twisted in modern politics. 🎧 Listen

🪖 ZANLA went Maoist. ZIPRA wanted tanks. 🇲🇿 Mozambique backed one. 🇦🇴 Angola backed the other. The Selous Scouts didn’t care—they just slipped in behind both. We break down the war they still don’t teach right, with Takawira Chatambudza. 🎧 Listen here:

🐕 Black Dog Beach has more secrets than buried tennis balls. In this second part of Fortress Britain, we sit down with battlefield archaeologist Bruce Mann to trace pillboxes, deception sites, and the invasion defense still hiding in Scotland’s sand. 🎧 Listen here:

The latest review of @ianvanderwaag and Tony’s book, Generals Botha and Smuts in the First World War. Not bad.

In 1940, Britain looked like it was holding the line with pitchforks. But behind the PR? Stop lines, decoy airfields, and 28,000 pillboxes. @Chats1 is back to unpack the real defense plan. 🎧 Fortress Britain 1 is live: #undergroundstrategy

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🥋 Judo, defense reform and a business detective novel. Roman Kuzyuk’s trying to fix Ukraine’s logistics system while the war drags on. It’s less glorious than it sounds—and that’s the point. 🎧 Listen here: #undergroundstrategy #romankuzyuk #ukrainewar

Leadership isn’t built in classrooms. It’s forged under weight, bad sleep, and zero backup. This War Diary cuts through the theory—blisters, broken systems, and the kind of failure most leadership programs never talk about. ⚡ Read it:

The Brits were ready to shut it down—decrypts, direction-finding, a full treason case. 🍻.But after the 1948 election, South Africa dropped it all and let the Ossewabrandwag walk. 🎧 Final part of Hitler’s South African Spies is live: @evertkleyn

⚓ He smuggled, schemed, rewrote his own court-martial—and still ended up in Parliament. Sir Home Popham wasn’t normal navy. Jacqueline Reiter’s Quicksilver Captain makes sure you won’t forget it. ⚡ Read the review: #undergroundstrategy

Franco didn’t wait to win before planning his mausoleum. He already knew how it would end. In Part 2, we cover the repression, exile, and buried history that followed the war—with @sean_f_scullion . 🎧 Listen here: #undergroundstrategy #spanishcivilwar

Congratulations @k_koshelenko on the Swedish translation of your book! A wonderful achievement. Well done to the team and @maxlauker for your excellent translation.

⚔️ Counterintelligence got polite. That’s how we ended up here. The final Sunday SitRep calls time on the 10th Man, institutional dissent, and whatever CI used to be. This isn’t a wrap—it’s a warning. And a thank you. 🍻. 🔗 #undergroundstrategy

⚔️ The Spanish Civil War wasn’t supposed to be a war. Just another military coup—until it wasn’t. In Part 1, we walk through the collapse of a monarchy, Franco’s rise, and why Madrid never fell, with @sean_f_scullion. 🎧 Listen here: #undergroundstrategy

Max Lauker’s story ‘Number 788’ features in a short review on the Warfare History Network! . @sean_f_scullion @Helionbooks .7 Military History Book Reviews for Spring 2025>via=<USERNAME>