Ep. 22: Jeremy Black on Tank Warfare

Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss tank warfare from its origins to the battlefields of Ukraine

Times

• 01:13 - Introduction
• 02:02 - The creation of the tank
• 07:48 - Parallel technological development of tanks and aircraft
• 14:20 - Developing thoughts on employing tanks leading into World War II
• 18:24 - Blitzkrieg and the role of armored vehicles, speed, and communication during invasions
• 24:13 - The Soviet Union's invasion of Finland
• 28:07 - The development of armored technology during the Arab-Israeli wars after World War II
• 35:06 - Russia's strategy for invasion, the likelihood of Putin overtaking Ukraine, and the future of the tank