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How US artillery dominated the Iraq military in the First Gulf War – Interview with L. Scott Lingamfelter

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How US artillery dominated the Iraq military in the First Gulf War – Interview with L. Scott Lingamfelter

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L. Scott Lingamfelter was a senior Artillery Officer and Middle East expert when he participated in the First Gulf War as XO of 1st ARTY. He wrote a book detailing his time in that war, including tactical and operational issues, and his thoughts about the geopolitical and strategic aspects of the war. We spoke about the book and the war. Desert Redleg (University Press of Kentucky, 2020)

0:41 – Scott talks about why he wanted to write about his experiences in the First Gulf War.

1:34 – Scott talks about the start of his career in 1973 as an artillery officer and as a Middle East specialist.

3:12 – Scott talks about the use of artillery between the Vietnam War and the First Gulf War.

6:58 – Scott talks about the logistics of moving artillery into the Gulf War theater.

9:43 – Scott talks about the artillery that the division used.

12:15 – Scott talks about the obstacles they faced once they were in the Middle East.

15:23 – Scott talks about the placement of the artillery units and their protection.

18:19 – Scott talks about the size of the division and armament.

19:56 – Scott talks about counter fire.

21:32 – Scott talks about the other threats to the safety and health of the Division. He discusses unexploded and failed ordnance.

24:26 – Scott talks about the threat of chemical attack.

28:03 – Scott talks about dealing with dust and heat.

29:48 – Scott talks about instilling hygiene practices among the troops.

32:47 – Scott talks about resupply issues and the Tapline Road.

35:51 – Scott talks about the casualties on the Tapline Road.

37:29 – Scott talks about what the damage they had wrought in Iraq was like.

40:02 – Scott discusses the amount of firepower used in the First Gulf War.

44:22 – Scott discusses the combat effects of the artillery on enemy morale.

46:21 – Scott talks about the Vietnam veterans that developed the Air-Land battle concept used in the Gulf War.

47:35 – Scott talks about how he presents information in the book.

52:12 – Scott talks about coordination between foreign partners and with other services.

55:09 – Scott was surprised by the dud rate when he went back to his notes. He was also surprised at how good his diary notes were.

59:06 – Scott talks about how he expected the US to return to Iraq to fight Saddam again.

1:01:31 – Scott talks about how he almost became General Schwarzkopf’s aide-de-camp.

1:03:08 – Scott talks about how the book is written from a tactical point of view.

1:06:42 – Scott talks about getting the book written and published. He had to write some difficult things as he saw them.

1:10:11 – Scott be found at copybookwarrior.com. Readers can use the code FS30 on the University Press of Kentucky until the end of July to get 30% of the book.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3e5qbza

https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813179209/desert-redleg/

https://www.copybookwarrior.com

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Guests: L. Scott Lingamfelter

Host: Cris Alvarez

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20th century military history book – “Saving Israel” (Stackpole Books, 2020) – Boaz Dvir interview

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Boaz Dvir is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. He spent ten years researching the creation of the Israeli Air Force in 1948. He produced a documentary on the subject titled “A Wing and a Prayer” which was shown on PBS. He then wrote a book on the subject. We spoke about the Israeli Air Force of 1948, the secret methods needed to create it, the writing of the book, and what it took to research it.

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0:51 – Boaz talks about why he wrote this book.

3:41 – Boaz talks about how the Israelis were armed with Nazi weapons in 1948.

4:25 – Boaz summarizes what led up to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948.

7:35 – Boaz talks about what he focuses on in the book.

12:32 – Boaz talks about how the Arab were threatening to annihilate the Israelis.

14:41 – Boaz talks about the US Army flight engineer who started the operation to arm Israel.

19:59 – Boaz talks about how the Jewish-American underground set up an airline to fly people into Israel.

23:05 – Boaz talks about how Adolf became an international arms smuggler.

26:54 – Boaz talks about military resistance to the smuggling of weapons.

31:41 – Boaz talks about what the Israeli Air Force consisted of before the 1948 war and what had been created by the end of the war.

32:58 – Boaz talks in detail about the planes they brought into Israel.

35:35 – Boaz talks about the initial operations on both sides during the 1948 war.

39:22 – Boaz talks about the air war during the 1948 war and the initial Arab advantage.

41:54 – Boaz talks about how Israel used Nazi weapons in the 1948 war.

45:14 – Boaz talks about the research he did for the book.

49:10 – Boaz talks about coming across one of the old C-47s used in the 1948 war.

51:19 – Boaz talks about how amazing it was to talk to the US WWII veterans.

54:26 – Boaz talks about the emotional responses to this subject matter.

54:53 – Boaz talked about his surprise at US antagonism towards Israel in 1948.

59:10 – Boaz talks about how the USSR indirectly armed Israel.

1:04:01 – Boaz talks about influence of Jewish Russians on Israel.

1:05:22 – Boaz talks about the British pilots who flew against Israel and the shoot-down of a British reconnaissance plane.

1:08:21 – Boaz talks about the two types of Egyptian pilots that the Israeli pilots faced in 1948.

1:09:52 – Boaz talks about the victims of the war.

1:17:14 – Boaz talks about how the people in his book were innovative.

1:22:30 – Boaz can be found on facebook at Boaz Dvir and on twitter @BoazDvir.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2ZnM73r

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780811737265/Saving-Israel-The-Unknown-Story-of-Smuggling-Weapons-and-Winning-a-Nation%E2%80%99s-Independence

https://twitter.com/boazdvir?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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Guests: Boaz Dvir

Host: Cris Alvarez

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WWII military history book – “Parleying with the Devil” (University Press of Kentucky, 2020) – Gaj Trifkovic interview

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Gaj Trifkovic has had a lifelong interest in WWII especially as it relates to Yugoslavia. He earned his history degree in the subject and wrote his first book – a history of prisoner exchange in Yugoslavia during WWII. We spoke about the war in Yugoslavia, the book, and the process of getting published.

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0:51 – Gaj talks about how he got into studying Yugoslavia in WWII.

4:10 – Gaj talks about the five main sections of the book starting with Serbia.

6:25 – Gaj talk about the military activities and situation in Yugoslavia during WWI.

8:31 – Gaj talks about the controversial March 1943 negotiations.

12:06 – Gaj talks about the Yugoslav neutral zone.

13:08 – Gaj talks about how much the German high command knew about this prisoner exchange.

14:11 – Gaj talks about how partisans dealt with prisoner exchanges.

16:33 – Gaj talks about what prisoners the Germans took.

17:52 – Gaj talks about how prisoners chosen for exchange were sometimes treated harshly.

19:46 – Gaj talks about local prisoner exchanges by units in the field.

21:00 – Gaj talks about non-German Axis prisoners.

22:20 – Gaj talks about prisoner exchanges in other historical contexts.

24:46 – Gaj talks about how Hitler was convinced to accept these exchanges.

26:06 – Gaj talks about whether the Germans exchanged “undesirables.”

27:04 – Gaj talks about the unwritten rules of prisoner exchange.

29:20 – Gaj talks about prisoner exchange closer to the end of the war.

32:35 – Gaj talks about large-scale execution of prisoners at the end of the war.

34:26 – Gaj talks about German and Axis prisoners in Yugoslavia at the end of the war.

38:58 – Gaj talks about post-war release of prisoners.

40:45 – Gaj talks about the archives and books he used for this research.

42:27 – Gaj talks about the self-censorship on both sides about prisoner exchange.

45:55 – Gaj goes into more detail about the neutral zone.

47:11 – We discuss what might be in the current location of the neutral zone.

51:32 – Gaj talks about how well the two sides got along in the neutral zone.

55:14 – Gaj talks about why he wrote the book in English rather than German.

57:38 – Gaj talks about how he tried to emulate “The Longest Day” in the writing of this book.

1:04:59 – Gaj can be found on researchgate.net and academia.edu.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2A73z3E

https://www.kentuckypress.com/9781949668087/parleying-with-the-devil/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gaj_Trifkovic

https://independent.academia.edu/GajTrifkovic

 

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Guests: Gaj Trifkovic

Host: Cris Alvarez

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