Our new series of podcasts continues as Phil and I face the Mother of all Quandaries... we soon fall down a rabbit hole of what next, and we'll soon be turning to the masses for guidance. Not sure if this is a wise thing.

The Adjutants Lounge returns with Dr Phil Blood and me, Ben Skipper, talking models and looking through the Meng Bergepanther manual. This was originally recorded on 20 March 2023 with our usual style.

I hope you enjoy our ramblings.

Mark of British Army Reform in the Victorian/Edwardian era studies (Twitter: @MAJ_1868_1918) returns to the Adjutants Lounge for a long overdue catch-up and what he has planned next, as well as collaborations with the Irish at War (Twitter: @irelandbattles) 

Pic - Officers of the 72nd Foot (the Duke of Albany's own Highlanders), 1840s Madeley - Richard Cannon (1848)

Master Modeller and editor of Scalemodelling Now (https://www.scalemodellingnow.com) Geoff Coughlin returns to the Adjutants Lounge with a light-hearted visit filled with some great news, including not one, but two upcoming book releases with Pen & Sword books and KLP Publishing.

We also talk current builds, B-29 and F-16 kits, general modelling, aviation and 'stuff'

Pic - A pre-production F-4K (XT597) of the A&AEE. unknown

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this feature length episode, Dr Philip Blood, legal counsel Dustin Du Cane and I discuss the continuing Russo-Ukraine war. The theme of Genocide is now becoming the predominant feature of the Russian war against Ukraine. We discuss the impact of this, the deliberate targeting of centres of the civil population, discuss how best to classify accidental acts such as artillery overshoots, airborne ordnance malfunctioning or running out of fuel.

We also discuss the similarities between the current Russian operations and German Bandenbekämpfung, the future role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in prosecuting war criminals and what we perceive to be the aims of war for all sides and begin the discussion on what we feel is its wider impact.

*Note: We are now aware that reports of Lithuania removing the railway line to Kaliningrad as false. This is an example of how pervasive propaganda has become. Lesson learned.

Pic: Fadel Senna/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this episode, Dr Philip Blood, legal counsel Dustin Du Cane and I discuss the continuing Russo-Ukraine war, agriculture, a new book and how the spectre of famine is being weaponised by the Russians.

Pic: Gather the Harvest, 1931, Dmitrii Moor

Sponsored by the Acme slipper and pipe company, this episode sees Phil Blood and I take a break and enter the post Port phase of any mess conversation and ramble on about railways, models, and glue with a bit of social history as well as reminisce about model shops. A nice conversation to have. 

Pic: An Alco PA diesel and Berkshire 2-8-4 diesel meet on Tony Koester’s HO scale Nickel Plate Road model train layout. 

Tony Koester

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this episode, I'm joined by Neil Poynter, a former officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers for his take on the disastrous Bilohorivka river crossing of the Siversky Donets River in the Donbas region. What appeared to be an unopposed river crossing turned into a highly planned and well-executed combined arms defensive action by Ukrainian Forces, resulting in the destruction of Russian forces belonging to, it's believed, the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade.

Pic: Ukrainian Armed Forces

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this episode, Dr Philip Blood, legal counsel Dustin Du Cane and I are joined by historian Nick Budd, to discuss the continuing Russo-Ukraine war and the challenges and responsibilities facing Ukrainians on the ground as well as securing a workable and an acceptable peace with Russia and how best to administer such a deal.

Pic - Members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defence Forces in training before the 3 weeks before the expansion of the Russian Attack on Ukraine territory. The Canadian Press/AP/Efrem Lukatsky

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The Russian Way of War - The Discussion Continues.

In this episode, Dr Philip Blood and I are joined by legal counsel Dustin Du Cane and historian and translator of Russian war propaganda, Dr Ian Garner, to discuss the continuing Russo-Ukraine war and the challenges and responsibilities, both legal and ethical, facing academics, regardless of discipline, in recording Russian acts of genocide as defined by Raphäel Lemkin.

Examples of anti-Ukrainian rhetoric can be found throughout Russian media outlets

"In Russia, the threads of politics, religion and the military all come together to create the noose of genocide" - Dustin Du Cane

Dr Ian Garners website: https://www.igarner.net/

UN Genocide Prevention: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

Pic - Graves of two victims in Bucha, Ukraine. ICRC