EARLY EPISODE: Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 1
Added 2024-02-12 06:43:45 +0000 UTCOrde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War.
BUY JOE'S BOOK:
SOURCES:
John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy
https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2015/2/13/orde-wingate-and-combat-leadership
David Rooney. Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Redressing the Balance.
Comments
As an Australian, we can thank Greek and Italian immigration for about 90% of our coffee culture
Jimmy Cresswell
2024-02-22 07:34:10 +0000 UTCWe need patreon cuts of every episode where the post topic bullshit and pre show rambling is included and encouraged
Chris Anderzon
2024-02-19 17:24:03 +0000 UTCI am so invested in Joe's incidental travelogues. Also, Wingate's weird Marxism thing reminds me of that guy who helped start the Para-marines that observed a Chi-Com unit in the Sino-Japanese war and tried to employ consensus leadership in his American infantry brigade.
Brandon P
2024-02-19 06:56:25 +0000 UTCSo now I’ve started reading “good bye to all that” keep up the recommendations
2024-02-15 22:04:53 +0000 UTCOddly enough my grandad was a chindit - he died in the 70s so never learned anything about it, aside from inheriting a Japanese officers sword that my mum said he used to pop balloons on birthdays. Also apparently ended up being a tax inspector in Northern Ireland (he was from Oldham).
Cam
2024-02-14 17:21:16 +0000 UTC
