If you haven't already, definitely check out Ian McCollom's "Forgotten Weapons" channel videos re. the Austen, Owen, F1 and variants. He's done a good amount of Australia-related content, some of it fairly recently. Cheers.
I’m interested in Australia’s largest military build up since WW2. There appears to be a defence spending announcement almost weekly….There are jigsaw pieces slowly coming together to build a picture with respect to an integrated “credible deterrent” as described by ScoMo….what is it ultimately going to look like…and will it be able to put a carrier battlegroup on the bottom of the Coral Sea if required?
Your content and explanations are 2nd to none , thoroughly enjoy watching your videos no matter the topic. I would like to hear about Aussie inventions and innovations towards military concepts, vehicles and hardware. Keep up the great work.
I'd love to see a breakdown and a blow by blow of the 2003 Iraq invasion. There's some great documentaries and RUclips's that have gone into the day by day tactical movements of the first golf war but the second is a bit of black hole. So would love to see you put your skills together on that!
I think the information you give on your videos is by far the best researched and explained than any other channel. I love the ones you have done on the ADF as it is very hard to get anything decent on it on RUclips. I would enjoy watching anything you put up on military history but being an ex digger I have a soft spot for your excellent videos on the ADF. Keep up the good work. Cheers!
Would really like to hear about past, modern Australian campaigns. However the forward looking strategic stuff is incredibly interesting and topical, given the current climate, especially considering your focus on Australia as it is often only lightly touched upon, which seems odd considering our position as a regional power. Exceptionally thorough and engaging content.
I really enjoyed your coverage of Wau. Outside of Kokoda there is very little cohesive online video information (for those of us who learn visually) about Australian Involvement with New Guinea in WWII. I would love to learn more about the campaign in Aitape.
Your lecture style, structure, content and voice are excellent . I feel discussion on Australian involvement in both the Korean War and the Malayan emergency and the more recent Australian Army involvement in the Phillipines’ Islamic conflicts would suit your style. Lectures on Roman Army land and sea warfare would also be appreciated.
Contemporary military analysis is the content I would like to see more of. Particularly consideration and assessment of new/emerging trends in the Indo-Pacific; and how a military historian would view and understand them. For Example: What should we make of India's Act East Policy? What will be the impact of the proliferation of submarines in South-East Asia? Will advances in missile technology meaningfully change the character of war? And if so, how?
Your videos are informative, detailed and very insightful. I really enjoy the analysis of ADF equipment and hope you carry on making these. In our current geopolitical climate some analysis videos of our potential regional adversaries would be great. Look forward to seeing more of your content.
I'd really love to see a video on Gallipoli, it would tie in nicely with your previous video about Australia's recently acquired amphibious capabilities. The battle could probably serve as a good case study for the challenges of sustaining an expeditionary amphibious force. It would also be interesting to hear about what the battle was like on the tactical level fighting in such undulating terrain.
Well done! Love the modern military analysis as informed and unbiased videos, especially of Australian military, isn't common but also would be cool to hear your insight into historic battles. I think anything that you find interesting enough to make a video on will get a view and like from me!
I really enjoy your videos about modern militaries, including the ADF and modern military equipment such as ships and fighter jets. In addition, I think Australian military history during WW2 would be an interesting topic. -Greetings from Finland
Congratulations on reaching 5k. I really enjoy your videos on the modern military and technology. You cram in a lot of detail and what appears to be your own research, your videos are a refreshing change to the countless other re-hashed copy and paste analysis that other channels seem to provide. Keep up the good work. I like Millenium7* for the same reasons as i like your videos so i look forward to more detailed analysis on modern airforce, navy and army assets.
Congrats on… 76K now! Love the work you put into your videos. I’d personally be interested in the ancient/classical history! The older the better, for me.
Thanks and congratulations! I thought your treatment of the F 35 was a well researched and balanced view of an "hysterical" aircraft. I personally would love some in-depth stuff on the PNG/Solomons campaigns of WW2. My Uncle (for whom I'm named) was a Military Cross winner in New Guinea. The RAAF was treated derisively by England with the out-dated, worn out and poor performing aircraft they were asked to operate with early on. If the USAAF hadn't come to our rescue with some decent aircraft, the Japanese would have achieved air superiority.
I dont use social media, so had no idea about your back ground, however, I knew you were trained as your research and script writing is second to none. When you reach a bigger milestone for subscribers you will have to improve the video side of things a bit, I'm not complaining as I mostly listen and my mind/imagination does the rest for me. Have you done much research on the Australian Navy battles around Australia during WWII, one in particular stands out for me, The Battle of Savo Island. It stands out for me because of the 70+ year hush up over the friendly fire incident which involved the USA Destroyer USS Bagley (DD-386) laying a spread of torpedo's at the start of the battle and striking the Heavy Cruiser HMAS Canberra on the starboard side, effectively knocking her out of action. There is a great video of this battle by the channel called 'Montemayor', but he neglects that part of the battle as there would not be much 'easily reachable' information about this. I wonder with your research skills and the fact your Australian, maybe you might have some better luck to dig up more information about this tragic episode in Australian WWII history. Have quite enjoyed the video's so far, and if your looking to do some Australian WWI/WWII content can we get off the beaten track a little and talk about lesser know campaigns/battles. I think the Timor campaign would be a good one, or as you stated Borneo/Tarakan/Balikpapan etc. Its not that I dont enjoy the more well known parts of our history, but to get new perspectives on the lesser known would be very well worth it. The Korean War has some very very important episodes in Australian Military History, which doesnt get much daylight aswell, this would be a welcome addition i feel. There are also the Malay Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation which, generally speaking, 98% of Australians dont know even know about, some content on these could also shine lights on the lesser known episodes of the Cold War era. End of the day whatever you post I'm sure I will enjoy, as will others. Thanks for the effort you put in, very much appreciated mate.
Need a program on WW1 Beersheba, how the Aussie Light Horse took the place, and the British Empires "Egypt Expeditionary Force" claimed the victory. Also a deep analysis of Prime Minister John Curtin's decision to form a Pacific Alliance with the USA against the wishes of Churchill, enabling the defence of Australia by an Australia/US partnership. That was probably the most significant decision by an Australian PM in the 20th Century, and it marked the dissolution of any influence of the "British Empire" over the Commonwealth of Australia. Your videos are great.
Happy to receive WWII material and Falklands material. Primarily I find material in relation to current issues facing the ADF particularly relevant. I find your productions very well presented and myself in "heated agreement", often having reflected on same. Well done keep up the good work. Kind regards
1:14 "Either one sounds good to me at the moment" I know that feeling! Getting my thesis ready for submission and then corrections afterwards felt like it would last forever.
Hey mate. Love what you do. Given the current geopolitical climate around China, I'd love to see a video that helps understand the viewpoint of China and why they have decided to position themselves the way they have? Why do they believe they don't have to play by the rules? Why are they choosing to be an aggressor? What are there weaknesses both militarily and politically? What can we learn from their past that can help us understand their intent?
Love your work mate, will watch any you make. I’m very keen to hear more about Australia/the west’s defence from an aggressive China. You’re putting out great content and it will be 50k subscribers soon!
Your content is great and I love it! It'll be nice to see some analysis on Australia's military role in the Asia Pacific with the new strategic threat of China and how Australia might adapt to this.
Love the channel mate, brilliant! Well done on 5K. Really liking the modern content especially how you cover not only system at hand but it’s integration into the overall ADF scheme. The battle of Wau video also really stood out for me. I’d never heard of it before and I found it so interesting and the level of detail was great. Suggestions for future vids - modern content/systems relating to ADF and allies. - WW2 and after relating to lesser known battles were the ADF was the principle allied force involved. Here’s a q&a question for ya. Is there a comparable time in history were we can compare the current rise of China and its challenge to US supremacy? What were the similarity’s and how did it unfold?
Mate, you are an absolute legend for what you do. Your videos are incredibly informative and they are by some of the best educational videos on Tik Tok. Personally, i'd love to hear more about the war in Iraq. I think a lot of people are mis-informed about the war, so it'd be great to get a qualified answer on why things went down the way they did. I also think it may the best decision for you to do this because of the YT algorithm. The patreon idea is great. It might be worth looking into some of tricks that more popular content creators employ here on YT to boost views and so on. Going forward, I think more modern military analysis will produce a far better pay-off for yourself, given history is a relatively niche interest.
First of all, great channel, congratulations and thankyou for your hard work and super informative contributions. for future endevours, I would love to see you do an episode or two (or even a series) on Australian-developed Military Tech through the lat 100+ years i.e. WW2 Owen SMG, WW2 'sentinel' tank, Bushmaster APC, Nulka Decoys, Ikara ASW weapons system, CEA radars, WW2 beaufort/Beaufighter program, CAC Boomrang and Avon Sabre fighters etc... Alternately a series on Australian battles and tactics during 1917/18 on the western front in WW1 would also be sensational.
Thanks...past history of the Australian Military is very interesting...characters included. Contemporary stories including info of the possible current theatre is on everyones mind...such as the Subs as you did...thanks for that info...great!
As an Australian and an armature military historian I love your videos. As much as I say, when it come to military history there isn't much I don't know, I have still learnt new things in your videos. Especially your video 'A Modern History of the ADF' I learnt a lot more about our doctrines and policies shaping our currant ADF. While I'd love to see a series on Australia in the pacific war from you, I'm reading two books on Milne Bay atm, my pick for a new video would be on John Curtin. I'd love to hear your opinion of him as I feel he is not only our best wartime PM but our best PM overall. Between Curtin and Chifley, they laid the foundations of our modern Australia. Anyway that's my 2 cents. PS a book recommendation for these topics is Pacific 360: Australia's Battle for Survival in World War II by Roland Perry.
Great channel, congratulations. I'm actually also interested in classical history as well. You probably can make some videos about your PhD topics, looking at modern warfare from classical perspective and vice versa.
Congrats on your 5k subs mate. I’m Aus cav so would like to hear your thoughts on the light horse and how they’ve helped create the ANZAC traditions. Also not shying away from the shit stuff we’ve done as diggers. The first AIF had the worst desertion rates of WW1 and there is some pretty crazy stories around the desert campaign and Damascus. Cheers
Congratulations. Well deserved. My Masters is in history of religion, but I've blurred the borders a bit by extending more into the history of social and political ideologies. Among other sources, I've found some wonderful material in the epic BBC documentaries of Adam Curtis. In terms of military history in New Guinea I think comparatively little has been explored about the activities of non-AIF units (apart from 39 Battalion). I have a personal interest; my father was a company commander in 30th battalion (not 2/30th) after being one of the few permanent soldiers prior to WW2 (in the Australian Instructional Corps). I have a copy of their excellent Battalion history that covers from the defence of the northern beaches of Sydney, similar operations in WA, war fighting in New Guinea around Saidor / Sio and the capture of Madang. Later my dad was Chief Instructor at the School of Infantry. Lots has been written about the 4 AIF divisions, but not so much about the eight or so WW2 militia divisions.
Enjoying your videos immensely. Had no clue who you were but knew you were highly intelligent and I’ve learnt so much. 🤙 I’ll watch whatever you put up and WW2 stuff would be good.
You deserve it mate, your vids are top shelf and I’m surprised you don’t have a great many more subs…soon, sooooooon!🖖🏼 P.s..I’d suggest a focus on Aus WW2 involvement. There’s a lot of general WW2 channels out there (and a couple of real good ones that do it in detail) but few if any go into the finer detail of ADF actions and I reckon there’s an untapped market for that.
great work mate good to see a Australian point of view .. i live near Amberley air base.. when they had Talisman Saber on there were F22, E2 hawkeye , FA18 super and the rest that are at normally at Amberley
Analysis of Australia’s peacekeeping missions would be a good topic. East Timor, Solomons, Sinai, Somalia and Rwanda going into the strategic concepts of why we did those missions, what were the outcomes and what did we learn. In my view, this doesn’t get enough of a look in
Many thanks for your work. I never really understood Kokoda until now. I would like to better understand what our boys did in Borneo 1944-45. The USN was island hopping straight toward Japan while we were fighting mosquitos and jungle as much as the Japanese. Was this a waste of time?
Congratz on 5k! Started with you on TikTok didn't know you had already been published that is awesome! 20th century content would be cool, more recent conflicts especially. It would be really interesting talk about doctrine shifted from the start to the end. Keep up the amazing content!
Keep up the great work. Followed you on tictok for few months now, you explain things really well. More WW2 great idea, also Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq. 👍🇬🇧 🇦🇺
Congrats, much deserved. You have a great take on not just Ozzie issues but a great perspective on current and historical world affairs. Keep at it please.
Congratulations on 5K, the first milestone in many more to come. I really do enjoy your channel and this reminds me to post something in the F35B video. Video suggestion, the battles of Thermopylae over the centuries culminating in WWII.
Hey mate, really enjoying your content. Was wondering if your up for doing an episode on future Army expansion. Just heard of Washington approval of more CH47F and 75 x M1A2C and the M1150 and M104. Have also heard rumours of 4RAR being re-raised. Also agree on the historical stuff like Papuan campaign, falklands and Iraq. Keep up the good work 👍🇦🇺
Your content is valuable and incredibly poignent in the modern context. Have met ADF personnel over the years, mainly in bars pubs and clubs. I am older and dont get out much so the first hand experience is dated. Would love to see,hear more on RAAF and RASAS in northern Iraq (Gulf war) and Australias tactical strategies applied. Appreciate immensely the content relating to our position in an increasingly belligerent world, diplomacy post WW2 has much changed. All the best for your PHD, hope it is done and dusted by now. Thanks a mil for real research and resulting vids!
Hey mate, I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and binge watched your videos. One thing you should consider is either doing a podcast, or releasing the audio of these episodes as a podcast. I love long-form well researched history and it mite be another good avenue for you to draw income from. Also, I would love to hear more about WW2, and would even be interested in Ancient history videos.
With regards to your questions...there's already plenty of stuff out there on WW2 battles. I don't feel you need to add to it. I think your channel is great, and I really enjoy the contemporary nature of it. I'd like to know more about the current strategic position of our( the Australian ) part of the world, or the events or factors that have shaped it to now. For example, in less than a decade we have gone from being stand-offish buddies with China to....whatever it is now.
Given recurring questions about Australia's capacity to defend itself in the event of a hot war with China, I'd be interested in your analysis of the Australian army's rapid expansion during WW2. It is pretty incredible that approx. 10% of the population ended up serving; with up to 40% of total forces serving in front line areas.
More ancient history vids would be awesome (Battle of Zama?). Also love the WWII and modern content. I study history aswell, so great to know youre putting your skills to use here!
A PNG video would be great. I also feel like there isn’t much content around about post WW2 Chinese conflicts with Vietnam and Russia. That seems to be increasingly relevant these days.
G'day mate, yep, great job so far, I have watched all of your Australian content thus far (I believe). Would love it if you did episodes of the conflicts Australia has been involved with and maybe point out what units were involved and some insight into their respective histories maybe. Also, how about episodes dedicated to the weapons used throughout the history of the ADF, like firearms through the ages, same for tanks, APC's etc., similar to your great insights into the F-35's and the RAN boats. Whatever you do I am sure it will be insightful and informative and I'll do my best to share your stuff around to like-minded friends who enjoy everything Australian Defence Force related. Cheers 👍👌🍻
Love your work, by far the best I have found, so, some suggestions, Long Tan, Balmoral and Coral, Australia in the Mediterranean, General Sir John Monash, Sir Hubert Wilkins (including WW1), Australia Vs the Japanese in WW2, Kapyong, Samichon, the military kit of the digger over the past century or so, the evolution of the RAAF and RAN as well. Just a few thoughts many will suggest I am sure.
Like many others have commented, I will gladly watch any content you produce because you analysis is always top notch. That being said, I think you have found your niche covering military history in the Southern Hemisphere. I would love to hear you cover the Rhodesian Bush War, Paraguayan War, Sri Lankan Civil War, or even the rise of ISIS in Indonesia. - Cheers from the US!
Really enjoy your content, detail and topics so far and well done on 5K subs. I would love to hear about topics seldom discussed such as each services (Army, Airforce & Navy) history through the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Personally I'd like to see an overview of Australian military bases and what they are used for, location, history and who is based there. Loving your channel. Keep up the great work.
Congrats on 5k mate! I’ve been watching a lot of your tiktoks and you have even answered a couple of my questions which is great. I’ve been looking at military videos for years now and this channel is by far the best. Love the ADF content of course. I reckon a good video idea would be an overveiw on a US carrier strike group. That would certainly boost your engagement.
Well done mate. As an Australian I love the content but if you want to get bigger maybe think about expanding into US/EURO content as well. I think something on Z force would make a great WW2 video.
Congrats on 5k mate, and good luck with the rest of the PhD assessment process. :) I'd personally love to see a detailed video on Australia's air support/logistics role in Vietnam, as I feel that the RAAF's role in that conflict is far too often overlooked. I'm thinking specifically about a couple of lovely old DHC-4 Caribous which now reside at HARS in Albion Park Rail NSW, ex Wallaby Airlines. 7.5 years in theatre, 80k sorties, 47k flight hours, zero fatalities. www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/vietnam/wallaby_airlines Edit: I've raised this as a topic suggestion occasionally on other youtube history channels, would be great if it ended up being covered by an Aussie! Cheers mate.
@@aussiemilitant4486 I've seen A4-210 fly a couple of times at Wings Over Illawarra Airshow. Hearing those big radials wind up to full power and seeing it leap into the air in a couple of hundred metres is a sight to behold! Regarding current capability, I think the Super Hercs and Spartans have us pretty well covered. The Hercules has certainly proven itself to be at least as tough as a Caribou, even if it needs a bit more takeoff distance. Cheers
@@sixstringedthing yeah I agree with you, but that STOL capability would be a excellent addition for Home Defence, using bush airfields etc. Maybe my thinking is stuck in the past a bit
Congrats on your milestone!!! How about doing something on the Australian involvement in the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation? They mostly get forgotten and eclipsed by the Vietnam war.
I think what would be cool on WW2 would be time based tiktoks or YT vids as a series, as in a TikTok on each month of the major things that happened, how that impacted the war as a whole and were victories or losses for either side. I think as an audience without being there it'd be really informative and interesting to see it all unfold and how those battles impacted the allies/axis as a whole?
Only just discovered your channel 3 days ago and you have now taken a good 5 hours of my life! Great work my friend, amazing channel where everything is so well researched. As for suggestions on historical content, how about Australians in the Middle East in WW2? Hope all went well with your PhD.
I am looking forward to your first ASPI submission, with the quality of your work here on your channel, I hope that this is on your horizon. The strategic community would defiantly benefit from you contribution.
Love to see more 20th century, especially more modern like the Falcons war and wars in the Middle East content. Love your channel man just found it and it’s fantastic keep it up
Would love to see further breakdowns of Australian Military actions during WW2, such as the specific differences between the CMF & AIF or the Lae amphibious operations. These are areas that I would love to study but as someone caught up in the joys of a Masters in SOF & IW as well as shift work the only real tangible way to engage these topics is through researched videos like those that you produce.
also, yes do heaps more historical stuff! Thats the stuff i love, Even though I know about a lot of the stuff (alot definitely not all) It's just always great to hear the way you talk about it!
I love the military technology aspect of your channel. RUclips is full of guys who don't have a clue what they are talking about when it comes to modern weapons and armies. It's clear you do
would love to see some stuff on invasion of iraq from the australian perspective. also love the modern doctrine stuff as well. keep up the good work mate. appreciate the quality you put into these videos.
HHH, I'm a huge fan. Would love more Australian WWII content. Anything really...I think we are all sick of documentaries that don't properly reflect our contribution or sacrifice.
Historical history videos are always welcome but I think you need to consider what content you want to cover. From my perspective the best value would be covering battles/campaigns that are known about, but are not often covered in detail - possibly the New Guinea stuff you mentioned. If you're going to look at doing well known battles/campaigns to garner interest you need to consider finding a "new" angle - i.e. cover an aspect that hasn't been looked at in detail before, or better, challenge an existing common narrative that you believe is incorrect. If you try the latter you do need to be mindful that some communities don't always like the common narrative being challenged... (looking at you Wehraboo's)
great content man. keep them coming on RUclips. Before you move onto the WWII stuff finish your series on modern vehicles etc. WWII will be cool though
I was going to add my suggestion for future topics, but you’ll be old before you get through the suggestions listed below, I’m very happy to listen to anything that you present if it’s as good as you have done so far, thanks well done.
Would love historical classical battles (napoleon, roman era, usa civil or revolutionary war etc etc), from a modern perspective.....Falklands, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, The more the merrier. Please let me know once patreon is up and running and will happily donate my brother. Many thanks for your excellent content
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Any videos you do I will gladly watch. Very fun and as a Aussie it's nice to see an Australian doing history on RUclips
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An Australian point of view on modern military issues is so good to see!
I would love to hear about the Australian army doctrine, tactics, logistics and missions during WW2 or even WW1.
Definitely this.
To add to this, how much autonomy did Australia have in military campaigns in WW1 & 2, how has this changed over the years up to Iraq and Afghanistan
If you haven't already, definitely check out Ian McCollom's "Forgotten Weapons" channel videos re. the Austen, Owen, F1 and variants.
He's done a good amount of Australia-related content, some of it fairly recently. Cheers.
I’m interested in Australia’s largest military build up since WW2. There appears to be a defence spending announcement almost weekly….There are jigsaw pieces slowly coming together to build a picture with respect to an integrated “credible deterrent” as described by ScoMo….what is it ultimately going to look like…and will it be able to put a carrier battlegroup on the bottom of the Coral Sea if required?
Congratulations on 5k and Falklands war video would be great. Also the new hunter class frigate video/ modern ADF. Love the vids
Hey man, would love to hear about modern conflicts that are lesser known; especially around the Australian context
Agree with that
Malay Emergency, Indonesian Confrontation, Korean War etc etc?
Your content and explanations are 2nd to none , thoroughly enjoy watching your videos no matter the topic. I would like to hear about Aussie inventions and innovations towards military concepts, vehicles and hardware. Keep up the great work.
I'd love to see a breakdown and a blow by blow of the 2003 Iraq invasion. There's some great documentaries and RUclips's that have gone into the day by day tactical movements of the first golf war but the second is a bit of black hole. So would love to see you put your skills together on that!
The Operations Room has done the first 2/3 days of the ground war, and the first day of the air war.
I think the information you give on your videos is by far the best researched and explained than any other channel. I love the ones you have done on the ADF as it is very hard to get anything decent on it on RUclips. I would enjoy watching anything you put up on military history but being an ex digger I have a soft spot for your excellent videos on the ADF. Keep up the good work. Cheers!
Would really like to hear about past, modern Australian campaigns. However the forward looking strategic stuff is incredibly interesting and topical, given the current climate, especially considering your focus on Australia as it is often only lightly touched upon, which seems odd considering our position as a regional power.
Exceptionally thorough and engaging content.
Love to hear australian army in PNG & Borneo, Plus post war wars such as korea and vietnam
You should do a patreon, and I'm actually very interested you discussing the ancient roman military
Congrats man. U deserve it!
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I really enjoyed your coverage of Wau. Outside of Kokoda there is very little cohesive online video information (for those of us who learn visually) about Australian Involvement with New Guinea in WWII. I would love to learn more about the campaign in Aitape.
Your lecture style, structure, content and voice are excellent .
I feel discussion on Australian involvement in both the Korean War and the Malayan emergency and the more recent Australian Army involvement in the Phillipines’ Islamic conflicts would suit your style.
Lectures on Roman Army land and sea warfare would also be appreciated.
Contemporary military analysis is the content I would like to see more of. Particularly consideration and assessment of new/emerging trends in the Indo-Pacific; and how a military historian would view and understand them. For Example:
What should we make of India's Act East Policy?
What will be the impact of the proliferation of submarines in South-East Asia?
Will advances in missile technology meaningfully change the character of war? And if so, how?
Your videos are informative, detailed and very insightful. I really enjoy the analysis of ADF equipment and hope you carry on making these. In our current geopolitical climate some analysis videos of our potential regional adversaries would be great. Look forward to seeing more of your content.
I'd really love to see a video on Gallipoli, it would tie in nicely with your previous video about Australia's recently acquired amphibious capabilities. The battle could probably serve as a good case study for the challenges of sustaining an expeditionary amphibious force. It would also be interesting to hear about what the battle was like on the tactical level fighting in such undulating terrain.
Well done! Love the modern military analysis as informed and unbiased videos, especially of Australian military, isn't common but also would be cool to hear your insight into historic battles. I think anything that you find interesting enough to make a video on will get a view and like from me!
I really enjoy your videos about modern militaries, including the ADF and modern military equipment such as ships and fighter jets. In addition, I think Australian military history during WW2 would be an interesting topic. -Greetings from Finland
Thumb's up on the 5k.
Maybe focus in on China and there potential expansion through the region.
Congratulations on reaching 5k. I really enjoy your videos on the modern military and technology. You cram in a lot of detail and what appears to be your own research, your videos are a refreshing change to the countless other re-hashed copy and paste analysis that other channels seem to provide. Keep up the good work. I like Millenium7* for the same reasons as i like your videos so i look forward to more detailed analysis on modern airforce, navy and army assets.
Congrats on… 76K now! Love the work you put into your videos. I’d personally be interested in the ancient/classical history! The older the better, for me.
Thanks and congratulations! I thought your treatment of the F 35 was a well researched and balanced view of an "hysterical" aircraft. I personally would love some in-depth stuff on the PNG/Solomons campaigns of WW2. My Uncle (for whom I'm named) was a Military Cross winner in New Guinea. The RAAF was treated derisively by England with the out-dated, worn out and poor performing aircraft they were asked to operate with early on. If the USAAF hadn't come to our rescue with some decent aircraft, the Japanese would have achieved air superiority.
I dont use social media, so had no idea about your back ground, however, I knew you were trained as your research and script writing is second to none. When you reach a bigger milestone for subscribers you will have to improve the video side of things a bit, I'm not complaining as I mostly listen and my mind/imagination does the rest for me.
Have you done much research on the Australian Navy battles around Australia during WWII, one in particular stands out for me, The Battle of Savo Island. It stands out for me because of the 70+ year hush up over the friendly fire incident which involved the USA Destroyer USS Bagley (DD-386) laying a spread of torpedo's at the start of the battle and striking the Heavy Cruiser HMAS Canberra on the starboard side, effectively knocking her out of action. There is a great video of this battle by the channel called 'Montemayor', but he neglects that part of the battle as there would not be much 'easily reachable' information about this. I wonder with your research skills and the fact your Australian, maybe you might have some better luck to dig up more information about this tragic episode in Australian WWII history.
Have quite enjoyed the video's so far, and if your looking to do some Australian WWI/WWII content can we get off the beaten track a little and talk about lesser know campaigns/battles. I think the Timor campaign would be a good one, or as you stated Borneo/Tarakan/Balikpapan etc. Its not that I dont enjoy the more well known parts of our history, but to get new perspectives on the lesser known would be very well worth it. The Korean War has some very very important episodes in Australian Military History, which doesnt get much daylight aswell, this would be a welcome addition i feel. There are also the Malay Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation which, generally speaking, 98% of Australians dont know even know about, some content on these could also shine lights on the lesser known episodes of the Cold War era.
End of the day whatever you post I'm sure I will enjoy, as will others. Thanks for the effort you put in, very much appreciated mate.
Need a program on WW1 Beersheba, how the Aussie Light Horse took the place, and the British Empires "Egypt Expeditionary Force" claimed the victory. Also a deep analysis of Prime Minister John Curtin's decision to form a Pacific Alliance with the USA against the wishes of Churchill, enabling the defence of Australia by an Australia/US partnership. That was probably the most significant decision by an Australian PM in the 20th Century, and it marked the dissolution of any influence of the "British Empire" over the Commonwealth of Australia. Your videos are great.
This channel is great and I'd love to see more, whether historical content like Normandy/Falklands or more modern stuff.
Happy to receive WWII material and Falklands material. Primarily I find material in relation to current issues facing the ADF particularly relevant.
I find your productions very well presented and myself in "heated agreement", often having reflected on same.
Well done keep up the good work. Kind regards
1:14 "Either one sounds good to me at the moment"
I know that feeling! Getting my thesis ready for submission and then corrections afterwards felt like it would last forever.
Hey mate. Love what you do. Given the current geopolitical climate around China, I'd love to see a video that helps understand the viewpoint of China and why they have decided to position themselves the way they have? Why do they believe they don't have to play by the rules? Why are they choosing to be an aggressor? What are there weaknesses both militarily and politically? What can we learn from their past that can help us understand their intent?
Love your work mate, will watch any you make. I’m very keen to hear more about Australia/the west’s defence from an aggressive China. You’re putting out great content and it will be 50k subscribers soon!
Your content is great and I love it! It'll be nice to see some analysis on Australia's military role in the Asia Pacific with the new strategic threat of China and how Australia might adapt to this.
Love the channel mate, brilliant! Well done on 5K. Really liking the modern content especially how you cover not only system at hand but it’s integration into the overall ADF scheme.
The battle of Wau video also really stood out for me. I’d never heard of it before and I found it so interesting and the level of detail was great.
Suggestions for future vids
- modern content/systems relating to ADF and allies.
- WW2 and after relating to lesser known battles were the ADF was the principle allied force involved.
Here’s a q&a question for ya.
Is there a comparable time in history were we can compare the current rise of China and its challenge to US supremacy? What were the similarity’s and how did it unfold?
Mate, you are an absolute legend for what you do. Your videos are incredibly informative
and they are by some of the best educational videos on Tik Tok.
Personally, i'd love to hear more about the war in Iraq. I think a lot of people are
mis-informed about the war, so it'd be great to get a qualified answer on why things
went down the way they did. I also think it may the best decision for you to do
this because of the YT algorithm.
The patreon idea is great. It might be worth looking into some of tricks that more popular
content creators employ here on YT to boost views and so on. Going forward, I think more modern military analysis
will produce a far better pay-off for yourself, given history is a relatively niche interest.
First of all, great channel, congratulations and thankyou for your hard work and super informative contributions. for future endevours, I would love to see you do an episode or two (or even a series) on Australian-developed Military Tech through the lat 100+ years i.e. WW2 Owen SMG, WW2 'sentinel' tank, Bushmaster APC, Nulka Decoys, Ikara ASW weapons system, CEA radars, WW2 beaufort/Beaufighter program, CAC Boomrang and Avon Sabre fighters etc... Alternately a series on Australian battles and tactics during 1917/18 on the western front in WW1 would also be sensational.
Thanks...past history of the Australian Military is very interesting...characters included. Contemporary stories including info of the possible current theatre is on everyones mind...such as the Subs as you did...thanks for that info...great!
As an Australian and an armature military historian I love your videos. As much as I say, when it come to military history there isn't much I don't know, I have still learnt new things in your videos. Especially your video 'A Modern History of the ADF' I learnt a lot more about our doctrines and policies shaping our currant ADF.
While I'd love to see a series on Australia in the pacific war from you, I'm reading two books on Milne Bay atm, my pick for a new video would be on John Curtin. I'd love to hear your opinion of him as I feel he is not only our best wartime PM but our best PM overall. Between Curtin and Chifley, they laid the foundations of our modern Australia. Anyway that's my 2 cents.
PS a book recommendation for these topics is Pacific 360: Australia's Battle for Survival in World War II by Roland Perry.
Great channel, congratulations. I'm actually also interested in classical history as well. You probably can make some videos about your PhD topics, looking at modern warfare from classical perspective and vice versa.
Congrats on your 5k subs mate. I’m Aus cav so would like to hear your thoughts on the light horse and how they’ve helped create the ANZAC traditions. Also not shying away from the shit stuff we’ve done as diggers. The first AIF had the worst desertion rates of WW1 and there is some pretty crazy stories around the desert campaign and Damascus. Cheers
Congratulations. Well deserved. My Masters is in history of religion, but I've blurred the borders a bit by extending more into the history of social and political ideologies. Among other sources, I've found some wonderful material in the epic BBC documentaries of Adam Curtis.
In terms of military history in New Guinea I think comparatively little has been explored about the activities of non-AIF units (apart from 39 Battalion). I have a personal interest; my father was a company commander in 30th battalion (not 2/30th) after being one of the few permanent soldiers prior to WW2 (in the Australian Instructional Corps). I have a copy of their excellent Battalion history that covers from the defence of the northern beaches of Sydney, similar operations in WA, war fighting in New Guinea around Saidor / Sio and the capture of Madang. Later my dad was Chief Instructor at the School of Infantry. Lots has been written about the 4 AIF divisions, but not so much about the eight or so WW2 militia divisions.
Enjoying your videos immensely. Had no clue who you were but knew you were highly intelligent and I’ve learnt so much. 🤙 I’ll watch whatever you put up and WW2 stuff would be good.
You deserve it mate, your vids are top shelf and I’m surprised you don’t have a great many more subs…soon, sooooooon!🖖🏼
P.s..I’d suggest a focus on Aus WW2 involvement. There’s a lot of general WW2 channels out there (and a couple of real good ones that do it in detail) but few if any go into the finer detail of ADF actions and I reckon there’s an untapped market for that.
great work mate good to see a Australian point of view .. i live near Amberley air base.. when they had Talisman Saber on there were F22, E2 hawkeye , FA18 super and the rest that are at normally at Amberley
Analysis of Australia’s peacekeeping missions would be a good topic. East Timor, Solomons, Sinai, Somalia and Rwanda going into the strategic concepts of why we did those missions, what were the outcomes and what did we learn.
In my view, this doesn’t get enough of a look in
Don't forget Cambodia 91-93, a reason why I joined up years later, then medically discharged.
My personal preference - I really enjoy your modern military analysis more than historical stuff.
Of the ones you suggested, the Falklands would be the most interesting to me personally. And would definitely join a Patreon.
Many thanks for your work. I never really understood Kokoda until now. I would like to better understand what our boys did in Borneo 1944-45. The USN was island hopping straight toward Japan while we were fighting mosquitos and jungle as much as the Japanese. Was this a waste of time?
Congratz on 5k! Started with you on TikTok didn't know you had already been published that is awesome! 20th century content would be cool, more recent conflicts especially. It would be really interesting talk about doctrine shifted from the start to the end. Keep up the amazing content!
Keep up the great work. Followed you on tictok for few months now, you explain things really well. More WW2 great idea, also Falklands, Afghanistan and Iraq. 👍🇬🇧 🇦🇺
I like the more modern stuff more, but some WWII, and Falklands content would be cool too.
Congrats, much deserved. You have a great take on not just Ozzie issues but a great perspective on current and historical world affairs. Keep at it please.
Congratulations on 5K, the first milestone in many more to come.
I really do enjoy your channel and this reminds me to post something in the F35B video.
Video suggestion, the battles of Thermopylae over the centuries culminating in WWII.
Hey mate, really enjoying your content. Was wondering if your up for doing an episode on future Army expansion. Just heard of Washington approval of more CH47F and 75 x M1A2C and the M1150 and M104. Have also heard rumours of 4RAR being re-raised. Also agree on the historical stuff like Papuan campaign, falklands and Iraq.
Keep up the good work 👍🇦🇺
you like me really enjoy this content, the rumours are reraised but not confimred, time will tell im rooting for him to
I'd love an analysis of the Australian Army's battle of Tobruk. Great WW2 battle!
Your content is valuable and incredibly poignent in the modern context. Have met ADF personnel over the years, mainly in bars pubs and clubs. I am older and dont get out much so the first hand experience is dated.
Would love to see,hear more on RAAF and RASAS in northern Iraq (Gulf war) and Australias tactical strategies applied.
Appreciate immensely the content relating to our position in an increasingly belligerent world, diplomacy post WW2 has much changed.
All the best for your PHD, hope it is done and dusted by now.
Thanks a mil for real research and resulting vids!
Hey mate, I found your channel a couple of weeks ago and binge watched your videos. One thing you should consider is either doing a podcast, or releasing the audio of these episodes as a podcast. I love long-form well researched history and it mite be another good avenue for you to draw income from.
Also, I would love to hear more about WW2, and would even be interested in Ancient history videos.
Yes to all of the above. Keep up the great work and best of luck with the PHD!
With regards to your questions...there's already plenty of stuff out there on WW2 battles. I don't feel you need to add to it. I think your channel is great, and I really enjoy the contemporary nature of it. I'd like to know more about the current strategic position of our( the Australian ) part of the world, or the events or factors that have shaped it to now. For example, in less than a decade we have gone from being stand-offish buddies with China to....whatever it is now.
WW2 content would be great! I think the pacific theater would be cool to cover as well!
Given recurring questions about Australia's capacity to defend itself in the event of a hot war with China, I'd be interested in your analysis of the Australian army's rapid expansion during WW2. It is pretty incredible that approx. 10% of the population ended up serving; with up to 40% of total forces serving in front line areas.
More ancient history vids would be awesome (Battle of Zama?). Also love the WWII and modern content. I study history aswell, so great to know youre putting your skills to use here!
A PNG video would be great. I also feel like there isn’t much content around about post WW2 Chinese conflicts with Vietnam and Russia. That seems to be increasingly relevant these days.
Could you do a video on the vast array of acquisitions to come the the Australian military over the next decade?
I would love to hear your thoughts on 20th cent conflicts.
And I would consider you as my first and only partreon recipient
You're that good
G'day mate, yep, great job so far, I have watched all of your Australian content thus far (I believe). Would love it if you did episodes of the conflicts Australia has been involved with and maybe point out what units were involved and some insight into their respective histories maybe. Also, how about episodes dedicated to the weapons used throughout the history of the ADF, like firearms through the ages, same for tanks, APC's etc., similar to your great insights into the F-35's and the RAN boats. Whatever you do I am sure it will be insightful and informative and I'll do my best to share your stuff around to like-minded friends who enjoy everything Australian Defence Force related. Cheers 👍👌🍻
Love your work, by far the best I have found, so, some suggestions, Long Tan, Balmoral and Coral, Australia in the Mediterranean, General Sir John Monash, Sir Hubert Wilkins (including WW1), Australia Vs the Japanese in WW2, Kapyong, Samichon, the military kit of the digger over the past century or so, the evolution of the RAAF and RAN as well. Just a few thoughts many will suggest I am sure.
Like many others have commented, I will gladly watch any content you produce because you analysis is always top notch. That being said, I think you have found your niche covering military history in the Southern Hemisphere. I would love to hear you cover the Rhodesian Bush War, Paraguayan War, Sri Lankan Civil War, or even the rise of ISIS in Indonesia.
- Cheers from the US!
Really enjoy your content, detail and topics so far and well done on 5K subs. I would love to hear about topics seldom discussed such as each services (Army, Airforce & Navy) history through the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Personally I'd like to see an overview of Australian military bases and what they are used for, location, history and who is based there. Loving your channel. Keep up the great work.
Congrats on 5k mate! I’ve been watching a lot of your tiktoks and you have even answered a couple of my questions which is great. I’ve been looking at military videos for years now and this channel is by far the best. Love the ADF content of course. I reckon a good video idea would be an overveiw on a US carrier strike group. That would certainly boost your engagement.
Well done mate. As an Australian I love the content but if you want to get bigger maybe think about expanding into US/EURO content as well. I think something on Z force would make a great WW2 video.
Congrats on 5k mate, and good luck with the rest of the PhD assessment process. :)
I'd personally love to see a detailed video on Australia's air support/logistics role in Vietnam, as I feel that the RAAF's role in that conflict is far too often overlooked.
I'm thinking specifically about a couple of lovely old DHC-4 Caribous which now reside at HARS in Albion Park Rail NSW, ex Wallaby Airlines.
7.5 years in theatre, 80k sorties, 47k flight hours, zero fatalities. www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/vietnam/wallaby_airlines
Edit: I've raised this as a topic suggestion occasionally on other youtube history channels, would be great if it ended up being covered by an Aussie! Cheers mate.
i loved the Caribou's, marvellous airframes. They provided such a service, not sure if we have that same capability nowadays.
@@aussiemilitant4486 I've seen A4-210 fly a couple of times at Wings Over Illawarra Airshow. Hearing those big radials wind up to full power and seeing it leap into the air in a couple of hundred metres is a sight to behold! Regarding current capability, I think the Super Hercs and Spartans have us pretty well covered. The Hercules has certainly proven itself to be at least as tough as a Caribou, even if it needs a bit more takeoff distance. Cheers
@@sixstringedthing yeah I agree with you, but that STOL capability would be a excellent addition for Home Defence, using bush airfields etc. Maybe my thinking is stuck in the past a bit
@@aussiemilitant4486 you'll like this:
ruclips.net/video/5lL15KyoI00/видео.html
Congrats on your milestone!!!
How about doing something on the Australian involvement in the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian Confrontation? They mostly get forgotten and eclipsed by the Vietnam war.
Brilliant stuff mate, stick with it. Great to see some Australian content. Very informative.
I think what would be cool on WW2 would be time based tiktoks or YT vids as a series, as in a TikTok on each month of the major things that happened, how that impacted the war as a whole and were victories or losses for either side. I think as an audience without being there it'd be really informative and interesting to see it all unfold and how those battles impacted the allies/axis as a whole?
Your Tik Tok is great. I have the attention span of a moth and your vshort videos there has taught me more history then all of school.
Only just discovered your channel 3 days ago and you have now taken a good 5 hours of my life! Great work my friend, amazing channel where everything is so well researched. As for suggestions on historical content, how about Australians in the Middle East in WW2? Hope all went well with your PhD.
I am looking forward to your first ASPI submission, with the quality of your work here on your channel, I hope that this is on your horizon. The strategic community would defiantly benefit from you contribution.
Great content mate awesome.. keep up the Aussie content 👍
Love to see more 20th century, especially more modern like the Falcons war and wars in the Middle East content. Love your channel man just found it and it’s fantastic keep it up
Would love to see further breakdowns of Australian Military actions during WW2, such as the specific differences between the CMF & AIF or the Lae amphibious operations. These are areas that I would love to study but as someone caught up in the joys of a Masters in SOF & IW as well as shift work the only real tangible way to engage these topics is through researched videos like those that you produce.
Well done mate. Saw a F-35 on Anzac Day, amazing bits of gear.
Where were they showing F35s??? I wanted to see
Nevermind I googled it
Falklands would be awesome ! Keep up the cool content !
Falklands content would be good! Congrats on the 5k
congrats on 5k subs man you absolutely deserve it. looking forward to any future videos on any topic
Definetely keen on more of Australian Army involvement in different wars of the past 👌
also, yes do heaps more historical stuff! Thats the stuff i love, Even though I know about a lot of the stuff (alot definitely not all) It's just always great to hear the way you talk about it!
I love the military technology aspect of your channel. RUclips is full of guys who don't have a clue what they are talking about when it comes to modern weapons and armies. It's clear you do
Nice work! Roll on 10K subs
You do excellent work In my humble opinion and very keen to see more. You also have a soothing voice to accompany your productions. 😂 keep on trucking
would love to see some stuff on invasion of iraq from the australian perspective. also love the modern doctrine stuff as well. keep up the good work mate. appreciate the quality you put into these videos.
HHH, I'm a huge fan. Would love more Australian WWII content. Anything really...I think we are all sick of documentaries that don't properly reflect our contribution or sacrifice.
Congrats mate! looking foreward to future videos!
Excellent content ...for me...loyal wingman.. submarine drones....HIMARS with potential antiship crossover
Historical history videos are always welcome but I think you need to consider what content you want to cover.
From my perspective the best value would be covering battles/campaigns that are known about, but are not often covered in detail - possibly the New Guinea stuff you mentioned. If you're going to look at doing well known battles/campaigns to garner interest you need to consider finding a "new" angle - i.e. cover an aspect that hasn't been looked at in detail before, or better, challenge an existing common narrative that you believe is incorrect.
If you try the latter you do need to be mindful that some communities don't always like the common narrative being challenged... (looking at you Wehraboo's)
great content man. keep them coming on RUclips. Before you move onto the WWII stuff finish your series on modern vehicles etc. WWII will be cool though
Love this channel.it’s good to hear a non political side,and just facts
I was going to add my suggestion for future topics, but you’ll be old before you get through the suggestions listed below, I’m very happy to listen to anything that you present if it’s as good as you have done so far, thanks well done.
Would love historical classical battles (napoleon, roman era, usa civil or revolutionary war etc etc), from a modern perspective.....Falklands, Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq,
The more the merrier. Please let me know once patreon is up and running and will happily donate my brother. Many thanks for your excellent content
A history of our involvement in INTERFET, the lead up and outcomes those events would be very interesting
I will watch literally whatever you post as long as it has the same production value.