75 - Operational Level Lessons Learned from 1st Bullecourt

<p>What mistakes occurred at the operational level in the planning of the Battle of Bullecourt?</p> <p>What role did Gough play in the debacle?</p> <p>Why did he make such grievous errors of judgement?</p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;"><em><span style= "font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #494941;"> 'Bullecourt, more than any other battle, shook the confidence of Australian soldiers in the capacity of the British command; the errors, especially on April 10th and 11th, were obvious to almost everyone'.</span></em></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9.0pt 0cm;"><span style= "font-size: 14.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #494941;"> Charles Bean, Official Historian.</span></p> <p>This is part of our <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/category/150th-anniversary-of-australian-artillery/?pk_campaign=raa150&pk_source=podcast"> 150th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Artillery series</a>.</p> <p>Check out the <a href= "https://theprinciplesofwar.com/podcast/?pk_campaign=libsyn&pk_kwd=libsyn"> show notes</a> for the podcast for all of the information that we cover in this episode as well as the images and other details that didn't make it into the podcast.</p>