Cracking Defence
Matthew PalmerDefence and Security, mostly (but not always) from a UK perspective.
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Disaster in Iraq
On the 29th April 1916, the British Indian Army’s 6th (Poona) Division surrendered to the Ottoman Empire at Kut Al Amara in Iraq. Over 13,000 men and camp followers, weakened by hunger and disease, fell into captivity; of those, many thousa...
The Defence Secretary Resigns, and Britain's Woes Deepen
In a shock move, Secretary of Defence John Healey has resigned from the government. In a damning resignation letter, he cites frustration with the lack of movement on Defence, and especially the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan, as reas...
Britain's Greatest Defeat
On 15th February 1942, Britain’s Malaya Command officially surrendered Singapore to the Imperial Japanese Army. After two and half months of brutal fighting, around 120,000 men were taken prisoner, and the keystone of British imperial defen...
The Art of War in Ukraine
Good morning all,
The second part of my report from Kyiv came out over the weekend, much delayed due to the British news cycle and the fact that our domestic politics are in turmoil (again).1 Published in the Spectator, the piece details m...
European Spacepower, Elitist Defence Experts, and Arctic Security
While I mostly write on this Substack, I do also provide words for other publications on a variety of defence topics. Recently, I’ve had a few articles and papers published elsewhere which would probably be of interest to my Substack audien...
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\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Former soldier. Accidental defence journalist. Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and RNSSC. Thoughts & feelings on defence and other things. Not always serious. Views my own.
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