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Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss tank warfare from its origins to the battlefields of Ukraine

Times

01:13 - Introduction

02:02 - The creation of the tank

07:48 - Parallel technological development of tanks and aircraft

14:20 - Developing thoughts on employing tanks leading into World War II

18:24 - Blitzkrieg and the role of armored vehicles, speed, and communication during invasions

24:13 - The Soviet Union's invasion of Finland

28:07 - The development of armored technology during the Arab-Israeli wars after World War II

35:06 - Russia's strategy for invasion, the likelihood of Putin overtaking Ukraine, and the future of the tank