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Blitzkrieg: How Britain Invented, Then Ignored It
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Oct 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Here’s a special episode of Cautionary Tales, a podcast from our friends at Pushkin Industries.On Cautionary Tales, bestselling author Tim Harford shares stories of human error, natural disasters, and tragic catastrophes from history that contain important lessons for today. In 1917, a brilliant British officer developed a way to use an emerging military technology: the tank. TheBritish army promptly squandered the idea – but the Germans did not. Blitzkrieg, the devastating advance of German tanks across Europe in 1940, was invented by the British.This is a common story: Sony invented the forerunner of the iPod, Xerox the personal computer, and Kodak the digital camera. In each case they failed to capitalize on the idea. Why? Find out on Cautionary Tales. You can hear more episodes at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/warfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Oct 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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