Summary Robert Shaw joins Andrew to discuss his experience working as an accredited Battlefield tour guide. Bob’s career in the British Army spanned over 25 years.

What You’ll Learn Intelligence

Becoming a battlefield tour guide

IEDD and Intelligence Work in Northern Ireland

Hypothetical WWIII scenarios

Special Forces, TECHINT, & the Bin Laden Raid

Reflections

Learning from history

Interpretation and understanding

And much, much more …

Quotes of the Week “One of the things about being an IEDD operator, our intent of course is investigation. And part of that is asking questions, lots of them, and getting, in a sense, answers and then following off and chasing trails or rabbit holes … It's good to be able to question everything and work out why it's there and does it fit … So it does really help with battlefield touring.” – Bob Shaw.

Resources SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts*

Alan Turing: Codebreaker, Visionary, Enigma with Andrew Hodges (2024)

The Real Ian Fleming with Nicholas Shakespeare (2024)

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: The D-Day Deception with National WWII Museum Curator Corey Graff (2023)

St. Ermin’s Hotel, London – The History of a Legendary Spy Site with Stephen Duffy (2023)

The IRA, The Troubles & Intelligence with Eleanor Williams and Thomas Leahy (2022)

DEEPER DIVE Explore the Sites and Battlefields Discussed

Thames House

Vauxhall Cross

Bletchley Park

Monument to SOE Agents

The Old War Office Building

The Admiralty Building

Beaumanor Hall

Battle of Arnhem / Operation Market Garden

The Khyber Pass

The Falklands Conflict

Abbottabad Raid / Operation Neptune Spear

Battle of Stalingrad

*Wildcard Resource*

The Battle of Gettysburg is perhaps one of the most well-known and most visited battlefields in the United States.

Take a virtual tour of this historic American site here – Tour guidance by Bob not included.

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