The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman

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The Unknown War: World War I’s Eastern Front

The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman
Nick Lloyd and Michael Kofman
April 28, 2026

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Episode Notes:

Mike is joined by Nick Lloyd, a professor of Modern Warfare at King's College of London, to trace the arc of a conflict that gets far too little attention in the West. From the opening battles of maneuver to the Brusilov Offensive and the unraveling of the Russian army, Nick walks through how the Eastern Front became the birthplace of modern tactics and the graveyard of three empires.

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