Guadalcanal (Key Battle 4), Part 1
After overwhelmingly defeating the Japanese fleet at Midway, American military leaders decided to go on the offensive. The first major target would be a group of islands in the eastern part of the Sol...
30 Jun 202146min
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT- Beyond the Big Screen
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25 Jun 20215min
Midway (Key Battle 3)
Thanks to the American code breakers at “Station Hypo” on Oahu, led by the brilliant and quirky Joe Rochefort, American naval leaders knew of Yamamoto’s plan to attack Midway. This knowledge turned hu...
23 Jun 202138min
Yamamoto Rolls the Dice
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 inflicted great damage on the American Pacific Fleet, but it left one group of American ships untouched: the aircraft carriers. In early 1942, J...
16 Jun 202147min
The Coral Sea (Key Battle 2)
Following up on their stunning military successes of late 1941 and early 1942, Japan’s leaders decided to capture the key Allied port of Port Moresby on the southern coast of New Guinea. They also hop...
9 Jun 202146min
The Japanese Blitzkrieg
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they were just getting started. Over the next 5 months, Japan rapidly and overwhelmingly conquered several European and colonial possessions in so...
2 Jun 202150min
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - The History of the Papacy
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29 Mai 20215min
America Gears Up for War
Between 1939 and 1941, the United States began increasing the size of its military forces while it ramped up war production. After Pearl Harbor, these processes went into overdrive, with the result th...
26 Mai 202156min
