- 68 - Pacific War - Battle of the Blackett Strait, March 7-14, 1943
Last time we spoke about the battle of the Bismarck Sea. Though it was called a battle, what occurred at the Bismarck Sea was more of a catastrophic slaughter and a showcase of how the Japanese were n...
7 Mars 202336min
- 67 - Pacific War - Battle at the Bismarck Sea, February 28 - March 7, 1943
Last time we spoke about the landing at Amchitka and the invasion of the Russell Islands. The Aleutian island campaign saw a lot of action when the allies decided to investigate whether Amchitka islan...
28 Feb 202342min
- 66 - Pacific War -Landing at Amchitka and invasion of the Russels, February 21-28, 1943
Last time we spoke about the first adventure of the Chindits. Eccentric and quite literally madman Wingate was championed by Wavell to create a guerrilla unit to perform operations in Burma. Wingate s...
27 Feb 202331min
- 65 - Pacific War - First Chindits expedition and Operation Longcloth, February 14-21, 1943
Last time we spoke about the successful execution of operation KE and the battle of Wau. Operation KE was a success and the Japanese had managed to evacuate 10652 men. Simultaneously while Operation K...
14 Feb 202345min
- 64 - Pacific War - Battle of Wau, February 7-14, 1943
Last time we spoke about the successful execution of operation KE. The Japanese feints had proven to be effective as by the time the Americans figured out what was going on, the Japanese had managed t...
7 Feb 202329min
- 63 - Pacific War - Operation KE and evacuation from Guadalcanal, January 31 - February 7, 1943
Last time we spoke about General Patchs campaign to finally rid Guadalcanal of the Japanese menace. The Sea Horse, Galloping Horse and Gifu were neutralized and now the hybrid force of US Soldiers and...
2 Feb 202339min
- 62 - Pacific War - Battle of Rennell Island, January 24 - 31, 1943
Last time we spoke about the offensive against the Gifu. The estimation of the Gifu defenses proved to be greatly underestimated and it was only after the Sea Horse was taken and the Gifu was severely...
24 Jan 202334min
- 61 - Pacific War - Fall of Sanananda, January 17-24, 1943
Last time we spoke about the crazy scramble between the Japanese and Americans as a result of preparation for Operation KE. The American intelligence network was working overtime trying to figure out ...
17 Jan 202340min
