- 44 - Pacific War - Battle Ioribaiwa, September 20-27, 1942
As we saw in our last episode, we are amidst one of the key points of the Pacific War. With the disastrous defeat on the bloody slopes of Edson’s Ridge, the Japanese high command started to comprehend...
20 Sep 202231min
- 43 - Pacific War - Battle of the Bloody Ridge, September 13-20, 1942
Ten months after the start of the Pacific War, we are reaching one of the high points of the conflict. In the Kokoda Track, General Horii’s South Seas Detachment relentlessly continues its advance tow...
13 Sep 202250min
- 42 - Pacific War - Milne bay counteroffensive, September 6-13, 1942
Back on August 24, the Japanese had commenced their amphibious invasion of Milne Bay, aiming to occupy the airstrip at Rabi to employ it for the overland drive against Port Moresby. Believing it to be...
6 Sep 202228min
- 41 - Pacific War - Japanese advance on the Eora Creek, August 30 - September 6, 1942
In our last episode, we covered the carrier Battle of the Eastern Solomons, as the Japanese attempted to land reinforcements on Guadalcanal, and we’ve also covered the start of the Battle of Milne Bay...
30 Aug 202229min
- 40 - Pacific War - Battle of the East Solomons, August 23-30, 1942
During the last year, the Japanese Army proved to its adversaries that it was an unstoppable behemoth, defeating the British, American, Dutch, Indian and Australian forces at every place they managed ...
25 Aug 202253min
- 39 - Pacific War - Battle of Alligator Creek, August 16-23, 1942
Guadalcanal was one of the most brutal campaigns of the Pacific War, as the US Marines not only had to fight the relentless assaults of the enemy in that jungle hell, they also had to fight malnutriti...
16 Aug 202239min
- 38 - Pacific War - Battle of Savo Island, August 9-16, 1942
The disastrous Battle of Midway is remembered nowadays as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War, leaving the IJN significantly weakened. The Japanese would still continue to secure more t...
9 Aug 202256min
- 37 - Pacific War - Invasion of Solomon Islands, August 2-9, 1942
After eight months since the outbreak of the Pacific War, after many defeats at the hands of the invaders, and after many bold actions that resulted in the few successes that the Allies enjoyed during...
2 Aug 202252min
