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The Pacific Episode 3
The Pacific Episode 3

The 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal is relieved and arrives in Melbourne, Australia. Battle weary, many Marines go AWOL, engaging in drunken escap…

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Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 3: The Barbary States and Their 300-Year Reign of Mediterranean Piracy
Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 3: The Barbary States and Their 300-Year Reign of Mediterranean Piracy

The Barbary States (Morocco, Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis) were the greatest thorn in the side of the young American republic after it won independence, p…

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The Pacific Episode 2
The Pacific Episode 2

In this episode, Dave and James discuss the second episode of HBO’s The Pacific.  This episode deals primarily with the Battle of Henderson Field, es…

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Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 2: The British Origins of the US Navy
Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 2: The British Origins of the US Navy

The American Navy was birthed in the Barbary Wars. Sure, there was a token navy in the Revolutionary War, but battles were mostly won in that war by …

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The Pacific Episode 1
The Pacific Episode 1

In this episode, Dave and James discuss and review Part 1 of the epic 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, which follows the lives and wartime actions of…

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Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 1: America Wanted to Take 1776 to the High Seas. North African Pirates Disagreed.
Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 1: America Wanted to Take 1776 to the High Seas. North African Pirates Disagreed.

In this new mini-series, Scott Rank is rejoined by James Early (his co-host on many other military history mini-series, covering the Civil War, World…

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Operation Tidal Wave
Operation Tidal Wave

On August 1 1943, a force of 177 American heavy bombers conducted a strategic bombing mission over the oil fields near Ploesti, Romania to deny petro…

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FIW 10: Epilogue to the French and Indian War
FIW 10: Epilogue to the French and Indian War

In this final episode of the series, Jacob and James discuss the legacy of the French and Indian War and the post-war lives and careers of the main l…

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FIW 9: More Conflict in the Caribbean and the Treaty of Paris
FIW 9: More Conflict in the Caribbean and the Treaty of Paris

Following the French surrender of Canada, General Jeffrey Amherst began working on consolidating British control of North America. Meanwhile, British…

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FIW 8: The Fall of Canada and the Cherokee War
FIW 8: The Fall of Canada and the Cherokee War

Having lost Quebec in 1759, the French tried to retake it in 1760 but failed. Soon afterward, three separate British armies converged on the last maj…

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