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The Pacific - Part 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…
2 years ago
G4: Japan Strikes Back: Tojo Time and Alligator Creek
The Japanese realized that if the U. S. were able to hold and utilize the airfield on Guadalcanal, Japan’s strategic objectives in the South Pacific …
2 years, 1 month ago
G3: Initial Landings and the Battle of Savo Island
On August 7, 1942, elements of the First Marine Division landed on Guadalcanal. They met little opposition and quickly captured their initial objecti…
2 years, 1 month ago
Midway (2019 – With Sean McIver) (ENCORE)
On June 4, 1942, a Japanese naval task force launched an attack on the American naval and air base at Midway Island. The task force then encountered …
2 years, 1 month ago
G2: The Road to Guadalcanal 2: The Coral Sea and Midway
In early 1942, Japan’s leaders decided to capture the key Allied port of Port Moresby on the southern coast of New Guinea, in an attempt to threaten …
2 years, 1 month ago
Tora! Tora! Tora! (with Sean McIver) (ENCORE)
In the late 1960s, a Japanese film production team joined forces with an American team in an effort to produce a balanced and accurate retelling of t…
2 years, 1 month ago
G1: The Road to Guadalcanal 1: Pearl Harbor to The Doolittle Raid
On December 7, 1941, Japanese air and naval forces attacked the American naval and air base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing 2400 Americans and heavi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Band of Brothers, Episode 10: Points
In this episode Sean and James discuss Band of Brothers Episode 10: Points. Easy captures the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden without resistance, and t…
2 years, 1 month ago
JFK in WW2
In this special episode, commissioned by Early's Raiders Colonet Daniel Fisher, James discusses John F. Kennedy's service in the Second World War.
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2 years, 1 month ago
Band of Brothers, Episode 9: Why We Fight
In this episode Sean and James discuss Band of Brothers Episode 9: Why We Fight. While on patrol, some of the men of Easy Company stumble across a co…
2 years, 2 months ago