We continue the update on China from the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese war until the attack on Pearl harbor when the entry of the United States would change the calculus for all sides.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode we fill in the blanks in China, catching up on how China found itself at war with Japan in 1937 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Diver Derrick was an Australian Soldier who fought in several campaigns of the second world war including the North Africa campaign, which is featured in the game, where he was present for the Battles of Tobruk and El Alamein, discussed back in Episode 14 if I’m not mistaken. Following the North African campaign he returned to Australia, received his commission and went back on campaign in the South Pacific, participating in the New Guinea Campaign where he earned his Victoria Cross. Later he participated in the battle for Borneo where he was killed by fire from a Japanese machine gun. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My interview with David Milne, Senior Designer of Company of Heroes 3 for Relic Entertainment. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The final pieces of Operation CARTWHEEL finally fall into place with the capture of Cape Gloucester and the seizure of the Admiralty islands.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My interview with Ray Boomhower about his biographer of war correspondant Richard Trgaskis.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the morning of May 11th, 1943 11,000 troops were staged at sea for the assault on Attu Island. The first men ashore were those of the 7th Scout Company who paddled to the beach before dawn from their submarines.. At 3 in the morning the first first troops from Narwhal waded in followed by the men from the Nautilus at 0500. The remainder of the company were much delayed when their transport, the destroyer USS Kane, could not find the landing beach for several hours. They came ashore, amidst the frigid pre-dawn surf, at SCARLET beach, nine miles north-west of the overall objective: Chicagoff harbor. Their first task after landing was to determine whether the beach was suitable for a larger landing with more troops and equipment. Theirs was the northern and westernmost landing point. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The strategic situation that resulted in the Aleutian Islands campaign is rooted in the same events that shaped the Southwest Pacific, and the Central Pacific which we have discussed at length beginning way back in episode 18 but to recap: in the wake of Pearl harbor the Japanese exploded across the pacific, seizing land in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomons, and the Central Pacific in order to forge a massive island perimeter around the western Pacific. The Aleutian Islands, stretching from the tip of Alaska more than a thousand miles westward toward Asia, represented what the Japanese saw as the key to defending their North Eastern flank. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode we begin Admiral Nimitz drive through the central Pacific with the siezure of the Gilbert Islands and the battle of Tarawa, the first amphibious invasion of a coral atoll by the US Navy of the war. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We finally reach the end of the Solomons campaign with the landing at Bougainville.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-saga-of-world-war-2-a-casus-belli-project7137/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy