159. Battleground '44 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On this episode of Battleground '44 Saul speaks to friend of the show Evan Mawdsley about the subject of his new book -The Battle of the Philippine Sea. The often overlooked battle was one of the major naval battles of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson X (Twitter): @PodBattleground Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.4	Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Battleground 44 with me Saul David.
1:25.0	Today I'm discussing the pivotal Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 with prize-winning historian Evan Maudsley,
1:29.2	whose excellent new book, Supremacy at Sea, Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory, has just been published. Evan, a former professor of international
1:34.3	history at Glasgow University, has written extensively on the Second World War, including
1:38.7	The War for the Seas, a maritime history of World War II, which won the Anderson Medal, World War II, a new history,
1:46.1	and December 1941. Evan should already be familiar to listeners of Battleground 44 because he spoke
1:51.9	about FDR on the recent Warlord miniseries. Evan, welcome back to the podcast. It's delightful to be
1:59.1	back again. I certainly enjoyed the last one and I'm
2:02.4	looking forward to this one, which I think will be a bit different soul from the last one, but also
2:07.4	I hope the audience will find it interesting. Yeah, I mean, the last one was very wide ranging,
2:12.8	wasn't it, on FDR and we're going to focus a little bit more tightly, of course, on the Battle of the
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