4.19 The Southwest Pacific Theater, Part 1

The American History Podcast

Shawn Warswick

Education, History, Self-improvement

4.2 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Send us a text Today’s show is going to see us backtrack a tad. We haven’t really discussed the Philippines and General MacArthur’s area of responsibility, so it’s time to make that correction to the narrative. First, we will look at the Philippines and General Douglas MacArthur. You might be surprised to learn he wasn’t all that popular with his men in early 1942 and we will discuss the reason why. Then, in the next episode, we will move on and discuss the British in Southeast Asia, sp...

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1:32.1	The American History Podcast, season four, episode 19, the Southwest Pacific Theater, or at once.
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2:01.6	... Okay, welcome back. Now today's show is going to see us backtrack a little bit. We haven't really discussed the Philippines and General MacArthur's area of responsibility. So I think it's time to make that correction to the narrative. Now, first, we will look at the Philippines and General Douglas MacArthur. You might be surprised to learn. He wasn't all that popular with his men in early
2:52.3	1942, and we will discuss the reason why. Then we'll move on and discuss the British and Southeast Asia,
2:59.2	specifically Singapore and Malaya. But in order to do that, of course we've got to jump in our time machine.
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