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6/8: #China spying prepares the same Pacific War battlefield: 6/8: Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

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🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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6/8: #China spying prepares the same Pacific War battlefield: 6/8: Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

https://www.amazon.com/Nimitz-War-Command-Leadership-Harbor-ebook/dp/B09Y64QMZT

Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitztransformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific fleet into the most powerful and commanding naval force in history.

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0:00.0

Hello there, it's the Harry Bikers here, and we are here to help you.

0:03.5

Yes, new listeners, to get more from your food.

0:06.8

We are indeed more character, more delight and more flavour.

0:11.3

Yeah, do we know a proper taste to do it?

0:13.4

With nor, of course, the nation's favourite stock.

0:16.4

That's right, so whether it's a chicken or chickpea comfort and curry,

0:20.5

or a hearty beef or bean chili for dinner tonight,

0:23.6

just be sure you give it more with nor.

0:27.3

It's a barricade. Oh, it's 1731141.

0:35.2

I'm John Batcher. The book is Nimitzed War,

0:37.3

Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor, to Tokyo Bay,

0:40.4

by Professor Craig Simon's US Naval Academy Emeritus.

0:44.2

We're concentrating on the relationships of the commanders,

0:47.0

the flag officers, the generals of the Marine Corps,

0:50.8

the generals of the Army.

0:52.4

We now come to Spruance Commanding the Fleet

0:55.7

during the landings on the Marianas,

0:58.8

and there is an opportunity to take on the Japanese fleet

1:02.6

and to go up against what looked at, at this point,

1:07.0

a Japanese attempt to launch all of its aircraft

1:09.9

and sink American carriers.

1:11.9

There were a great number of carriers

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