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Key Battles of American History

American Bombers in the Pacific Theater

Key Battles of American History

Key Battles of American History

History

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In May 1944, the US unveiled a new weapon, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. It was bigger and faster than the B-17, it had a greater range, and it could carry a heavier bomb load (8-10 tons). Despite many early problems, by early 1945, B-29s...

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0:00.0

War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

0:10.6

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

0:16.2

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

0:24.0

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

0:26.5

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

0:32.6

Here is your host, James Early.

0:43.7

Music James Early. Hello and welcome back to

0:45.5

Key Battles of the Pacific War, World War II.

0:49.3

This is again your host, as always, James Early.

0:52.4

And as always, I have my friend and long time podcast

0:57.4

partner Scott Rank with me. Say hi to everybody, Scott. Hello, everyone. All right. We are

1:04.0

excited about this episode. I guess we always are, Scott. Like when aren't we? I mean, if we,

1:10.2

it's not great to start an episode. You know, honestly, everyone, this is boring.

1:14.0

We're going to talk about hand food rations and spam that arrives in Hawaii. This is the most boring part of World War II we could choose.

1:22.6

This is why we kind of use my patented, not really patented, but my 10,000 foot view, right?

1:29.7

We don't do entire episodes on boring topics. We focus on the key battles and the key topics.

1:38.0

So in this episode, well, let me talk about the last episode. I guess it's been probably a

1:43.2

week since you heard that, and you may have slept since then,

1:45.4

so you may not remember.

1:46.3

We took a deep dive into the Pacific.

1:50.0

Want, want, wow.

1:51.5

And there's some submarine puns there, too, listeners.

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