Battle of Midway

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Battle of Midway has gone down in history as a key turning point in the Pacific Campaign of the Second World War. In June 1942, the US Navy outthought, outflanked and overwhelmed the formidable Imperial Japanese forces thanks largely to the work of pioneering codebreakers.

Japan's first-line carrier strength was obliterated as well as a huge percentage of the country's highly-trained pilots, either of which were easily replaceable. But just how did the Americans find themselves in such a remarkable position, harnessing the element of surprise to devastating effect?

In this episode James is joined by award-winning historian Dr Sarah-Louise Miller, who reveals the forgotten history of the intelligence battle that set up a decisive victory at Midway.

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0:00.0	The Battle of Midway has gone down in history as a turning point in the Second World War.
0:06.0	In June 1942, the US Navy out-thought, out-flanked and overwhelmed the formidable Imperial Japanese forces.
0:14.1	They destroy Japan's first-line carrier's strength and their highly trained naval pilots,
0:19.4	neither of which are easy assets to replace.
0:22.3	But the question I've always been left with is how did
0:24.9	the US find itself in this remarkable position? How was the Navy able to
0:29.6	position itself in such a way as to gain that element of surprise and an incredible almost
0:35.4	unbelievable strategic advantage over the world-trained battle-hardened Japanese.
0:40.1	Well I'm your host James Rogers and in order to dig deeper into this history
0:44.4	than we've ever done before I've invited Dr Sarah Louise Miller onto the
0:48.6	podcast Sarah is an award-winning historian who has spent years researching the forgotten history of
0:54.5	intelligence behind such victories. And so Sarah is the perfect person to help us
1:00.1	explore the overlooked men and women of the intelligence branches who were pivotal,
1:05.7	vital to laying the foundations for this historic victory at Midway.
1:11.2	Enjoy.
1:12.2	Hi, Sarah.
1:15.0	Welcome to the Warfare Podcast.
1:16.0	How you doing today?
1:17.0	Good, thank you.
1:18.0	Thanks for having me.
1:19.0	Not a problem at all.
1:20.0	Thanks for taking the time to come on.
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