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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 310-December 22, 1941: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.54.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The main Japanese attack comes to Luzon on December 22nd, but Gen. Douglas MacArthur is overly confident. Besides, Gen. George Marshall is unable to help, as much as he wants to. This leaves the under trained and ill-equipped Philippine troops to guard the beaches of Lingayen Gulf. Also, the Asiatic Fleet will be of little help as their torpedoes, not that this is known yet, are mostly defective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast.

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Episode 310 December 22nd, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.

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Last time, the Japanese, coming south from Formosa, were able to land troops in northern Luzon on December 10th and 11th.

1:22.0

And this came after the thrashing General Breratons' Far East Air Force took most notably at Clark Field on December 8th,

1:31.0

just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1:35.0

Following this solid start in the north was another invasion, this one on the island of Mindanao,

1:42.0

below Luzon, on December 20th.

1:45.0

As things stood, the majority of MacArthur's forces were trapped, left with only a fraction of the planes and naval vessels

1:53.0

that the enemy would come with when the main attack got underway, and that was to start on December 22nd.

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Still, MacArthur, for his own particular reasons, was not unduly worried, perhaps as he was counting on reinforcements

2:10.0

that were currently on their way to Brisbane, Australia, 3.5,000 miles away.

2:18.0

As far back as 1916, American military planners in envisioning a Japanese attack on the Philippines decided that it was best

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