Episode 626-Operation Watchtower Begins
The History of WWII Podcast
Ray Harris Jr
4.4 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:41.2 | Episode 626, Operation Watchtower begins. |
| 0:46.5 | Last time, with the Japanese landing on Guadalcanal, intending to build an airstrip, |
| 0:51.8 | Admiral's King and Nimitz had freedom of choice taken out of their |
| 0:56.1 | hands. Then again, here was an opportunity to not only strike at the enemy, something both admirals |
| 1:03.0 | were eager to do, but any attack here would dovetel nicely with King's desire to march up the Solomon |
| 1:09.9 | Islands and eventually take Rabal, |
| 1:13.0 | which all agreed would definitely weaken the enemy's harassment of Australia. |
| 1:17.9 | Now was the time to pick commanders and come up with a plan. |
| 1:22.2 | But there was more to this moment than commanders in a plan, |
| 1:25.2 | the U.S. having watched the Japanese conquer everything they |
| 1:28.9 | touched, with the exception of Port Moresby, seemed unstoppable. And though, yes, the Americans |
| 1:34.9 | desired revenge for Pearl Harbor, that does not a worthy fighting force make. No, the overall tone |
| 1:43.1 | of the Pacific Theater had to change, one of defense to offense. |
| 1:48.2 | The mentality required was vastly different. The changes would have to be systemic. One way to do this |
| 1:54.3 | was clear and consistent communication. The other was simply winning. Winning battles at sea, |
| 2:00.7 | in the air, and on the ground. |
| 2:02.9 | Despite the losses, that would come and that would mount. |
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