Guadalcanal: WW2's greatest battles

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Why did a remote Pacific island become one of the most fiercely fought-over locations in the Second World War? In the fifth and final episode of our series on WW2's Greatest Battles, military historian James Holland speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about the battle of Guadalcanal. He reveals why occupying the island was seen as key to victory in the Pacific arena, explores the challenges of conducting a coherent military campaign across land, air and sea, and explains how US forces were able to wrest control of Guadalcanal from the Japanese. James Holland is the co-founder of the Chalke History Festival - which runs from 24-30 June 2024. As a media partner of the festival, we're offering an exclusive 15% off Chalke Festival day tickets for subscribers to either HistoryExtra or BBC History Magazine. Check out our spring offers and benefits at www.historyextra.com/pod The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.0	This is a history extra production. Why did a remote Pacific Island become one of the most fiercely fought over locations in the Second World War.
1:34.7	Well in the fifth and final episode of our series on World War II's greatest battles,
1:39.6	I spoke to military historian James Holland about the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1:44.7	To find out more about the challenges of conducting a coherent military campaign across
1:49.0	air, land and sea, and how US forces were able to wrestle control of Guadalcanal from the Japanese.
1:55.0	James is the author of several books on the Second World War and also the co-founder of Chalk History Festival,
2:02.9	which runs from the 24th to the 30th of June this year.
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