Parade of Destruction-The Naval Bombardments of Japan 1945-Episode 434

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Bill take a look at an oft-forgotten, but strategically important, episode of the Pacific War. In July 1945, Admiral William F. Halsey took his mighty 3rd Fleet to the very shores of Japan. Sending his carriers into the harbors and towns to wreak havoc, Halsey then detached his surface forces, specifically his battleships, to shell steel mills and infrastructure facilities along the eastern coast of Honshu. Over the final weeks of the war, battleships like USS South Dakota, USS Massachusetts, USS Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and others, pounded Japanese infrastructure with impunity. The shellings at Kamaishi, Muroran, Hitachi, and other locales devastated Japanese economy and inflicted abject terror into the civilian populace. Tune in to see what the guys have to say about this little known parade of destruction laid on the Japanese towards the end of the war. #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 434 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:22.0	My name is Seth Perrin, and historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:25.9	And with me, as always, is my esteem co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Tody,
0:29.5	former skipper of the Fast Attack Submarine, USS Indianapolis,
0:32.2	commonware submarine squadron three in Pearl Harbor and many others.
0:34.5	How are you this January 23rd, Bill?
0:37.6	I was doing my best Cosmo Kramer point there, Seth.
0:43.0	I too am a fan of Sunfield.
0:47.7	How's the weather in your neck of the woods today, Bill?
0:51.4	I tell you, I was outside trying to get my generator fixed, the Wi-Fi and my generator
0:57.2	fix.
0:57.7	It works.
0:59.0	And the watch tells me it's 54 degrees.
1:01.8	That's 5'4.
1:03.2	But it feels really cold.
1:06.3	And I know it was like eight degrees where you're something like that where you were crazy cold.
1:11.5	So I can't complain, Seth, but it seemed cold to me.
1:16.3	It was it was damn cold by us.
1:18.4	We got eight inches of snow in southeast Louisiana.
1:22.1	In Mandeville, Louisiana, we had eight inches of snow.
1:25.2	And the low, the lowest of the lows in my backyard was 12 degrees which is cold anywhere
1:33.8	yeah my brother's one of these people when it's 90 degrees in summertime in august here in florida
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