Soldiers, Marines and Aviators

Key Battles of American History

History

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🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this and the next episode, James and Scott take a break from the military narrative to zoom in and take a look at the lives and experiences of common soldiers, marines, and pilots on both the Japanese and American sides. What backgrounds did they...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.6	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.2	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.5	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.6	Here is your host, James Early.
0:44.4	Music James Early. Welcome back to Key Battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
0:48.2	This is James again, your host, and Scott is here with us.
0:51.4	How are you, Scott?
0:53.1	All right.
0:54.4	We have gone through the jungles Guadocanel and made it on the other end.
0:58.3	I mean, well, you and I, we haven't done anything, but at least looked at it.
1:02.3	So quite a battle right there.
1:03.6	We weren't actually there.
1:04.9	That's the beauty of reading about history.
1:07.4	Get to kind of feel the thrill and excitement without being shot at or being
1:11.3	getting malaria or being attacked by land crabs or anything like that.
1:17.6	So I'm sure you all remember, maybe it's been a week, but we just wrapped up a four-part
1:23.7	mini-series on the epic Guadalcanal campaign, which lasted several months.
1:29.7	The Americans landed attempting to try to chase the Japanese off of an airfield, and they
1:35.4	took the airfield, but the Japanese didn't give it up easily, and they kept trying to take it back,
1:40.3	and the Japanese refused to leave the island for months. And finally, they just had to because they were worn down.
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