The Strategic Bombing Campaign Over Japan with James Scott-Episode 415

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 115 minutes

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This week Seth and Bill welcome back historian James Scott to talk about the strategic bombing campaign over Japan. The guys get into the roots of strategic bombing, discussing Billy Mitchell, Duohet, Hap Arnold and the B-29. Moving west, the guys dissect the first few months of the campaign against Japan, taking a look at 21st Bomber Command's first CO-Haywood "Possum" Hansell and his failures before moving on to the massive personality that was Curtis LeMay. The guys then get into the massive moral and strategic shift that occurs within the USAAF when LeMay decides that fire bombing Japanese cities is the way to prosecute the war. Tune in and see what the guys have to say about the most devastating aerial campaign in human history. #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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 415 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:22.1	My name is Seth Pairdon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum here at Camp Shelby.
0:26.6	And with me, as always, it's my esteemed co-host, retired Navy captain Bill Toaddy,
0:29.8	former skipper of the Fast Attack submarine U.S.S. Indianapolis, Commonwealth,
0:32.6	Submarine Squad and 3 in Pearl Harbor and many others.
0:35.9	How are you this August 27th? We're doing back to back,
0:39.2	Bill one yesterday, one today. How are you? Yeah, well, I'm a bit smoked there, Seth. I'm doing a talk on
0:44.6	my experience in 9-11 of the Pentagon tonight, as we record this. Yeah, you said it, August 27th. See how
0:51.4	smoked I am? I didn't even hear you say the date. And I didn't sleep well
0:55.8	last night. So, but this is a good topic and it's really important. We've got to hit this one
1:02.5	out of the park. Indeed. Indeed. And if you're watching, you can see clearly that we have
1:06.8	another guest on our third member of our crew today, our returning guest.
1:11.3	He is the former Neiman Fellow at Harvard University, author of Black Snow, which is what we're going to talk about today, and Rampage, as well as many others.
1:18.8	The latter of which was named one of the best books of 2018 by the editors of Amazon Kirkus and Military Times.
1:24.5	His other works include Target, Tokyo, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist, the war below,
1:28.6	and the attack on the Liberty, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel L.A. Morrison Award,
1:34.1	scholar in residence at the Citadel. Please welcome James Scott. James, good to have you back,
1:38.6	my friend. Guys, great to be back with you all. Thanks for having me on.
1:41.9	Yep. We got an important topic to talk about, as Bill said. So let's get to it because
1:47.1	there's a lot to riff on here. Strategic bombing. By definition, strategic bombing is an aerial
1:52.6	offensive design to destroy a country's ability and desire to wage war by demoralizing civilians
1:58.4	and targeting an enemy's infrastructure. The key word is in the middle of that definition, demoralizing civilians and targeting an enemy's infrastructure.
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