The Pacific Theater of World War II, seen as some of the bloodiest, most violent fighting in history.

Nations locked in a fight to the death and a total war that would kill millions and devastate landscapes and civilizations

across the largest battlefront in human history.

A war which for the United States started on a peaceful Sunday morning and ended four and a half

years later under the shadow of nuclear weapons. A war in which tactics and doctrine was written,

rewritten, and tested on a scale never seen before or since,

yet is often overshadowed by the European theater that occurred at the same time.

The winds of war may be blowing in the Pacific again today, and that makes what happened there in the 20th century even more relevant.

Hello, everyone. I'm Seth Perrin, World War II historian and museum professional with nearly 20 years worth of experience and research in the Pacific Theater. And I'm William Toady,

retired Navy captain who steamed the very same Pacific waters for over a decade where so many

of our great World War II battles were fought. Bill and I are kicking

off a new podcast about the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II titled

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War. In this podcast, we'll be covering the war from an

angle you might not be familiar with. For example, many people know about the Guadalcanal

campaign, but did you know that twice as many sailors died as did United States Marines?

We'll also cover the great leaders of the Pacific Theater, bringing to light some

facts that you may not be aware of.

For example, a lot of people still consider General Douglas MacArthur to be a hero.

But did you know that before the war, at age 50, he took in a 16-year-old mistress, and during the war he repeatedly changed

his operational plans resulting in the needless death of thousands of Americans. It's not our

intention to focus on the salacious, but we will expose hard historical facts that have largely

been overlooked by the general public. We hope you will join us and find our take on the Pacific War intriguing.

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