The Saga of World War 2: a Casus Belli Project

We continue the update on China from the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese war until the attack on Pearl harbor when the entry of the United States would change the calculus for all sides. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2023

In this episode we fill in the blanks in China, catching up on how China found itself at war with Japan in 1937 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2023

Diver Derrick was an Australian Soldier who fought in several campaigns of the second world war including the North Africa campaign, which is featured in the game, where he was present for the Battles of Tobruk and El Alamein, discussed back in Episode 14 if I’m not mistaken. Following the North African campaign he returned to Australia, received his commission and went back on campaign in the South Pacific, participating in the New Guinea Campaign where he earned his Victoria Cross. Later he participated in the battle for Borneo where he was killed by fire from a Japanese machine gun. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 22 March 2023

My interview with David Milne, Senior Designer of Company of Heroes 3 for Relic Entertainment. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2023

The final pieces of Operation CARTWHEEL finally fall into place with the capture of Cape Gloucester and the seizure of the Admiralty islands. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2023

My interview with Ray Boomhower about his biographer of war correspondant Richard Trgaskis. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2023

On the morning of May 11th, 1943 11,000 troops were staged at sea for the assault on Attu Island. The first men ashore were those of the 7th Scout Company who paddled to the beach before dawn from their submarines.. At 3 in the morning the first first troops from Narwhal waded in followed by the men from the Nautilus at 0500. The remainder of the company were much delayed when their transport, the destroyer USS Kane, could not find the landing beach for several hours. They came ashore, amidst the frigid pre-dawn surf, at SCARLET beach, nine miles north-west of the overall objective: Chicagoff harbor. Their first task after landing was to determine whether the beach was suitable for a larger landing with more troops and equipment. Theirs was the northern and westernmost landing point. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 1 March 2023

The strategic situation that resulted in the Aleutian Islands campaign is rooted in the same events that shaped the Southwest Pacific, and the Central Pacific which we have discussed at length beginning way back in episode 18 but to recap: in the wake of Pearl harbor the Japanese exploded across the pacific, seizing land in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomons, and the Central Pacific in order to forge a massive island perimeter around the western Pacific. The Aleutian Islands, stretching from the tip of Alaska more than a thousand miles westward toward Asia, represented what the Japanese saw as the key to defending their North Eastern flank. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2023

In this episode we begin Admiral Nimitz drive through the central Pacific with the siezure of the Gilbert Islands and the battle of Tarawa, the first amphibious invasion of a coral atoll by the US Navy of the war. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2022

We finally reach the end of the Solomons campaign with the landing at Bougainville. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2022

Halsey and MacArthur resume their drives up the Solomons chain in their effort to isolate Rabaul. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2022

Like every other nation locked in the global struggle in 1944 the United States had become a warfare state. Unlike the people of almost every other nation that had mobilized for war however the average American suffered very little. Unlike the populations of the United Kingdom, Japan, the Soviet Union, or any other Eurasion country the civil population of the United States was not subject to marauding enemy armies or aerial bombardment or even significant shortages of goods. The isolation provided by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along with the great bounty of the American interior meant few were ever really under threat of enemy action or privation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2022

A short look at what fascism is as a political movement and ideology. I have talked about fascism quite a bit but never defined it. This appendix corrects that. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 4 May 2021

The Battle of the Atlantic from 1939 to 1943 covering the four major phases of the Atlantic conflict. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2021

In this appendix I speak with author Simon Read about his book The Iron Sea. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2021

In this episode we cover the development of the allied bomber forces over Europe from a "ramshackle airfreight service" to juggernauts of destruction. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2021

Hitler rescues Mussolini and the Allies battle their way up the Italian Peninsula until they are checked by Marshal Kesselring and the Gustav line. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2021

The allies begin their invasion of Europe and Mussolini finally falls. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2020

In this episode we cover the siege of Leningrad which lasted form September 1941 to January of 1944. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2020

The Battle of Kursk and its aftermath as well as the Smolensk Offensive Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2020

A discussion of the summit at Casablanca followed by the Soviet Winter Offensive of 1943 and Manstein's counter stroke. This then sets the stage for Operation Citadel and the Battle of Kursk. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2020

In this episode we cover the battle of Stalingrad then discuss the occupation of Europe by the Nazis. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2020

A biography of Dwight Eisenhower and the end of the North Africa Campaign. I also fill in some gaps that I had left with some other minor campaigns in Africa and the Middle East. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2020

A supplement Appendix E Part 1 describing the state of maritime power heading into the Second World War Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2020

The United States finally enters the war against the European Axis with the landings in North Africa. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 3 May 2020

We finally come to an end in the Battle of Guadalcanal and then transition over to North Africa to prepare for the Battle of El Alamein. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 19 April 2020

The New Guinea campaign, the final defense of Henderson Field, and the Battle of Santa Cruz. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 5 April 2020

The next stage in the Epic of Guadalcanal including the battle of Cape Esperance and a short bio of Admiral "Bull" Halsey. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 22 March 2020

The Battle of Guadalcanal continues at the battles of Bloody Ridge and Torpedo Junction. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 8 March 2020

America finally begins the long campaign to defeat japan. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 23 February 2020

The battles of the Coral Sea and Midway through the lens of Naval doctrine and Carrier tactics of the early pacific war. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2020

In this installment we continue the North African campaign and set the stage for the battle of El Alamein and introduce another iconic character; Bernard Law Montgomery. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 26 January 2020

An interview with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Eric Lichtblau and his book Return to the Reich; a Holocaust Refugee's Mission to Defeat the Nazis. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2019

The war on the eastern front continues with the soviet winter counter offensive. Then raid on Dieppe provides the allies with dire lessons. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 26 October 2019

In this episode we pause for a moment before returning to Europe to see where America was as she entered the War. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2019

In this episode I interview Carl Timms of Dark Matter Films about his documentary "In Toni's Footsteps" which can be found on Vimeo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 17 August 2019

The fall of the Philippines, Japanese raids in the Indian Ocean, and the Doolittle raid. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2019

My interview with Stephen Robinson about his new book "Panzer Commander Herman Balck, Germany's Master Tactician." Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 13 July 2019

The Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies and the Raid on Darwin. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2019

The Japanese conquest of Hong Kong and the Fall of Singapore. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2019

The Japanese blitz in South East Asia including the occupation of French Indochina and British Malaya. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 21 December 2018

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent operations. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2018

In this episode we detail Japan's road to war with the United States. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 28 May 2018

We trace the rise of Modern Japan from isolationist backwater to World Power. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 29 April 2018

A brief rundown of the life of Charles de Gaulle Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2018

The war on the eastern front continues, the arctic convoys, and Operation Crusader. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2018

The war on the eastern front continues. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2018

The life and rise of Joseph Stalin, the infamous Premier of the Soviet Union. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2018

The sinking of the Bismarck and the first days of the invasion of Russia. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2018

In this episode we cover the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, the battle for Crete, and discuss the life and career of Erwin Rommel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2018