by WWIIPodcast | Jul 2, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe marines on Wake Island are holding out, due to discipline and Japanese tactical mistakes. Yet Maj. Devereux is unaware of this and thus brings to fighting to an end. Yet the Japanese atrocities are only just beginning, against...
by WWIIPodcast | Jun 26, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWake Island becomes the focal point of US resistance to Japanese aggression. Adm. Kimmel will send a relief force to Wake, but will it get there in time. Meanwhile, Rear Adm. Kajioka of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in command of...
by WWIIPodcast | Jun 18, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe Marines on Wake Island are down to four Wildcat fighters, but are determined to resist any Japanese invasion, no matter the odds. “Hammering Hank” and Maj. Putnam and their pilots score hit after hit, but the...
by WWIIPodcast | Jun 11, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWith MacArthur’s airfields still smoldering, the Japanese attack Guam and Wake Island. But the Marines on Wake, though staggered after the first strike are determined to fight on. This episode is brought to you by...
by WWIIPodcast | Jun 4, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadGen. Douglas MacArthur, in command of all U.S. forces in The Philippines, is convinced that the Japanese will not attack until April of 1942 and plans accordingly. But as we have seen, Clark Field is ravaged and half of his B 17s...
