by WWIIPodcast | May 3, 2021 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
MacArthur finishes up his escape from Corregidor to Melbourne Australia. But the news waiting for him is not the General’s liking, basically, there are more troops back on Bataan than there are in the whole of Australia. But Gen. George Marshall will sooth MacArthur’s...
by WWIIPodcast | Apr 24, 2021 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
It’s time for MacArthur to leave Corregidor, but how? Submarine, plane or boat. MacArthur chooses an early departure over safety, thus he and his will suffer for 600 miles on a PT Boat. But the net around Corregidor is being drawn ever tighter by the Japanese....
by WWIIPodcast | Apr 15, 2021 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
With the war of Bataan coming to a standstill, FDR and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Marshall start to think of the future. MacArthur is too popular to let be captured by the Japanese. Besides, someone will have to lead US Army forces in the SE Pacific and there is...
by WWIIPodcast | Mar 25, 2021 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
During the Battle of the Points, Gen. Homma would attack Gen. Wainwright’s western line. This allowed 1000 Japanese troops to get through. The Allied Command staff will soon find themselves dealing with 3 enemy forces in their rear. Hopefully the main defensive...
by WWIIPodcast | Mar 16, 2021 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Gen. Homma has decided to hit the Allied line in two sections. Which means, in Gen. Parker’s I Corps, on the eastern side of the Bataan Peninsula, Gen. Clifford Bluemel’s Sector C will get all of Gen. Nara’s attention. And Bluemel discovers a massive...