by WWIIPodcast | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWriter, Wes Tooke joins us to talk about the film Midway. We cover this pivotal turning point in the Pacific War, lead by Adm. Chester Nimitz. Young men like Dick Best, Wade McClusky and Clarence Dickinson lead the charge after...
by WWIIPodcast | Feb 3, 2020 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNeeding another airfield to attack Java, the Japanese quickly work up a plan to take Bali. Dutch Rear Adm. Karel W. Doorman and ABDA Command respond with three separate naval groups of Dutch and American vessels to stop the...
by WWIIPodcast | Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDuring World War II, thousands of Axis prisoners of war were held throughout Nebraska in base camps that included Fort Robinson, Camp Scottsbluff and Camp Atlanta. Many Nebraskans did not view the POWs as “evil Nazis.”...
by WWIIPodcast | Jan 19, 2020 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWith Singapore captured, the Japanese Empire sets its sights on Sumatra and Java. But first, the Celebes and Maluku Islands must fall, so Australia and other nearby locations can be kept...
by WWIIPodcast | Dec 31, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadDespite a 3 to 1 advantage in men, Archibald Percival, GOC Malay, is pushed by Churchill and ABDACOM Commander Gen. Wavell to defy the Japanese in trying to take Singapore. Yet Gen. Yamashita will continue defying the odds with...
by WWIIPodcast | Dec 16, 2019 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBringing up the Australian 8th Infantry Division, it’s hoped these fresh troops can stop the Japanese 25th Army from taking Johore and thus capturing all of the Malayan Peninsula. Yet Percival and Wavell are already thinking...
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