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    Ep. 7: John McManus on the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II

    Ep. 7: John McManus on the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II

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    Ep. 7: John McManus on the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II

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    Length:
    45 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 30, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Biography
    John McManus is the Curators' Distinguished Professor of U.S. military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. McManus completed his doctorate in military history at the University of Tennessee and is the author of more than a dozen books. His latest, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944, is the second installment of a trilogy detailing the U.S. Army's role in the Pacific theater during World War II.

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    01:12 - Introduction

    03:38 - Misperceptions of the Army and Marines in Guadalcanal

    08:44 - The Army's role in the Pacific

    12:46 - Geography of the Pacific and dividing the theater between General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz

    18:30 - Island hopping and the turning point in the Pacific theater

    22:26 - The infantry's experience in combat

    23:52 - The Pearl Harbor Conference and the endgame of war in the Pacific

    31:55 - General Joseph Stilwell and China

    38:39 - Prisoners of War in Japan

    41:32 - The legacy of the War in the Pacific


    Recorded November 23, 2021
    Released:
    Nov 30, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.