151 - How Sea Control doomed the 17th Army to Starvation on Guadalcanal: The failure of the Tokyo Express
The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal cost the US Navy two rear admirals and six warships — yet it stopped 11 Japanese transports carrying 10,000...
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150 - What new tactics did Carlson's Raiders use to hunt Shoji's Regiment during the Long Patrol on Guadalcanal?
Colonel Shoji landed 1,500 Japanese troops east of Henderson Field — and the Americans needed three battalions and a week of manoeuvre to tr...
How do you defend an island nation when 40% of your trade flows through contested waters?
Forty percent of Australian trade flows through the South China Sea — and if conflict erupts near Taiwan, that route becomes uninsurable ove...
Strategic Context for Australia's WW2 mobilisation
Australia spent 20 years preparing for a war most politicians refused to discuss publicly — and that systematic industrial strategy may be t...
Australia's Road to War - 1936 to 1941 - Dr Peter Layton
Australia built a coherent defence industrial strategy in the 1920s and 30s that actually worked when tested by total war — yet we've forgot...
149 - Why did the Marines stop 1,000 yards short of victory at 4th Matanikau - Guadalcanal
After the defeat at Henderson Field, Japanese 17th Army headquarters remained confident — fresh divisions and hundreds of aircraft were prom...
148 - The Battle of Henderson Field - Guadalcanal 1942
This episode is the 14th episode in our Guadalcanal series. We look at the Battle of Henderson Field, which is the decisive terrain for the...
147 - The Japanese tank attack in the Battle of Henderson Field - Guadalcanal
This episode looks at the Sumiyoshi's tank attack across the Matanikau - an attempt to draw defenders away from the perimeter of Henderson F...
146 - Halsey's question for Vandegrift about Henderson Field's defence that influenced Pacific Strategy.
This episode looks at the defensive and offensive planning undertaken by the IJA and the USMC. It also looks closely at Vandegrift's meeting...
145 - 973 rounds in 83 minutes. The Battleship Bombardment of Henderson Field
This episode looks at the IJN and IJA combined planning for the assault on Henderson's Field, including the naval gunfire from the Kongo and...
144 - Situational Awareness and the fight for Guadalcanal's Key Terrain - 3rd Battle of the Matanikau
USMC 1st Marine Division vs the IJA 2nd (Sendai) Division in the fight to control the Matanikau River. The 3rd Battle of the Matanikau Part...
143 - Inside the Japanese OODA loop on Guadalcanal - Vandegrift and 3rd Matanikau
Maruyama vs Vandegrift in the fight to control the Matanikau River. The 3rd Battle of the Matanikau Part I - This is the ninth episode of ou...
Puller, Munro, and Monssen - the daring resuce of 1/7 Marines - 2nd Battle of the Matanikau Part II
2nd Matanikau - Guadalcanal and Pullers rescue of the 1/7th Marines. The 2nd Battle of the Matanikau Part II - This is the eighth episode of...
141 - Chesty Puller, 1/7 Marines and 2nd Matanikau, Guadalcanal
The 2nd Battle of the Matanikau - This is the seventh episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. This episode...
140 - Battle of Edson's Ridge: How the Marines saved the Cactus Air Force
This is the sixth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. This episodes discusses: *]:pointer-events-auto...
139 - Guadalcanal - Edson and the defence of Bloody Ridge
This is the fifth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. This episodes discusses: *]:pointer-events-auto...
138 - Guadalcanal - Battle of the Tenaru: How the Marines stopped Ichiki's night assault on the Alligator Creek
This is the fourth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. This episodes discusses: How did the Marines em...
137 - The Marines' Assault on Guadalcanal
This is the third episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. This episodes discusses: How the Marines seized...
136 - Marines vs Japanese: Brutal Battles for Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo
This is the second episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. Shoestring invasion planning Koro rehearsals fi...
135 - How the Marines Prepared for Guadalcanal | Operation Watchtower Explained
This is the first in a major series of podcasts looking at the Battles of Guadalcanal. This is an interview with Dave Holland. This episode...