In this episode I am joined by Dr. Ryan Wadle, Associate Professor with the John B. Hattendorf Center for Maritime Historical Research at the US Naval War College. To this point in these series I have largely ignored the naval component because I couldn't do the topic justice on my own, but Ryan helps with a discussion of both the Atlantic and the Pacific, the challenges the US Navy faced during the early years of the war, before and after the US was officially part of WWII, and we round that out with a few bits of conversation on war movies and book recommendations.
Links
How the War Was Won by Phillips Payson O'Brien (Amazon Affiliate Link https://amzn.to/3NAnMSh)
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*Note: Around the 71 min mark I comment that the Army was mostly only training and preparing for Operation Torch throughout 1942. I do note at other times that the Army was already involved in the Pacific Theater -- when I made that comment regarding Torch I was only referring to the Atlantic / ETO / MTO / North Africa, which has been and will continue to be the area I focus on. The USMC Museum, 40th Infantry Division (CAARNG), and several others are contributing episodes on the Pacific Theater, however, and we have a handful of those episodes coming up this summer. I've decided to release them in close proximity as they are interconnected stories -- so stay tuned!