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Marines storm ashore a rainforest-bound, diseased-filled, swampy death trap of an island
to take an airfield with no strategic value.
Sources:
Bernard Nalty. The Green Inferno.
Frank Hough. The Campaign on New Britain
John Miller. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul
Al Hemingway. The Incessant Rains of the Green Inferno. WWII History Volume 9, No. 7
Sidney Phillips. The Fighting Conditions on Cape Gloucester. (video interview) https://marinesidphillips.com/sid-phillips-on-capegloucester.htm
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Episode 347 - The Shinmiyangyo Incident ft. The Worst of All Possible Worlds
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Joe is joined by the cast of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time the US attempted to open Korea with gunboat diplomacy in 1871.
Sources:
Thomas Duvernay. Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea
Eric Niderost. Military Heritage Magazine. August 2002. Vol 4, no. 1
http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100407175236/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/marine_amphib_korea.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20041011181532/http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/sherman.htm
https://hsp.org/blogs/hidden-histories/the-other-korean-war-a-little-known-conflict-in-american-history
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Episode 346 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 3
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The conclusion to our series on the Shimabara Rebellion!
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*PREVIEW* The Fu-Go Balloon Bombs of WWII ft. Dr. Patrick Wyman
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Episode 345 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 2
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