Episode 625-Next Stop: Guadalcanal
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Selection · Edition 2026-05-15
Ray Harris Jr. covers the strategic pivot after Midway — the Japanese landing on Guadalcanal and the Nimitz-vs-MacArthur command dispute over who would lead the response. Short at 25 minutes, but squarely on the operational decision-making that launched the first major Allied offensive in the Pacific.
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