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...
Category : Guadalcanal
142 – Puller, Munro and Monssen – the daring rescue of 1/7 Marines on Guadalcanal
This is the eighth episode of our Guadalcanal series with historian and author Dave Holland. The episode covers the ‘Little Dunkirk’ evacuation after Marines were...
141 – Chesty Puller, 1/7 Marines and the 2nd Matanikau – Guadalcanal
This episode is the seventh instalment of our Guadalcanal campaign with battlefield historian Dave Holland. This episode sees us return to the Matanikau, this time with the...
140 – Battle of Edson’s Ridge – How the Marines saved Henderson Field
This episode is the sixth instalment of our Guadalcanal campaign with battlefield historian Dave Holland. This episode examines the Battle of Edson’s Ridge – a...
139 – Guadalcanal – Edson and the defence of Bloody Ridge
This episode is the fifth instalment of our Guadalcanal campaign with battlefield historian Dave Holland. This episode looks at the key planning factors that impacted...
138 – Guadalcanal – Battle of the Tenaru: How the Marines stopped Ichiki’s night assault on the Alligator Creek
This is the fourth episode in our Guadalcanal Series with historian Dave Holland. Battle of Tenaru (Alligator Creek): How the battle unfolded Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki’s...
137 – The Marine’s Landing on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal Landings: How Marines Seized Henderson Field The Guadalcanal landings in August 1942—Operation Watchtower—marked the US transition to the offensive and the attempt to stem...
136 – Marines vs Japanese: The Brutal Battle for Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo.
This episode looks at the first US Offensive land operations of the Second World War as US Marines land on Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo. US...
135 – How the Marines Prepared for Guadalcanal | Operation Watchtower Explained
Key Lessons from the Marines’ Preparation for Operation Watchtower The Guadalcanal campaign was the United States’ first major offensive in the Pacific during the Second...
