The Saga of World War 2: a Casus Belli Project

We continue the update on China from the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese war until the attack on Pearl harbor when the entry of the United States would change the calculus for all sides.

In this episode we fill in the blanks in China, catching up on how China found itself at war with Japan in 1937

A biography of the most famous Australian Soldier of all time: Tom "Diver" Derrick, VC.

My interview with David Milne, Senior Designer of Company of Heroes 3 for Relic Entertainment.

The final pieces of Operation CARTWHEEL finally fall into place with the capture of Cape Gloucester and the seizure of the Admiralty islands.

My interview with Ray Boomhower about his biographer of war correspondant Richard Trgaskis.

In this episode we conclude the Aleutian campaign with the invasions of Attu and Kiska.

Part one of the Aleutians Campaign including the occupation of Attu and Kiska as well as the battle of the Komandorski Islands.

Nimitz begins his drive through the central pacific with at the battle of Tarawa.

We finally reach the end of the Solomons campaign with the landing at Bougainville.

Halsey and MacArthur resume their drives up the Solomons chain in their effort to isolate Rabaul.

We now turn toward the Pacific theatre once again but first make a stop over the United States to discuss the war's effects on the US population.

A short look at what Fascism is as a political movement or ideology.

The four phases of the battle of the Atlantic form 1939 to defeat in 1943.

In this appendix I speak with author Simon Read about his book The Iron Sea.

The bombing campaign over Europe from 1940-1944

The Allies fight their way up the Italian Peninsula

The Allies begin their Invasion of Italy

The two and a half year long siege of Leningrad

The Battle of Kursk and its aftermath as well as the Smolensk Offensive