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The Withdrawal to Bataan with John McManus – Episode 605
Jun 23, 2026
Unknown duration
Japanese Landings on Luzon-December 1941 with John McManus - Episode 604
Jun 16, 2026
Unknown duration
Disaster at Clark Field: Air Raid Philippines 1941 - Episode 603
Jun 9, 2026
1h 52m 47s
Intro to the Philippine Campaign of 1942 - Episode 602
Jun 2, 2026
1h 44m 56s
VMF-221: The Fighting Falcons in the Pacific War with guest Pete Owen - Episode 601
May 26, 2026
1h 12m 00s
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| 6/23/26 | The Withdrawal to Bataan with John McManus – Episode 605 | This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome back their buddy John McManus to discuss the situation facing Douglas MacArthur’s troops from Christmas Eve, 1941 through the New Year as Wainwright and his beleaguered men begin the phased withdrawal from their fighting positions to the Bataan Peninsula. Among the many topics the guys get into is the leadership of General Jonathan Wainwright and how so very important he was to the overall plan in late 1941 in the Philippines. The logistics situation on Bataan, is also discussed in detail, all setting up the disaster that befalls Fil-American forces through the first four months of 1942. #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal #china #burma #oil #marinecorps | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | Japanese Landings on Luzon-December 1941 with John McManus - Episode 604 | This week Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall and their buddy, John McManus, talk about the initial Japanese landings on Luzon in December 1941. The guys get into the very real panic that was in Manila following the debacle at Clark Field and how the citizenry reacted to the news that the Japanese were indeed going to invade. The landings at Aparri, Legaspi and Vigan are discussed as are the main Japanese landings at Lingayen Gulf and MacArthur's response to those landings and the actions that follow. The early actions of the 26th Cavalry as well as Wainwright and others are discussed as we continue the set-up for the disaster that is soon coming on Bataan. #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal #china #burma #oil #marinecorps j | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | Disaster at Clark Field: Air Raid Philippines 1941 - Episode 603✨ | Clark FieldWorld War II+5 | Jon Parshall | — | Philippines | Clark FieldWorld War II+5 | — | 1h 52m 47s | |
| 6/2/26 | Intro to the Philippine Campaign of 1942 - Episode 602✨ | Philippine CampaignUS military history+4 | Jon Parshall | US NavyUS Army+1 | — | Philippine CampaignWar Plan Orange+5 | — | 1h 44m 56s | |
| 5/26/26 | VMF-221: The Fighting Falcons in the Pacific War with guest Pete Owen - Episode 601✨ | Pacific WarVMF-221+5 | Pete Owen | United States Marine CorpsNaval Academy+2 | — | VMF-221F4U Corsair+6 | — | 1h 12m 00s | |
| 5/19/26 | The Fleet That Came to Stay✨ | documentaryWorld War II+4 | — | USNUSCG+1 | — | WWIIUS Navy+3 | — | 23m 01s | |
| 5/12/26 | Appointment in Tokyo✨ | Pacific Wardocumentary film+3 | — | US NavyUS Army+3 | Tokyo BayPhilippines+2 | Pacific WarGeneral MacArthur+3 | — | 55m 42s | |
| 5/5/26 | The Battle for Wake Island✨ | World War IINaval battles+5 | — | US NavyUS Army+3 | Wake IslandSaipan+3 | Wake IslandWorld War II+8 | — | 3h 25m 39s | |
| 5/1/26 | Come Hang out Seth and Jon at The National Museum of the Pacific War on October 16-17, 2026.✨ | Pacific Warmuseum conference+4 | Jon | The National Museum of the Pacific War | Fredericksburg, Texas | Pacific Warconference+3 | — | 2m 51s | |
| 4/28/26 | Attack on Pearl Harbor--The First Wave✨ | Pearl HarborWorld War II+3 | Jon Parshall | — | — | Pearl Harborattack+3 | — | 2h 16m 55s | |
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| 4/21/26 | Touring the National Naval Aviation Museum✨ | National Naval Aviation Museumaviation history+3 | — | National Naval Aviation MuseumCV6 | NAS PensacolaPensacola, Florida | aviation museummilitary history+3 | — | 1h 08m 25s | |
| 4/14/26 | Season 5 Finale--Questions and Answers on the Pacific War✨ | Pacific WarQ&A+3 | Jon ParshallShawn Bergstrom | — | — | Pacific WarQ&A+3 | — | 2h 14m 50s | |
| 4/7/26 | Shipbuilding and Fleet Repair in the PTO with Sal Mercogliano – Episode 549✨ | shipbuildingfleet repair+4 | Sal Mercogliano | US NavyTwo Ocean Navy Act | Pacific theater of Operations | shipbuildingfleet repair+5 | — | 1h 56m 43s | |
| 3/31/26 | Task Force 58 Under Attack 1943-45 Archival Footage – Episode 548✨ | archival footageTask Force 58+3 | Jon Parshall | USS WashingtonUSS Lexington+6 | — | Task Force 58archival footage+3 | — | 1h 48m 27s | |
| 3/24/26 | The Dangerous Shore with Sara Vladic – Episode 547✨ | homefrontWorld War II+4 | Sara Vladic | The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America | — | World War IIhomefront+5 | — | 1h 27m 53s | |
| 3/17/26 | Pacific War Historians Chat with John McManus - Episode 546✨ | researchWorld War II+3 | John McManus | US NavyUS Army+5 | — | WWII historyresearch techniques+3 | — | 1h 45m 01s | |
| 3/10/26 | Fast Oilers and Logistics in the Pacific War with Sal Mercogliano – Episode 545✨ | US Navy logisticsPacific War+4 | Sal Mercogliano | What’s Going on With Shipping | — | fast oilerslogistics+6 | — | 1h 48m 54s | |
| 2/24/26 | Campaign in Burma 1942: The Fall of Rangoon to The End in 42 - Episode 543✨ | Burma CampaignWorld War II+3 | Jon Parshall | — | BurmaRangoon | BurmaRangoon+6 | — | 1h 25m 37s | |
| 2/17/26 | The Burma Campaign: Japanese Invasion to Sittang Bridge - Episode 542✨ | Burma CampaignJapanese Invasion+4 | Jon Parshall | 15th Army17th Indian Division | — | Burma CampaignJapanese Invasion+5 | — | 1h 27m 01s | |
| 2/10/26 | Japanese Archival Footage from 1942 - Episode 541✨ | Japanese archival footageWorld War II+3 | Jon Parshall | EnterpriseSouth Dakota+7 | IndonesiaBurma+3 | Japanese footageWorld War II+3 | — | 1h 22m 12s | |
| 2/3/26 | Questions and Answers on the PTO Round 5 – Episode 540 | This week Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall and Shawn Bergstrom get into more of your listener questions as we take one more dive into the email inbox. Topics range all over the map and are frankly too numerous to list, the conversation is lively, fun and engaging. Hope you made the cut as we round out the q&a’s for this season. Thanks to all of the Nerderati who sent in the amazing questions. We hope we did you proud. | — | ||||||
| 1/27/26 | Questions and Answers on the Pacific War Round 4 - Episode 539 | This week Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall and Shawn Bergstrom tackle more of your listener questions as we wade through round four of the Q&A episodes. Questions dealing with POWs, brutality in the PTO, who was replaceable, hidden conversations, and even the dreaded counter-factuals are tackled in this deep dive. Check it out, maybe your question made the cut. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/26 | The Battles of Hong Kong and Changsha – Episode 538 | This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall take a step to the east and look at the Battle of Hong Kong and the subsequent third Battle of Changsha. In the late 1930’s, Great Britain felt that defending the city of Hong Kong and it’s environs was not worth the waste of manpower and materiel. Yet, by 1941, they had changed their tune, albeit half-heartedly. Hong Kong’s survival, not to the British, but to the Chinese, was invaluable, so the crown invested both men and machine to the defense. The fight that followed had an expected ending, but the time in between saw some of the most fierce fighting thus far during the young war. British, Indian and especially, the Canadians, fought tooth and nail to hold the area, eventually falling to the Japanese wave. On the mainland, the Japanese sought to create an opportunity to capture the vital city of Changsha, something that had thus far, eluded them. In the battle that follows, the Japanese not only fail in their quest, but nearly lose an entire Army to Chinese Nationalist forces in the only major Allied victory against the Japanese in the first few months of the war. | — | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | Battle of Eastern Solomons and Battle of Santa Cruz Archival Footage – Episode 537 | This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall dig into some incredible archival footage from the final two carrier battles of 1942. The Battle of Eastern Solomons, fought on August 24, 1942, was the first carrier battle since Midway and saw USS Enterprise and USS Saratoga engage Japanese carrier forces in a short, sharp clash. Enterprise is heavily damaged during the battle, and the guys dissect the footage shot from the Big E frame by frame, while simultaneously busting a couple of myths about the footage. Following the violent Eastern Solomons footage, the guys look at the footage shot aboard CV-6 at Santa Cruz in October, as well as footage of USS Hornet (CV-8) and her final moments. The footage in this one is visceral, violent and close-up, but vitally important and utterly fascinating as we see ships like USS South Dakota, North Carolina, San Diego, San Juan, Pensacola, Northampton, Smith and others in incredible action. Check this one out, Nerderatti, you’ll dig it. US National Archives footage shown here are reels: 428npc13397 428npc13399 428npc13400 #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal | — | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | Q&A Session Round 3 with Special Guest John McManus – Episode 536 | This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome their mutual pal, historian and author John McManus back to the show for another Q&A round with emcee US Army retired Major Shawn Bergstrom. This session gets DEEP in the weeds on several topics such as the American Homefront, PTSD, war dogs, Tarawa, New Guinea, bypassed Japanese bastions and much, much more. This episode is a lot of fun, and the questions are, and continue to be, absolutely amazing. Thank you so much to our beloved Nerderati, who have really brought their A-game to these Q&A episodes. You guys rock. #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #fdr #president #roosevelt #doolittle #doolittleraid #pearlharborattack #salvaged #medalofhonor #tarawa #malayalam #singapore #guadalcanal | — | ||||||
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