I’ve seen a lot of lectures and content from John Parshall. He is the world’s leading expert on the Great Pacific War. This guy knows everything there is to know about this war and WW2 as a whole and does a phenomenal job explaining it to the general public. He’s a true professional.

If the US had the intelligence of the possible attack on Midway, why didn’t the US just “swamp” the west northwest of Midway with submarines? It seems the US just had one in the area. Same with the Japanese, why not focus as many submarines eastward of Midway?

If there was no America, there would not be any Democratic Free World. Least, we should not forget that Germany exerted - at times - some 80/85 % of their resources against the Russians. The Russians seem to forget Lend Lease and focus on their ability to manufacture enough materials to stop the Germans. There should be more reporting on how violently the Chinese experienced Japanese intervention during their conquest. Despite the results, the consequences could have gone differently compared to the actual outcome. The involvement of the USA in both the Pacific and European Theaters including Africa is the most crucial entity that hastened the final results. Allies won - Axis lost. Thank you. Great presentation.

Great Lecture - Questions and Answers. Thank you.

Just read Craig L. Symonds book “Nimitz at War”. I highly recommend it. A well paced view of Nimitz’s WWII career. I feel understand the Navy’s tasks and results in defeating the enemy. I quibble about the Army bashing. McArthur accomplished more than almost any American leader ever. Nimitz was a different type leader but equally effective in war.

The Peanuts comic strip began in the 1950s. The artist, Charles Shultz, is a World War II vet. Served in the European Theater of Operations.

One the most informative and well researched presentations I have ever seen on the KZbin platform. Thank you 👍🇺🇸

The coverup with Hornet was swallowed by Nimitz and Spruance to basically protect John Waldron's name. Waldron as you see in the first Midway film KNEW that Mitscher was wrong and took his squadron to find the Japanese and their sacrifice enabled the victory. The rest of Hornet's airgroup accomplished NOTHING. The battle was won by Enterprise and Yorktown. IF this got out, Waldron could have been considered insubordinate and there would have been those that said he butchered his squadron for nothing. So mitscher got put out in purgatory for a year before being given a second chance.

Without Coral Sea we have Lexington. An undamaged Yorktown.

That GD wall paper of John’s- love that man, and his choice of shirts 😂

Thank you Admiral King. For taking the initiative and Henderson Field.

Bought Parshalls book, read it, and loved it. Need to read this to better understand what hsppened at Midway.

"Victory Fever" clouded Japanese decision making in 1942. Having made huge gains in a very little period of time of time in 1942, the Japanese had little respect for their enemy and this proved fatal......

Thank you for taking your time and sharing I enjoyed .

I know this book. Your conclusions are all wrong. Halsey acted foolishly. Marco Ramius.

Looks like the audience is 100% Baby_Boomers.

Great stuff

Wait... I know this .. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PACIFIC WAR. . . PODCAST Your missing the word podcast. Lol

Just my tuppence worth, John. At 49:42 the IJN having say, 5-6 Carriers, could they not have obliterated the Midway defenders and made it so much easier for the invasion force?

Two perfect topics General King - Philippines & Non-combatant Fatalities under the Japanese Please 🙏🏽 provide links for their material provided. Well done 👍🏾 by all! Robert N Johnson ACommon1 Connectivity LlC

General MacArthur was our General Montgomery.

Who cares in short. Its not important to me. The USA allowed the Japanese attack pearl Harbor. I gave you something to think about now figure out the rest.

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Very good.

Good stuff

Excellent detailed summation

great stuff, I learned so much. Thanks for sharing this excellent presentation

Did the Marine command on Guadalcanal quickly understand that most of the construction workers were Korean? Was there any effort to subvert the Koreans?

excellent!

What a great host! Lovely questions and Jon is a treat always

Excellent presentation Dr Symonds. Thank you!

Symonds and Parshall are two of the giants in the field of pacific war history today. Always great to see them.

Northern Ireland and thanks for all you do

My Dad, a WW2 veteran was often remembering notes and carvings saying “Kilroy was here”.

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The first famous thing that Stan Lee did was write a march for the Finance Division in WW2. No wonder marches and marchlike anthems appeared so much in the animated adaptations of Marvel stuff.

Super heroes go all the way back to Hercules. He even had a cape. The masked vigilante goes back before superman. The man in the iron mask and zorro are two pre-superman examples. Two years before Superman, a character was created in Japan called the Golden Bat. Secret identity, tragic origin, social mission, super powers, cape. Everything. Storytellers with illustrated cards would tell Golden Bat stories. This is two years before Superman.

This looks really nice. I would love to see it in person. One thing I spotted to note... In the movie Sands of Iwo Jima, the actual number on the Jeep John Wayne was driving was actually 123326, not 123226. I have some really good screen shots of it, too, from the movie to clearly see it's 123326. Anyway, just something I spotted.

In your book, Nimitz at War, describing the battle of Peleliu, you said,”Those losses were especially tragic in light of the fact that due to the changes in the strategic timetable, the island did not need to be taken at all.” You also said, “Peleliu was the one island conquest that Nimitz did not immediately visit afterward.” Of course Nimitz was a great leader and accomplished so much, but this was a really painful mistake not to give the men who fought on Peleliu the recognition they deserved by visiting there after the battle, particularly under the questionable conditions they had to fight. I’ve heard more than one veteran of Peleliu say this was the toughest battle they fought but no one has heard of it. I resent Nimitz not giving these men the respect they deserved as much as anyone ever.

"In war, the moral is to the physical as ten to one." Midway lit the fire in the firebox that got the locomotive at the end of that metaphorical tunnel moving FAR SOONER for those coming at the US from the other end!! OHHHH, to see a steel cage match between King and Marshall over this! Kinda interesting that NOW ole MickyArthur starts seeing 'plots', as opposed to his response to the Japanese catching him entirely unawares in the Philippines ..., MANY hours after the first attacks! Also, really grand that the time is used for Parshall and not meaningless introductions and problems with mics while taking questions!!!!

Looking at a modern map of Guadalcanal there is an airport near Lunga Point. Is this on the location of the Marine's airbase?

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The best short summary of the most critical two months of the war extant. The museum is a must see in beautiful country.

May I be allowed to issue an appreciation here? I thank you esteemed Jon P. for your sharing of the detailed analysis. I also want to give you praise for including your analysis of the leadership, their strategy, and their orders. I also want to praise you for something that I feel is rare and reserved for only those with an insight that may result from a determined study. You have let me see the importance of the allied determination to preserve the supply line to Australia, which I had seen in only a few writings, but not appreciated until I viewed your maps. Thanks for this! I feel you bring a unique vision to history, as you consider so many factors and are able to assess the relative contributions to the ongoing "present" situations as they progressed through time. I feel this is a unique gift that you have. I am therefore wanting to hear more of your teaching and I want to say I really appreciate your contributions. Please keep sharing your insights. I love how you gave the assessment of the period in terms of major naval assets. I also especially love how you provided your conclusion of the PERIOD of main importance, based on your considered opinions of many factors, of how this short time is a major "pivot point" (my term) in the war in the Pacific. I see that you have made a valuable contribution in assessment of the timeline of the Pacific war in showing how this short time was a pivotal and crucial phase in the conflict. It is rare that people can see a delimited period in history as so important to our ongoing life, and you are imbued with a special discernment. Thanks for your unique and special contribution to our understanding, dear Sir. May you continue in your studies and continue to bless us, the people of the World, with your intellect, and your insight as you continue to study history and help us see the past. I am so grateful to you!

I would be interesting to explore the influence Mac had, or was percieved by FDR to have had, with the Republicans in Congress. FDR & the GOP have been butting heads since 1933 & how those personalities played out now with Mac on the GOP team as a potential presidential candidate could stand an examination. As an aside, how did FDR, a eastcoast liberal deal with the pro-segrationist Dixiecrats of his own party would be interesting, esp. when compared to how Wilson dealt with them.

Man, it's worth the time for the shirt and wall paper alone. The excellent lecture is just the icing on the history cake.

Thank you sir, that was a wonderful presentation.