Any program with Seth Paridon is a must watch!!!! Very interesting to listen to and very knowledgeable. Peleliu sure was a sad campaign that it wasn't avoided and ADM Spruance's recommendation on Iwo wasn't taken. Thanks Seth and Woody--great job!!!!
@robert5060073 ай бұрын
ITS SETH!!!!!!! Free unauthorized Podcast of the Pacific War Episode!!!
@PalleRasmussen3 ай бұрын
It is not, no Bill Toti Commander of US fast Attack submarine Indianapolis, and Attack Squadron 3 in Pearl Harbour.
@garyaugust19533 ай бұрын
As expected Seth was brilliant. In depth knowledge, honest summarising of individuals and decision making. Another fantastic presentation.
@jimwatts9143 ай бұрын
Two of my favorite historians describe the lead-up to Peleliu and the grinding down of 1st Marine Division for little gain. Seth knows his Pacific War and co-hosts the second best WW2 KZbin channel after Woodys. Learned a lot about war in the biggest ocean on Earth.
@buonafortuna89283 ай бұрын
Great guest. He just came across as totally candid. Refreshing to hear a new perspective on Macarthur and a little criticism for Nimitz. Though, as you have said, its 80 years ago and these were, largely, ordinary blokes in extraordinary circumstances, trying to do their best. Great show Paul
@PalleRasmussen3 ай бұрын
Notice that Bill and Seth hates Douglas McArthur.
@conocoex3 ай бұрын
Enjoy both podcasts so the two of you together is a treat!
@Pam_N3 ай бұрын
Excellent show. Strips the veneer off the Peleliu myths.
@georgecooksey82163 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation and discussion. Thank you Paul and Seth.
@lewistrott4173 ай бұрын
Great episode. Mr Paridon has a lot of energy and passion which I appreciate. I also appreciate historians who are not afraid to challenge the prevailing historical record in an effort to get the story accurate and I think he does a great job in this episode of that. Really enjoyed this, thanks to both of you.
@Nyllsor3 ай бұрын
Well said!
@v.mwilliams11013 ай бұрын
Excellent as usual Paul. Really enjoy Seth and his and Cpt. Bill's show. Thank you for this.
@stevej80053 ай бұрын
Brilliant discussion of an amphibious assault that will continue to raise questions regarding it's tactical/strategic value. This should NEVER detract from the performance of the 1st Marines who lost their lives in trying to achieve the objective. Seth always presents a learning experience, so thank you Paul for getting him on to your channel again !!
@standyl22683 ай бұрын
Thoroughly compelling and informative program by one of the best Pacific War historians out there. I knew absolutely zilch about Peleliu until I watched this program. Thank you Seth and thank you Woody!
@v.mwilliams11013 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@cameronsimpson-ld8nk3 ай бұрын
Wow, what a brilliant presentation with Paul and Seth. As usual I’m learning more and more.
@jaywhite383 ай бұрын
I saw Seth and Bill's coverage of Pelelui on their channel. It was great. What improved it was the inclusion of the audience and questions answered. Thanks! Seth is great and knows his stuff
@davidlavigne2073 ай бұрын
Although I had to leave a bit early I did finish watching the full discussion. It was a joy to listen to Seth and Woody tackle this one. What a great collaboration by two excellent historians.
@markpurington86593 ай бұрын
Great to see two experts on both the ETO and PTO working together. Yes, they were very different theaters, but, as Paul points out, there were a lot of similarities. Well done!
@StylinandProfilinBBsandBBQ3 ай бұрын
Great show Woody! Seth is always a great listen.
@bruceday67993 ай бұрын
Not sure if I should rate this most excellent or better than that. Great teaser on future presentations at the very end. Thanks to you both!
@american_cosmic3 ай бұрын
Nice! I love Seth's youtube channel, WELL WORTH THE VISIT for anyone who's interested in the Pacific theater.
@MrFrikkenfrakken3 ай бұрын
Well done Paul and Seth, interesting discussion on a truly heartbreaking destruction of a division.
@therampanthamster3 ай бұрын
Great to see you have Seth on - i only discovered his podcast a couple of months ago but have listed to most of them. Certainly knows his stuff on the Pacific theatre!
@ethanmckinney2033 ай бұрын
Great episode, despite a total lack of telling us what happened on Peleliu! (Love the mic left on at the end of the episode.)
@TheBurr753 ай бұрын
Seth is always fascinating and superb
@timbrown14813 ай бұрын
Always enjoy listening to Seth
@Nyllsor3 ай бұрын
This was such a good episode :) Thank you Seth, and thank you Paul!
@Na808Koa3 ай бұрын
Another superb show about from yourself and Seth regarding the Peleliu invasion 80th anniversary, thank you both.
@misterbaker97283 ай бұрын
My favorite podcast period. Much love and respect from Cleveland
@cenccenc9463 ай бұрын
my two favorite WWII Channels merged.
@gagamba91983 ай бұрын
Terrific discussion. Happy to see two greats together.
@diamonddroog13 ай бұрын
glad to hear inauthorized podcast has more in the pipeline
@briancooper21123 ай бұрын
Great episode. Great hosts!
@WW2TV3 ай бұрын
Thanks Brian
@kevinmavrick39253 ай бұрын
Dad was in 7th Marines at Peleliu. Was wounded. Never heard him blame Rupertus or Nimitz before his passing.Often bitched about Mcarthur. Of course his wound was loss of thumb which he mistakenly dangled over working end of 81mil mortar tube so Gen Mac was hardly to blame
@mjinoz16772 ай бұрын
Fascinating episode! I shall have to go and check out Seth’s podcast!
@mikemerritt14433 ай бұрын
Always a great presentation by Seth.
@tomtruax67753 ай бұрын
Another great discussion
@johnlucas84793 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation on a tragic operation
@WR25_JL2221 сағат бұрын
Fantastic stream Paul, Seth was brilliant again just he was in the turkey shoot stream. its hard to imagine head space the 1st marines would have been in the aftermath if taking the island didn't provide any strategic importance 😢
@philbosworth37893 ай бұрын
That was good from Seth. Will have to catch a few of his shows.
@american_cosmic3 ай бұрын
You definitely should, he has a great youtube channel -- especially when Bill Toti (also hosts the podcast) or Jon Parshall is on the episode. Well-studied experts on the Pacific theater. I think Bill was also a Navy sub captain at one point.
@ErrolGC3 ай бұрын
Nice discussion of higher-level issues, avoiding the tactical detail in order to look at bigger things. Very useful comparison with other theaters.
@PalleRasmussen3 ай бұрын
Only popped by the chat mid-episode to say hi. Back to say; this will be good. Seth is a nice guy and good storyteller with much knowledge, and The Pacific War was always interesting to me, but I did not know the details Seth does and tells. Missing Bill though.
@KrisV3853 ай бұрын
The Pacific theatre is such a contrast to the ETO. Different issues and problems however the bravery and sacrifice is the same.
@HG_NL2 ай бұрын
Cool pacific show
@bobleicht52953 ай бұрын
Enjoy watching Seth and Bill Toti on their show; deep divers.
@blueboats3 ай бұрын
it's jarring to hear that Nimitz never relented from saying that Peleliu "was necessary" - however it occurs to me he had no choice even if he eventually believed otherwise because he could not ever say anything else to the survivors of such a deadly fiasco
@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar3 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@robertmoffitt13363 ай бұрын
Seth!!! Where's Bill?!?! 😳😳 😉 Just kidding, another great show Paul!!🍻
@OpusXtr2 ай бұрын
Comparing Peleliu to Market Garden. We won at Peleliu, so the “what ifs” surrounding the outcome aren’t a debate so it’s easier to pass it over in the discussion.
@WW2TV2 ай бұрын
Hmmm. I get your point, but is the winning of a battle that didn't need to be fought not worthy of discussion?
@MegaBloggs13 ай бұрын
The best thing to come out of pelelui is the diving-its superb scuba diving with lots of wrecks-direct flights from brissy once a week
@TerryDowne3 ай бұрын
Damn, sorry I missed this live...the FB group said 7 PM, must have meant 7 PM European time, not eastern US.
@ethanmckinney2033 ай бұрын
Well ... the official history covering MACV (Vietnam) is almost entirely generals saying, "Yeah, we completely screwed it up" in interviews. And that's barely a paraphrase: they say things like, "We got it wrong." McNamara also accepted that he failed in numerous dimensions.
@timbrown14813 ай бұрын
My dad was under MacArthur’s command in the SWP. Held low opinion of him.
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-3 ай бұрын
The Japanese were experts in building defences that's for sure, makes you wonder what they would have done instead of the Germans in Normandy.
@wadeenyart96763 ай бұрын
Paul in case I am AWOL during mr. Gambles presentation could you please find out if his rebaul trilogy has any plans of being available in audiobook form. I am no longer able to read for long periods of time but have fallen in love with audio books. stragley i checked for his books on amazon last night and they were only in print form. TY
@gagamba91983 ай бұрын
There are three applications I know of for books w/o audio. You'll need to check if they support the format(s) you use. Voice Dream Reader, Speechify, and NaturalReader. The three are subscription-based, with pricing from $80 to $140 per annum. All are available as free to try. If you're able you obtain a medical certificate for visual impairment, the Internet Archive's library or Project Gutenberg's LibriVox may have older, out-of-print titles available once you qualify for access. Sites have info how to apply. Hope one of these options helps or leads you finding one even better.
@effbee563 ай бұрын
In more revent times, would a reconaidsance team of special forces have been snuck onto Peleliu to gain intelligence prior to the main invasion? Would this have made a difference to the strategy employed?
@joshclark10472 ай бұрын
I think the narrative of MacArthur being responsible for Peleliu comes from talk among Marines at the time. Sledge writes in his book that to his knowledge the reasoning was defending MacArthur's flank. Seems like it was a story that circulated amongst veterans and then became gospel over the years. Very common in studying history.
@therealuncleowen25883 ай бұрын
My admiration for Admiral Nimitz is vast and that will never change. He made many decisions during the war, and got most of them right. His mistake about Peleliu proves he was human. The lives it cost are a tragedy. To the men of the 1st Marine Division who bled and died on that damn island that wasn't really needed after all, I am so sorry. Ack Ack Haldane always springs to my mind, because he steadied the young Eugene Sledge during those terrible days. I won't pretend to give a damn about the Japanese who died there, other than to remark that most of them would have survived the war as well had we bypassed Peleliu. I tink the only good thing to come out of that battle was Sledge's incredible memoir. The Almighty spared his life during the landing, so he could survive and tell his story. Some small good often arises out of great sorrow.
@therealuncleowen25883 ай бұрын
I should add my disclaimer that Japan today is wonderful. The change in their society and their behavior toward the rest of the world from during the war to after the war is admirable and they have my respect today. On the other hand, during the war, their reprehensible and evil behavior strains the ability of language to describe it. I won't ever pretend to give a toss about Japanese war dead. If that makes me an a-hole, then I'm guilty as charged. One of the things that makes me proudest as an American is the mercy we showed Japan from the moment they finally surrendered. We know that during WW2, the Japanese were not capable of showing the same amount of mercy.
@mindbomb93413 ай бұрын
What's the best book (and/or video on WW2TV) I can find on the logistics of Island Hopping?
@WW2TV3 ай бұрын
Check our Island Hopping playlist for author suggestions
@mindbomb93413 ай бұрын
@@WW2TV Hi Paul. I am looking through the list. But I am not sure I see anything specifically about the logistics of Island Hopping. I think it would be cool to see this all in one talk. With how American logistics (and Japanese) changed over the war. For example, the increasing American ability to keep their big carriers at sea as the war went on. Instead of having to bring them home for refits, etc after each operation. How the "escort carriers" moved planes to forward carriers as the war went on. Instead of the carriers returning to base for that. Etc. And it seems there should be one video for each side. US and Japanese. Again. Great channel. Thanks for your service. An invaluable record of WW2. I don't know if you have seen the book, "Sustaining the Carrier War" (I THINK you have). But a big show about all of that on a MAJOR scale (not the nuts and bolts of training etc).
@WW2TV3 ай бұрын
Yep Stan Fisher has been a guest on WW2TV
@mindbomb93413 ай бұрын
@@WW2TV So. Here's ONE question on Island Hopping logistics. WHY was Guadalcanal so important -- I always hear, because it threatened the US to Australia supply line. However, I measured tonight and it is 5080 miles from Pearl Harbor to Sydney. That straight line passes 900 miles east of Guadalcanal. IF one takes a detour EAST around Samoa (now 1800 miles from Guadalcanal), this distance increases to merely 5300 miles or so. I see no real difference. There are 6000 MILES of open ocean between Samoa and Peru to skirt Guadalcanal. A logistics show would cover, for example, WHY these are issues. When it seems, shifting a 5080 mile supply route to a 6000 mile supply route may not be such a big issue. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. WHO DOES? I think a good answer to this question may also answer other questions on Island Hopping logistics.
@mindbomb93413 ай бұрын
@@WW2TV By the way, I have Fisher's good book. But it doesn't answer ENOUGH of these questions.
@Titus-as-the-Roman28 күн бұрын
Peleliu was a Killer of Hopes & Dreams of young men, a Time Stopped Frozen Point of a moment. Everything they ever was, Their current position and all they will ever be is but a Nano-moment amongst thousands of others, each their own story, whose Sole Commonality is they were all Cut Down way too early, many in the most violent of ways, for no real purpose.
@exharkhun56053 ай бұрын
So many great episodes this summer. Loved this one too. I just hope we are going to get closure on this new historical question you unearth here: Douglas MacArthur, was he a d1ck or was he an @ss? 🤔😁😜
@danielbackley93013 ай бұрын
Both
@sulevisydanmaa9981Ай бұрын
Since Mr. New Media Pioneer is a 🇫🇮 Winter War buff (= i.e. big ugggly fat fellow ...=B-52 during Linebacker II ...) suggest dig up new feature on it called KOLLAAN KARJUT (=the gnd-hugging GROUNDHOGS OF KOLLAA = one of the 5 tuffest battle areas of the war; others :TAIPALE, SUMMA, SUOMUSSALMI, KUHMO). It is not a big prod value film, but has only 1 mistake : the Suomi konepistooli (=submachine gun by AIMO LAHTI) didn t have muzzle-break during the Winter War, but from 1942 onwards only ; also attaching an empty clip-drum and starting firing w it is an oxymoron ... VERTA PAKKIIN (our battle cry = drain their blood into our canteens, lit transl.) - Nov the 30th almost here while the kraut-chase in Lappland still continuing in 44. Merry WW3 !!! .. btw = new future show material 4 the survivors, how plentiful they/we may reappear ...(?).
@timbrown14813 ай бұрын
Vegetation hid all the jagged coral!
@MegaBloggs13 ай бұрын
So if Halsey goes off chasing the carriers east of Luzon-WHO WAS GUARDING SURIGAO STRAIT???.Yes Kincaid was guarding San Bernardo strait at the SOUTH end of the Leyte invasion fleet-but not the North
@UnauthorizedHistoryPacificWar3 ай бұрын
Sorry but, no
@MegaBloggs13 ай бұрын
broad front was disastrous Paul because they RAN OUT OF SUPPLIES-they out ran their logistics and lost focus-i.e. the Scheldt should have been top priority-there was no way a single corps thrust through central france into the rhineland would have not been cut off