Home / Series / World War Two / Aired Order / Season 2021 / Episode 12
Home / Series / World War Two / DVD Order / Season 1942 / Episode 12

Crap Tactics in the Pacific - Shall MacArthur Return? - March 20, 1942

MacArthur makes one of the most iconic remarks of the whole war, but considering the fact that the Philippines seem unsalvageable, it's pretty unclear just how he'll do it, especially since even though ever more American soldiers are arriving in Australia, the Japanese threat to Australia grows daily. Bill Slim arrives in Burma to take command of I Burma Corps, and Joe Stilwell has taken over two Chinese Nationalist armies, so the defense of Burma looks like it might go on a while longer, though the Allies are at a serious disadvantage after losing Rangoon. The Japanese, for their part, are trying to figure out how the heck they're going to administer all the territory they've taken this year and bring natural resources to Japan itself. There is still scattered fighting in the USSR, but the spring muds have put pad to any major offensives for the time being. As for the British, they launch Operation Outward, a hydrogen balloon campaign over Germany.

English
  • Originally Aired March 20, 2021
  • Runtime 16 minutes
  • Created March 20, 2021 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified March 20, 2021 by
    Administrator admin