# Episode 626-Operation Watchtower Begins

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-wwii-podcast-420749/episode-626-operation-watchtower-begins
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-wwii-podcast-420749/episode-626-operation-watchtower-begins.md
Podcast: [The History of WWII Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-wwii-podcast-420749)
Published: 2026-05-19T12:23:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/95538/swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/rss.pdrl.fm/eb4bb2/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4681988353.mp3
Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/95538/swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/rss.pdrl.fm/eb4bb2/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML4681988353.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-wwii-podcast-420749/episodes/episode-626-operation-watchtower-begins
Duration seconds: 1392

## Resource

US Marines land in the Guadalcanal area. The plan is to march up the Solomon Islands. But first they have to survive the coming Japanese counter attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-wwii-podcast-420749/episodes/episode-626-operation-watchtower-begins/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-wwii-podcast-420749/episode-626-operation-watchtower-begins.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.