# Guadalcanal

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Podcast: [World War II with Tom Hanks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-war-ii-with-tom-hanks-7870551)
Published: 2026-06-09T08:31:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2348

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America’s “day of infamy” at Pearl Harbor is the birth of a new Japanese empire. Japan launches unprecedented attacks across Asia, proclaiming “Asia for the Asians” and pushing out Western colonial powers. Fueled by ideology, Japan’s armies are seemingly unstoppable – until a confrontation with the 1st Marine Division of the United States at Guadalcanal becomes a testing ground in a war without mercy. This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance): General Wesley Clark, US Army, Ret. Jonathan Parshall, military historian, US Naval War College Robert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum Saul David, military historian and author Dan Snow, historian and broadcaster Christopher Harding, cultural historian, University of Edinburgh Dan Carlin, podcaster, Hardcore History Takima Melber, the University of Heidelberg Colonel Douglas Douds, professor, US Army War College Geoffrey Wawro, professor, University of North Texas

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