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Agents Scott and Cam proudly present an unreleased 2018 conversation between Mark A. Altman, co-author of Nobody Does It Better: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond, and Live and Let Die star Yaphet Kotto. In addition to behind-the-scenes intel about playing Kananga in the 1973 Bond adventure, Mr. Kotto also reminisces about Alien and reveals why he turned down Star Trek: The Next Generation. You can purchase Nobody Does it Better, as well as Mark's John Wick, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek books, on Amazon. The Inglorious Treksperts podcast is available everywhere, and make sure to follow Mark on Bluesky.  Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episodes, movie commentaries and more! Purchase the latest exclusive SpyHards merch at Redbubble. Social media: @spyhards View the NOC List and the Disavowed List at Letterboxd.com/spyhards Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes. Theme music by Doug Astley.

This month on Hey, Did You See This One?, we're diving deep into The Big Book of British Bonds, exploring the iconic James Bond franchise! From Sean Connery to Daniel Craig, we'll be revisiting the most legendary 007 adventures. Next up, we talk Live And Let Die with guests: Andre Myette and Noel K.Join us as we break down the action, the espionage, and the undeniable charm that made Bond a cinematic legend. Plus, we'll be highlighting members of The United Federation of Podcasts all month long!Please remember to like, comment, subscribe and click that notification bell for all our updates! It really helps us out!WE HAVE MERCH - https://www.redbubble.com/people/HDYSTMerch/shop?asc=u & http://tee.pub/lic/GdSYxr8bhtYStarring: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto & Jane SeymourDirected By: Guy HamiltonSynopsis: When Bond (Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he closes in on powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as Mr. Big, Kananga is coordinating a global threat, using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meets Solitaire (Jane Seymour), a beautiful tarot-card reader, whose magic is crucial to the crime lord.Watch LIVE at: https://www.twitch.tv/heydidyouseethisone every Thursday at 8 PM ESTA PROUD MEMBER OF THE UNITED FEDERATION OF PODCASTSCheck us out online at: https://www.ufpodcasts.com/We use White Bat Audio – a user that creates DMCA free music for podcasters and YouTubers. Please follow at: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudioAudio version of the show: Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heydidyouseethisone Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-did-you-see-this-one/id1712934175YouTube Audio Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD6BOSx2RcKuP4TogMPKXRMCxqfh5k9IU&si=umIaVrghJdJEu2ARMain Intro and Outro Themes created by Josh Howard - remixes by Jacob HiltzLogo created by Jeff RobinsonChapters -00:00 - Intro07:33 - Brief Synopsis18:30 - Production Talk & Brief Histories34:30 - The BODY of The Episode03:16:52 - Home Alone Of It All, Final Thoughts & Ratings03:33:19 - Plugs03:45:11 - Outro#heydidyouseethisone #comedy #podcast #LiveAndLetDie #JamesBond1973 #RogerMooreBond

Cooper and Nolan are bringing back Bond this week when they cover Roger Moore's first turn as 007 in LIVE AND LET DIE! Seeing as this movie - ahem - borrows heavily from the Blaxploitation film genre, it feels appropriate that the guys are talking about it during Black History Month. From the stereotypical occupation of main villain Dr. Kananga, to the flamboyant 70s style of Baron Samedi, to the less than flattering portrayal of certain southern characters, let's just say there's a lot that doesn't look great with the benefit of hindsight. Still, some things (like a kick-ass theme song or Jane Seymour's beauty) are timeless, so maybe it's better to live and let live. Either way, this episode (featuring a beer from the Silversmith Brewing Co.) proves one thing - nobody does it like Bond!

Last time we spoke about the third arakan campaign. In December, General Bruce's forces advanced through Leyte, securing Ormoc and preparing for a decisive push toward Valencia.. The 305th and 306th Regiments steadily overcame enemy positions, while the 307th secured the airstrip. As Japanese forces began to retreat, the 12th Cavalry captured Kananga, opening Highway 2. Meanwhile, in Burma, General Slim devised Operation Extended Capital, aiming to outmaneuver the Japanese and cut off their supply lines, setting the stage for a crucial battle. As Admiral Mountbatten pivoted from Operation Dracula to launch Operation Romulus in Arakan, General Christison devised a three-pronged assault on Akyab. Facing fierce Japanese resistance, Private Kweku Pong displayed extraordinary bravery amidst chaos, earning recognition for his valor. Meanwhile, the 28th Army struggled to defend its positions, ultimately retreating under pressure. Amidst strategic deceptions, the Allies advanced through challenging terrain, culminating in significant victories that shifted the tide in Burma, showcasing courage and tactical ingenuity in the face of adversity. This episode is the Victory at Leyte  Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  As we last left off, General Krueger's forces had effectively secured the Ormoc Valley, prompting many Japanese units to begin a challenging retreat toward Palompon. From that point, the best General Suzuki's troops could manage was to hold their positions for as long as possible. The Japanese had pockmarked Matagob and the area surrounding it with foxholes and emplacements and had dug spider holes under the houses. South of Matagob, where the road climbed into the hills, the enemy had utilized natural caves, gullies, and ridges on both sides of the road and dug many deep defensive positions. Some of these were eight feet deep, two feet in diameter at the top, and widened to six feet at the bottom. The Japanese had emplaced machine guns in culverts and had constructed several well-camouflaged coconut log pillboxes on the forward slopes of the ridges. An excellent, almost invisible installation, which served as an observation post, was dug in on the forward slope of a ridge about three miles north of San Miguel. It had a concealed entrance on the reverse slope. From this post eight miles of the road to the north and east could be observed.  Meanwhile, eager to deliver a decisive blow, Krueger organized his forces for a four-division assault along a wide front toward the west coast. General Bruce's 77th Division was tasked with advancing west along the Palompon road, while the three divisions of General Sibert's 10th Corps embarked on a difficult trek across the mountains to reach the northwest coast. The northwestern mountains of Leyte west of Ormoc Bay provided a difficult barrier to any movement toward the northwest coast. The area was the last one available to the Japanese either for escaping from Leyte or for staging defensive actions. In general, the terrain was rough, increasing in altitude from broken ground and low hills in the north to steep rocky ridges and high hills in the south. The northern part was either under cultivation or covered with cogon grass. Toward the south, the cultivated fields and grasslands were gradually supplanted by dense forests. Palompon had been extensively used by the Japanese as an auxiliary port of entry to Leyte. The town was the western terminus of the road that ran north and eastward across the northwestern hills to join Highway 2 near Libongao. It was this road junction that the 10th and 24th Corps had seized. The Palompon road, as it was called, followed the lower slopes of the hills until the flat interior valley floor was reached. The confining hills were steep-sided with many knife-edged crests. Such was the area into which the forces of the 6th Army had driven remnants of the Japanese 35th Army. To facilitate the capture of Palompon, Bruce planned to land the 1st Battalion, 305th Regiment near the port, while the other two battalions advanced westward on the Palompon road. To support this operation, Admiral Kinkaid would provide amphibious vehicles, LCMs, and a PT escort. However, while preparations for the amphibious assault were underway, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 305th Regiment departed from Valencia on December 22, quickly crossing the Togbong and Pagsangahan Rivers without encountering any opposition, and eventually halting just beyond the Humaybunay barrio.  The 302nd Engineer Battalion, which followed behind the assault battalions, fought the "battle of bridges." The engineers worked around the clock, frequently without any infantry protection, to restore the bridges as soon as possible. The bridges were to be sufficiently strengthened initially to support 2.5-ton truck traffic for infantry supply, then they were to be reinforced to carry 20 tons in order to bring M8's forward, and eventually to 36-ton capacity to carry the M10's. General Bruce had hoped that sufficient Bailey bridges could be made available for important crossings to carry traffic while engineers built wooden bridges under the Bailey bridges. Only a limited number of Bailey bridges were furnished, however, and engineer progress to the west was slowed down. At the same time, patrols from the 128th Regiment successfully eliminated the last enemy strongholds in the Limon area, while the 127th Regiment advanced to Lonoy, where the 1st Cavalry Division was gearing up for its westward push. Finally, the 24th Division, now under Major General Roscoe Woodruff, dispatched the 34th Regiment to launch an attack toward Tuktuk. On December 23, as aircraft bombed Palompon, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 305th Regiment resumed their advance. The Americans steadily progressed along the road, successfully forcing the Takahashi Detachment to retreat to the mountains northwest of Matag-ob, where they had to fend off a series of strong night counterattacks. That same morning, the assault units of the 1st Cavalry Division moved out from the highway, facing no resistance as they advanced west through the mountains. This initial day of marching established the pattern for the following days, with the cavalry regiments continuing to push forward through challenging terrain, encountering only sporadic resistance. Additionally, from December 23 to 26, the 34th Regiment conducted extensive patrols along the west coast of the Leyte peninsula. Meanwhile, the advance echelon of the 1st Division successfully linked up with the 68th Brigade, reaching the Bagacay sector the next day. However, the main body of the division had to carve its way through dense jungle on its way to Bagacay. The 102nd Division was also advancing toward the area south of Matag-ob, but after failing to make contact with the 35th Army or the Takahashi Detachment, its units began to retreat to Villaba in the following days. On December 24, while the 1st Battalion was boarding at Ormoc, the remainder of the 305th Regiment launched another offensive. At 1000 on 24 December the assault troops jumped off. The Japanese resistance was light and intermittent, but American progress was slow because of the rough, irregular hills in which the enemy had established positions in foxholes, spider holes, and caves. Since it was not possible to bypass these positions, the regiment had to clear each one before the advance could continue. The force received some artillery fire but a mortar platoon from Company A, 88th Chemical Weapons Battalion, silenced the enemy guns. At 1500 the battalions set up their night perimeter 500 yards short of the road bend. During the night a Japanese force of twenty men, which tried to penetrate the defenses of the 3d Battalion, was killed. Both the 127th and 128th Infantry Regiments sent out patrols on December 23 to reconnoiter the terrain. At 08:00 on December 24 the two regiments started for the west coast. Throughout the march to the sea, they encountered only small parties of the enemy, who put up no effective resistance, but heavy rains, dense, almost impassable forests, and steep craggy hills slowed the advance. The commanding officer of the 127th Infantry said of the hills encountered on December 24: “The morning was spent in climbing to the top of a mountain ridge. The climbing was difficult but as we later found out, the descent was much worse. The trail led almost perpendicular down the side. After reaching the bottom, another ridge was encountered, this almost straight up, everyone had to use hand holds to pull themselves up. All in all there were seven ridges from the bottom of the first descent to the first possible bivouac area.” The hills were less rugged from then on. Throughout the march both regiments also received supplies by airdrop, which was not completely satisfactory since none of the drops was made at the requested time and frequently there was a wide scattering of supplies. On December 25, the 1st Battalion of the former unexpectedly came across the remnants of the 1st and 57th Regiments. The Japanese forces suffered significant casualties and were compelled to disperse, but they eventually managed to reach Bacacay later that night. Meanwhile, the 305th Regiment made slow progress along the Palompon road against a well-entrenched enemy. However, the crucial development was that its 1st Battalion successfully landed at Buaya without facing any opposition.  A light fast armored column moved north to clear the road and to forestall any Japanese counterattack from that direction as the rest of the task force went rapidly south through the barrio of Look to Palompon, which fell at 1206. This closed the last main port of entrance on the island to the Japanese. Within four hours after hitting the beaches the battalion had secured the barrios of Buaya and Look as well as Palompon, and had strong patrols operating to the northeast and south. The troops met no opposition at any point. It was doubtless with great satisfaction that General Bruce sent the following message to the Commanding General, 14th Corps: "The 77th Infantry Division's Christmas contribution to the Leyte Campaign is the capture of Palompon, the last main port of the enemy. We are all grateful to the Almighty on this birthday of the Son and on the Season of the Feast of Lights." The 1st Battalion occupied a defensive position in the vicinity of Look on 25 December, and rested on 26 December, which was Christmas Day back home. It spent the next five days sending out patrols and awaiting the arrival through the mountains of the rest of the 305th Infantry. Once again, Suzuki's plans were thoroughly disrupted. Palompon was to have been used as the rear center of the line of communications and the army headquarters was to have been established at Kompisao, but the seizure of Palompon on 25 December by the 77th Division forced Suzuki to change the location of his army headquarters. He then selected as a base of operations an area in the vicinity of Ginabuyan that overlooked Silad Bay and was about three kilometers north of Villaba. The new area was a plateau with an elevation of about 1,200 feet, heavily forested and having rocky eastern and western slopes that made it "a natural fortress." From it one could command a view of Ormoc Valley to the east and the Camotes Sea and Cebu to the west. There were a few Filipino huts, and cultivated fields and coconut groves, interspersed with salt beds, lay along the beach. The area "was admirably suited for an extended period of defensive action." General Suzuki ordered the units of the 35th Army that were retreating westward to repair to the vicinity of the new base of operations.  He sent orders for his retreating units to gather there instead of in Palompon. Although Suzuki anticipated being able to support 15,000 men in this self-sufficient area, an assessment of the available resources revealed that they would only last for two weeks. Consequently, the Japanese began preparations for Operation Chi-Go, which involved the amphibious movement of several units, including the 35th Army headquarters and the majority of the 1st Division, to other islands in the Visayas. At the same time, on December 26, the 34th Regiment received orders to capture San Isidro. The next day, its 1st Battalion left Calubian and moved to the high ground overlooking the port, while Companies F and G conducted amphibious landings at Gigantangan Island and Taglawigan before securing Daha. The reinforced Company G then re-embarked on the landing craft and proceeded toward the San Isidro Bay area, where they encountered heavier resistance than anticipated and were ultimately forced to retreat. At the same time that the 2nd Battalion, 305th Regiment was being withdrawn for an overwater movement to Palompon, the 3rd Battalion continued its advance along the road, successfully covering over 1,000 yards by December 28. That day the foremost elements of the 5th and 12th Cavalry Regiments broke out of the mountains and reached the barrio of Tibur on the west coast, about 2,800 yards north of Abijao. By nightfall on the following day, the 7th Cavalry was also on the west coast but farther north. In its advance it had encountered and destroyed many small, scattered groups of the enemy, most of whom showed little desire to fight. The regiment arrived at Villaba, two and one-half miles north of Tibur, at dusk, and in securing the town killed thirty-five Japanese. Additionally, the 34th Regiment launched a coordinated assault on San Isidro, successfully overcoming all enemy resistance and capturing the port. In the following days, the troops moved south along the coast, eliminating small, poorly equipped Japanese units. Looking south on December 29, the 128th Regiment reached the high ground overlooking Tabango and Campopo Bays, while the 127th Regiment secured the high ground overlooking Antipole Point, completing the advance of the 32nd Division. Further south, the 3rd Battalion, 305th Regiment continued its push along the Palompon road despite strong resistance, while Company B secured the barrio of San Miguel. At 0930 on 30 December the 305th Infantry struck along the Palompon road, the 3d Battalion driving west, and the Provisional Mountain Force attacking east. The Mountain Force encountered only scattered resistance until 0930, when the Japanese, from well-entrenched positions in the precipitous sides of the road at a point about four miles east of Palompon, directed strong machine gun fire along the road. The Mountain Force dug in for the night on high ground overlooking the point at which its advance had been halted. The 3d Battalion succeeded in overcoming the opposition which had halted it the previous day, and pushed forward to a point about 1,000 yards southwest of Tipolo. The Japanese had emplaced artillery on curves in the road and could fire directly on the advancing American troops. Although the 305th Infantry lost one tank to enemy artillery fire, it was able to destroy three 75-mm. guns and capture two others intact. Meanwhile, Company C conducted a reconnaissance in force and executed an amphibious landing at Abijao, advancing 1,300 yards north to establish contact with elements of the 1st Cavalry Division near Villaba. By this time, most of the Japanese forces had successfully regrouped in the Villaba-Mount Canguipot area. Consequently, on December 31, Suzuki launched four strong counterattacks against the forces at Villaba; however, enemy artillery disrupted most of these assaults before elements of the 77th Division arrived to relieve the cavalrymen. With the westward advance to the coast complete, General Eichelberger's 8th Army officially took command of all units on Leyte Island, following MacArthur's announcement that organized resistance had ceased. As a result, on January 1, the 77th Division was instructed to relieve the 32nd and 24th Divisions, while the divisions of the 10th Corps moved to staging areas in preparation for upcoming operations. The 8th Army also assumed control of operations on Samar Island, which had similarly been secured against enemy forces. Units from the 1st Cavalry Division had pushed through heavy resistance to reach the strategic Taft-Wright Highway that runs through central Samar. On December 8, the cavalry successfully captured Wright, the western end of the highway, and then moved east to connect with friendly guerrilla forces advancing from Taft on the opposite coast, thereby securing control of the highway. Meanwhile, following the successful invasion of Mindoro, American forces continued their efforts on Hill Drome and Ellmore Field, with General Dunckel's troops conducting extensive patrols to locate enemy stragglers while awaiting the arrival of the 21st Regiment. The only opposition faced came from the persistent assaults of the 4th Air Army and the 1st Combined Base Force. On December 21 and 22, the 1st Resupply Echelon was attacked by enemy aircraft. About twenty kamikazes attacked the convoy, so damaging two LST's that they later had to be abandoned, and inflicting lesser damage on two destroyers and a Liberty ship. The 3d Battalion, 21st Infantry, en route to Mindoro in this convoy lost 6 men killed and 32 wounded; U.S. Navy losses were about 70 men killed or wounded; the Japanese lost 7 planes in kamikaze attacks and 3 others to shipboard antiaircraft fire. Then, from December 28 to December 30, Task Unit 18.3.15 was also attacked by kamikazes. Meanwhile, Admiral Okawachi was getting Admiral Shima's 2nd Striking Force ready for a hit-and-run surface attack on enemy invasion ships near San Jose, known as Operation Rei-Go. However, a proposed counter-landing on Mindoro, which was supported by Marshal Terauchi, Admiral Fukudome, and General Tominaga, faced strong opposition from General Yamashita and his 14th Area Army. The Area Army staff adamantly maintained that it would be impossible to move any sizeable forces to Mindoro but agreed to dispatch a small raiding unit to hamper enemy development of airfields in the San Jose area. On or about 24 December, an order was issued to the 8th Division to organize a task unit for this mission as soon as possible. Ultimately, a reluctant compromise was reached, allowing a small raiding unit from the 8th Division to be sent to disrupt enemy airfield development in the San Jose region. The raiding detachment was a specially organized provisional unit which included a small number that originally belonged to the Gi-Go Airborne Raiding Unit. It assembled at Batangas and prepared to embark for Mindoro. While this unit was being organized, Shima's warships left Camranh Bay on December 24. However, as they approached Mindoro on December 26, a lone PBY reconnaissance plane spotted them. In response, 105 aircraft were sent to conduct low-level attacks on the Japanese force.  At 19:40 the first wave of planes found the vessels just offshore. Before the wild engagement was over, the full wing strength had attacked every ship at least once. "When I saw a solid sheet of flame," reported one pilot in describing the AA, "I knew I was over the vessel." While wheeling away from the target, each pilot flashed on his running lights to avoid collision. Some planes landing in the Mindoro blackout for rearming, made as many as three strikes against the enemy vessels. Although PT boats, lurking close to shore, fired torpedoes at the silhouetted Japanese targets, only the destroyer Kiyoshimo went down, and the fleet persisted toward the beachhead, where at 22:40 it fired star shells which began an ineffective 40-minute bombardment. Only one Liberty ship, which had not sought refuge behind Ilin Island as directed, was sunk. Naval gunfire and simultaneous Japanese air attacks caused little damage at Hill, but made it difficult for the airmen aloft to land. With gasoline running short, most of the pilots made as many attacks as possible and then headed through the night and bad weather for Leyte, a flight more dangerous than the Japanese AA had been. When a full count was made, losses during the engagement totaled 26 aircraft. For the force engaged this was a heavy loss, but it was not in vain, for several Japanese survivors attributed the amazingly poor bombardment by their fleet to the aerial clawing which had demolished main batteries and killed a majority of the gun crews. Dunckel thought that without a doubt the airmen had saved the beachhead from serious losses: "The action of our Air Units on that night," he wrote, "will stand forever… as one of the most gallant deeds to be established in the traditions of American fighting men." On 26 December 1944, then with the San Jose bombardment force, Kiyoshimo was crippled by two direct bomb hits in attacks by U.S. Army bombers during the approach to Mindoro, Philippines. The ship was then finished off by a torpedo from U.S. PT-223, 145 miles south of Manila ; 82 were killed and 74 injured. The destroyer Asashimo rescued 169 survivors, including ComDesDiv 2, Captain Shiraishi Nagayoshi, and Lieutenant Commander Kajimoto; U.S. PT boats rescued five others.Despite this, Shima pressed on toward his target, entering the anchorage area at 23:00 to commence bombardment of San Jose. After approximately forty minutes of shelling, during which one auxiliary vessel and a PT boat were sunk, the Japanese ships withdrew northwest at high speed, still under fire from enemy planes. Although Shima's force ultimately managed to escape, the air attacks resulted in the sinking of the Kiyoshimo and damage to the Ashigara, the light cruiser Oyodo, and three destroyers, with a loss of 26 aircraft. The bombardment prevented landings at the Mindoro strips and many pilots, finding their planes running low on fuel, headed through the darkness and heavy weather toward Leyte fields only to crash on the way. Following this unsuccessful operation, on December 31, the raiding unit from the 8th Division finally crossed the Verde Island Passage by landing craft to reach Calapan in northeastern Mindoro, and then proceeded to Pinamalayan, arriving there on January 5. We must now depart from the Philippines and proceed to Bougainville to report on the preparations for a new Australian offensive.  Previously, we observed that General Savige's 2nd Corps had successfully relieved the American troops stationed at the Cape Torokina perimeter.  The Australians had now reached the conclusion that the Japanese had disbanded depleted units to reinforce others and were maintaining a well- disciplined and efficient force. They decided that, at the end of November, the force included the 38th Independent Mixed Brigade, built round the 81st Regiment, and the 6th Division with three depleted infantry regiments -13th, 23rd and 45th. Of these the 38th Brigade was believed to be chiefly concentrated at Numa Numa, with part of the 81st Regiment forward on the trail; most of the 13th Regiment was believed to be round the Jaba River-Gazelle Harbour area, with the 23rd farther south, and the 45th round Kieta on the east coast. The Allied Intelligence estimates of the whereabouts of the main Japanese forma- tions on Bougainville proved accurate. The main shortcoming was that the strength of the naval troops was underestimated. At the time of the arrival of the Aus- tralians there were about 11,000 naval men, including 3,500 civilian workers, on the island; the 87th Garrison Force, about 4,000 strong, was in the Buka area, and in the south were two strong forces of marines: the 6th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force (about 2,000) and the 7th Kure Special Naval Landing Force (about 1,500). Indeed the naval forces were about as strong in fighting men as the 6th Division. The successful attack on Little George by the 9th Battalion on 29th November, six weeks before it was expected, surprised the enemy commanders and convinced them that the Australians were determined to open an offensive. Reinforcements numbering 450 were hurried into the central area (there were 2,000 troops deployed in or forward of Numa Numa) and Colonel Kaneko Atsushi of the 81st Regiment took command. A further 1,000 troops were sent from Kieta and the north to Numa Numa. Hyakutake was convinced that the attack on the Numa Numa trail would be accompanied by a landing at its eastern end with the object of severing his force. The quantity of artillery used in the attack on Little George and later Arty Hill convinced the Japanese that a determined thrust was being made. Arty Hill was defended by men of the 5th and 11th Companies of the 81st Regiment. Meanwhile the 13th Regiment was attacked on the Jaba River. Lieut-General Kanda of the 6th Division did not propose to contest the south bank of the river, considering that the crossing was merely a feint and the principal offensive would be made by sea; the main body of the defending force-1,500 men-was retained in the Mosigetta area. By January Kanda estimated that one Australian division, its name yet unknown, was south of the Jaba, with 25 guns. From 23rd to 26th November the 9th Battalion, with the 12th Field Battery and other detachments under command, took over this sector. The 9th Battalion's first task was actively to reconnoitre the Sisivie area with a view to attacking it later; and to secure ground from which such an attack could be launched. It had been believed that the main supply route from Numa Numa passed through Sisivie, but captured docu- ments and interrogation of prisoners revealed that Sisivie was merely an outpost and that the Piaterapaia area was the terminus of the enemy's line of communication; consequently the battalion's efforts were con- centrated in that direction. At 1.50 p.m. on the 24th one rifle shot was fired from Little George into the battalion's area the first shot in the Australian operations on Bougainville. On the 25th a small patrol moved stealthily to the rear of Little George and was fired on, two men being wounded. On the morning of the 29th the battery in the Doiabi Valley fired high-explosive and smoke shells on to Arty Hill, mortars fired smoke bombs on to Little George, and into the smoke a single platoon attacked. At the run the men reached the top of Little George before the Japanese emerged from shelter, opened fire with machine-guns and threw grenades. The attackers did not falter but worked their way forward in pairs, one man firing on a post while the other moved close and threw in grenades. Lieutenant Deacon, the commander, was 3 wounded but carried on. In about half an hour the position was gained. Two Australians had been killed and six wounded, of whom three remained on duty. Twenty Japanese dead lay on the hill, in- cluding a lieutenant and a sergeant. The expected enemy counter-attack was made in the evening by about 40 Japanese. It was a frontal thrust and gained no ground. Until dawn the enemy tried in vain to infiltrate. While these operations were in progress on the Numa Numa trail, the 2/8th Commando, next on the right, had taken over responsibility for the tangled mountain area rising to an altitude of 4,000 feet south and south-east of Mount Bagana, and known as the Hanemo sector. When the commando squadron took over from a company of the 164th American Regiment there had been no contact with the enemy for several weeks, and it was believed that only a handful of Japanese were in the neighbourhood. For five weeks from 24th November, when the relief was completed, a commando troop patrolled but met Japanese only twice, killing two and capturing another. By 27th December, when the 61st Battalion relieved the troop, it was considered that the area was clear and the flank of a force advancing down the coast would be safe. Additionally, Brigadier Raymond Monaghan's 29th Brigade was deployed to the southwestern edge of the perimeter, and a company from New Guinea was assigned to scout the Jaba River area. On December 3, Matthews sent a platoon to Sisivie, but the defenders were able to pin down the Australians with intense fire. After successfully repelling a strong enemy counterattack, the 9th Battalion advanced on Bawabu Ridge toward Pearl Ridge, with Matthews' C Company ordered to capture Arty Hill on December 18.  Matthews planned an attack on Arty Hill by a full company. At 7 a.m. on 18th December Major Blanch's C Company formed up on the sheltered side of George and Little George, on top of which men of a supporting company were walk- ing about nonchalantly to mislead the enemy into thinking that it was to be another uneventful day. Twelve New Zealand Corsairs at- tacked the Japanese positions; the battery of the 4th Field Regiment opened fire from its positions in the Laruma River Valley; medium machine-guns fired from Mount Deacon and Bawabu Ridge that is, from each flank-on to the reverse slope of Arty Hill at ranges up to 1,000 yards. After thirteen minutes of bombardment, the attackers advanced through the smoke along the razor-back ridge which was the only means of approach to the bare hill. Months of intermittent shelling had destroyed the bush and so loosened the soil on the steep slopes that the men had difficulty in scrambling up them. By 8.10 the leading troops were near the crest of Banyan Knoll and were meeting sharp small arms fire from Japanese in covered weapon-pits. Grenades were hurled down on them. They pressed on. Sergeant Allan, commanding the right platoon, led the way to the top of Banyan Knoll, shot a Japanese machine-gunner and himself fell dead. His men carried on up the slopes of Arty Hill. As at Little George, the attackers worked in pairs, one man covering an enemy post with fire while the other attacked from a flank with grenades. After more than an hour of close fighting the position was won and the defenders were digging in and setting up wire in preparation for the probable counter-attack. There was none: a prisoner said that there were not enough men left to attack. Five Australians were killed and 12 wounded of whom 4 remained on duty. Twenty-five Japanese dead were counted, 2 Japanese were taken prisoner, and from 10 to 20 recently-buried bodies were found. Two days later, Lieutenant-Colonel John McKinna's 25th Battalion began to relieve the exhausted 9th Battalion and was immediately tasked with taking Pearl Ridge, although its initial probing attacks were met with fierce resistance from the determined defenders. Meanwhile, Monaghan had deployed Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert McDonald's 15th Battalion to the Jaba River area, where they effectively cleared out enemy outposts. By the fourth week of December, the unofficial ceasefire on Bougainville had collapsed. Intense fighting erupted in two of the three main sectors, resulting in the deaths of over 100 Japanese soldiers, with their forward positions in each area being captured. The Australians were also bringing in additional reinforcements to sustain their offensive. According to Savige's strategy, Brigadier John Field's 7th Brigade was to be replaced by elements of Brigadier John Stevenson's 11th Brigade in the central sector, with orders to move south and join the rest of Major-General William Bridgeford's 3rd Division for an assault toward the Puriata River. Additionally, a strong contingent from the 11th Brigade was set to advance along the northwest coast of the island toward Soraken Harbour, aiming to push the northern enemy forces into the confined Bonis Peninsula. However, before these plans could be executed, McKinna was intent on capturing Pearl Ridge and aimed to launch one final attack with all his companies by the end of the month. Unbeknownst to the Australians, the few defenders in the area had recently received reinforcements in the form of a battalion under the direct command of Major-General Kijima Kesao, which significantly strengthened the ridge. Nevertheless, on the morning of December 30, aircraft bombarded the Japanese positions for about 40 minutes. At 08:00, the infantry advanced under the cover of artillery and machine-gun fire, with A Company facing heavy resistance just in front of Pear Hill that they could not overcome. Due to this setback on the right flank, McKinna ordered D Company to undertake a challenging climb along Pear Hill instead of the narrow spur where the attack had failed. Meanwhile, C Company made slow progress through dense brush but eventually managed to cut the enemy's track to the west. After repelling several enemy counterattacks during the night, the four companies renewed their assault on December 31. Although the march over Arty Hill and through thick underbrush was physically demanding, D Company managed to approach Pear Hill undetected. With A Company drawing enemy fire, D Company launched a powerful attack following an artillery bombardment that successfully pushed back the Japanese defenders. Meanwhile, B Company captured Baker's Brow to the west, and C Company held its position along the western track. However, by nightfall, Kijima's troops began testing the defenses established by C Company. In the early morning, the Japanese launched a fierce counterattack from the south and southeast, managing to penetrate two forward Australian positions. After an hour of intense hand-to-hand combat, the assault was ultimately repelled with the help of artillery support, and Australian patrols later found that Pearl Ridge had been abandoned by the enemy. Throughout the morning and into the early afternoon, the Australians conducted mopping-up operations until the ridge was completely cleared. With control of Pearl Ridge secured, the Australians gained a strategic vantage point that allowed them to observe from one side of Bougainville to the other, aiding future operations. During the battle, the Australians suffered 10 killed and 25 wounded, while the Japanese lost 34 killed and 1 captured. Shortly after taking Pearl Ridge, the 11th Brigade assumed control of the central sector as per Savige's orders, while the rest of the 7th Brigade began moving south. In conclusion, Major-General Percy Clarkson's 33rd Division began its deployment to Morotai in late December, with Colonel Ray Cavenee's 136th Regiment landing on the island's west coast on December 22. Four days later, the regiment advanced into Japanese-controlled territory to engage Colonel Kisou's 211th Regiment, receiving support from elements of the 130th Regiment moving overland from the Doroeba Plain and the 3rd Battalion of the 137th Regiment marching from Morotai's southern coast into the interior. This coordinated effort aimed to prevent the Japanese from dispersing into smaller groups in the island's mountainous regions. On January 3, the 136th Regiment located and attacked the 211th Regiment at Hill 40, with the 1st and 2nd Battalions advancing from the southwest while the 3rd Battalion approached from the north. After two days of intense combat, the Americans successfully captured Hill 40, inflicting significant casualties on the enemy, and then began pursuing the retreating Japanese forces to the north. Two thousand yards to the north, the 3d Battalion was settling down for the night. Its march from Radja had started badly. From the beginning the battalion had been harried by the enemy. On the nights of December 26-27 and 27-28, its perimeter had been attacked viciously by an estimated enemy battalion. (The 3d Battalion of the Jap 211th Infantry. It had been detached from the 211th for a special mission to Radja to await and guide reinforcements from Halmahera. The five reinforcing barges were ambushed after slipping through the Navy PT screen, and were destroyed along with fifty tons of food and supplies.) The battalion had experienced the hardest march of its history. The jungle was more difficult than that encountered by the Pilowo column. Moreover, to join the Hill 40 battle it had to abandon trails for cross-country movements. Although the battalion had marched and fought its way forward for ten days it was still in fighting trim. The number of Japs killed and found buried along the trail indicated terrible losses for the Japs. The battalion commander, Major Ralph Pate, attributed the lack of enemy resistance during the past two days to the withdrawal of the enemy. Actually, as he learned later, the 3d Battalion, Jap 211th Infantry Regiment, had been destroyed as a military force. By January 14, when the 136th Regiment was finally withdrawn to the main perimeter, the Americans reported having killed 870 Japanese soldiers and captured 10, suffering 46 men killed and 127 wounded in the process. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. General Krueger's forces captured Palompon, disrupting Japanese plans, while American troops advanced through challenging terrain, overcoming resistance and securing key locations. Japanese forces planned a counter-landing on Mindoro, but faced fierce opposition. Meanwhile, Australians advanced on Bougainville, capturing strategic positions amid heavy fighting.

Last time we spoke about the invasion of Mindoro. Ormoc fell on December the 10th. The 149th Regiment cleared the airstrip at Buri, while the Japanese launched a desperate attack on airfields, only to be repelled by American forces. Amid chaotic battles, the Japanese attempted maritime reinforcements, but their vessels were met with devastating American fire, sinking transports and crippling their efforts. By December 13, the American advance continued through heavy resistance, leading to intense skirmishes, showcasing bravery and the struggles faced on both sides during the conflict. On December 14, US troops of the 2d Squadron, 7th Cavalry, advanced against stubborn Japanese defenses near Limon. While under fire, they strategically pushed forward, capturing enemy positions and equipment. Despite heavy artillery, Troop G utilized flamethrowers and close combat, overcoming formidable foxholes, helping to secure vital ground. Meanwhile, Admiral Nimitz prepared for future invasions, and General MacArthur postponed operations to protect his forces. The successful landings on Mindoro marked a pivotal moment, signaling the approaching assault on Luzon. This episode is the Third Arakan Offensive  Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  As we left off last week, General Bruce's 77th Division had effectively advanced to Linao and Cogon, securing Ormoc. Meanwhile, General Sibert's 10th Corps had pushed the weary Japanese forces in the north back to the Lonoy area, with both divisions preparing to continue their assaults through the Ormoc Valley toward Valencia, in line with General Krueger's strategy. To address the emerging situation, the 68th Brigade was mobilizing to support the 1st Division, while the 5th and 77th Regiments were making their way to Huaton to participate in a counteroffensive against Ormoc; however, only the 77th Regiment would reach its destination in time. Concurrently, the isolated 16th Division in the central Leyte mountains was gradually withdrawing from the Burauen front, losing strength with each passing day, and the 26th Division was gathering north of Talisanyan to prepare for the final retreat to Ormoc. On December 16, with the port secured, Bruce's forces were poised for the next stage of their advance north along the Ormoc corridor. Given that his patrols reported minimal enemy resistance west of Highway 2, Bruce aimed to encircle the Japanese forces from the east with the 306th and 307th Regiments, while the 305th would advance along the highway. Following this plan, the 305th Regiment quickly eliminated the remaining enemy positions in Cogon and proceeded 400 yards north of the road junction toward Tambuco. Meanwhile, the 307th swiftly moved through the neighborhoods of Jalubon, Liloan, Bao, and Catayom to San Jose, where they encountered and defeated two platoons of paratroopers. The 306th Regiment also advanced to Jalubon but then shifted north toward Tipic to bypass Huaton and directly assault Valencia. Looking north, while the 126th and 127th Regiments fought bravely against an enemy that restricted the division's progress to just a few dozen yards each day, the 12th Cavalry Regiment continued its advance toward Lonoy. Ultimately, the successful American assault on December 16 left the Japanese defenses exposed, prompting General Suzuki to alter his offensive strategy once more, immediately directing his forces to conduct a delaying action to facilitate a final retreat toward Libongao. Meanwhile, Bruce intensified his attack on December 17. As a result, the 305th Regiment encountered stiff resistance while attempting to reach Tambuco. The Japanese had constructed defensive positions along Highway 2 in the southern part of Ormoc Valley. At the road junction of Highway 2 with the road to Liloan were many trenches three to four feet deep and parallel to the highway. Trenches had also been dug along the sides of a machine gun emplacement that occupied a slight elevation commanding Highway 2 both to the north and to the south. On both sides of the road from Cogon to Catayom foxholes lined Highway 2, in the ditches and under the shacks. Some of these positions were dug on a slant and were six to seven feet deep. At Tambuco the foxholes extended along the highway for 400 yards, with machine gun emplacements on the sides of the foxholes. Other positions along Highway 2 consisted of poorly integrated foxholes and machine guns that covered the road. The field artillery pieces between Tambuco and Catayom were placed along the highway, with the exception of a 75-mm. gun that guarded a bridge and was well concealed inside a roadside shack. At 0830 on 17 December the 305th Infantry moved out along Highway 2. At 1000 the 1st Battalion reported that it was advancing at the rate of 100 yards every ten minutes against light opposition. By 1145 the 305th Infantry was fighting through Tambuco. At a road junction just north of Tambuco, it eliminated some enemy resistance and the advance slowed down. The regiment moved forward to a point about 300 yards north of the road junction and established its night perimeter, which extended 300 yards to the northeast along the Tambuco-Dolores road in order to forestall any Japanese counterattacks from that direction. On the same day the 306th Infantry pushed its attack northeast at 0800. The advancing troops almost immediately encountered Japanese who, apparently taken by surprise, were unable to offer organized resistance. At 1040, when the forward elements were 1,000 yards southwest of Cabulihan, the opposition stiffened and the regimental commander therefore committed the 3d Battalion on the left of the 2d Battalion. The advance continued. As the regiment neared Highway 2, resistance became more intense. The 306th Infantry encountered the Japanese who were fleeing northwest from the assault of the 305th Infantry and the heavy artillery that accompanied it. (Unknown to the Americans, General Suzuki and his staff were among the retreating Japanese. Suzuki succeeded in escaping to Libongao, where he established a new headquarters for the 35th Army.) At 1440 the 306th Infantry reached Highway 2 between Catayom and Cabulihan and proceeded north toward Cabulihan, its objective. Advance elements of the 3d Battalion reached the outskirts of the town but withdrew three or four hundred yards to take advantage of more commanding terrain. After combat patrols had cleared the area, the 306th Infantry established its night perimeter five hundred yards south of Cabulihan at 1600.  General Bruce had ordered the 307th Infantry to remain in San Jose until further notice. Since the guerrilla forces had reported a large number of Japanese in the area, General Bruce had made arrangements to soften the sector with an aerial bombardment and artillery fire before the infantry attack. In response to Bruce's request, fifteen P-40's from the V Fighter Command had been made available by General Whitehead for an air strike against the Valencia area. The 155-mm. guns of the 226th Field Artillery Battalion at Daro began firing on Valencia and the airstrip on the morning of 17 December and hit a Japanese ammunition dump. At 1245 the artillery fire was halted for the air strike, and for fifty minutes the area was bombed and strafed. With the conclusion of the air attack, at 1335, the artillery began anew to pound the area. "The medium artillery . . . reached out from Ormoc and the 'Long Toms' . . . from Daro joined in the fighting." In the meantime the 902d Field Artillery Battalion moved forward to a point from which it could support the advance of the 307th Infantry. At 1415 the artillery fire stopped and the 307th Infantry moved out astride the San Jose-Valencia road toward Valencia. Though the artillery fire and aerial bombardment had driven some of the Japanese from the area, a strong well-equipped force, including a number of paratroopers, remained to oppose the 307th Infantry. The regiment pushed forward, however, and at 1640 its leading elements were on the southwestern edge of the airstrip and within 1,000 yards of Valencia. The 307th Infantry formed its night perimeter on the edge of the airfield and made preparations to continue the attack on 18 December. During 17 December, despite the disorganization of the Japanese forces, Colonel Imahori of the 12th Independent Infantry Regiment tried to reach Ormoc, but he was unsuccessful. A few enemy artillery shells landed in the Ormoc area but that was all. General Bruce wrote later: "The men got a laugh because the General's latrine, unoccupied, was struck. He wished about that time that he had remained up front which he had reached by landing in a cub plane on an unimproved jungle road." The following morning, as supplies and ammunition for the 306th and 307th Regiments were running dangerously low, Bruce dispatched an armored column through the 305th's lines, which bypassed enemy strongholds and successfully delivered supplies to both regiments. The 305th Regiment then faced minimal resistance as it advanced toward Huaton, with its 3rd Battalion decisively eliminating all enemy opposition along the Dolores road. Simultaneously, the 306th Regiment steadily pushed toward Valencia, successfully reaching the southern edge of the town, while the 307th secured the airstrip without any resistance. As General Gill directed his forces northward, the 126th Regiment successfully seized a ridge east of the road, advancing closer to the main enemy defensive line located north of Lonoy. On the morning of December 19, the 126th launched another offensive, overrunning numerous enemy positions and advancing 200 yards before being replaced by fresh troops the following day. Meanwhile, the 12th Cavalry encountered only light and sporadic resistance in its efforts to secure Lonoy, although its 2nd Squadron faced tougher opposition while assaulting a knoll southeast of the barrio. To the south, following the fall of Valencia, the 5th Regiment reached Libongao just as Bruce prepared to press forward in the northern campaign. Thus, the 307th Regiment steadily advanced north along Highway 2, engaging an advanced battalion from the Takahashi Detachment, while the 306th moved successfully northwest across the terrain to a position 300 yards south of the Palompon road. On this day, Suzuki received news of the enemy's invasion of Mindoro, along with General Yamashita's orders to conduct a strategic delay on Leyte. In response, he commanded all his forces to begin a gradual withdrawal towards Palompon, leaving Libongao for Matag-ob. On December 20, the 306th Regiment reached the Palompon road and dispatched its 1st Battalion west towards the Togbong River, while the 3rd Battalion turned east towards Highway 2. At the same time, the 307th Regiment launched an assault on the Libongao positions and successfully defeated the 5th Regiment, compelling the Takahashi Detachment to retreat towards Matag-ob, where they established Suzuki's final delaying position. Additionally, as the exhausted 126th Regiment was relieved, the 12th Cavalry began moving south from Lonoy to intercept the enemy's retreat route at Kananga. On December 21, as the 1st and 102nd Divisions began their withdrawal towards Palompon, the 12th Cavalry successfully captured Kananga and established contact with patrols from the 77th Division. Consequently, Highway 2 was finally open from Ormoc to Pinamopoan, and the Ormoc Valley, where the Japanese had fiercely resisted the American advance, was now firmly under the control of the 6th Army. General Mudge, commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division, said of the 12th Cavalry: “As a result of the stout-hearted efforts of the 12th Cavalry Regiment, elements of the Division are within 2500 yards of making contact with forward elements of the 77th Division. Considering the fact that the regiment has been reduced to 50% strength by the rigors and deprivations of 40 days in the mountains, the display of courage, stamina, and drive on the part of the 12th Cavalry is a credit to the best traditions of the United States Cavalry.” However, we must now shift our focus from the Philippines to Burma to follow the progress of Operation Capital.  Previously, while General Sultan's offensive in the north was advancing well, General Slim's eastern push, led by General Rees' 19th Indian Division, encountered less resistance than anticipated. This indicated that the enemy was rapidly retreating to stronger defensive positions behind the Irrawaddy River. As a result, Slim's strategy to encircle General Katamura's 15th Army on the Shwebo Plain was compromised, necessitating a significant adjustment to his offensive. His forces, stretched from Tamu, were at risk of counterattack while attempting to cross one of the most formidable river barriers. Therefore, Slim aimed to find a way to not only cross his troops over the Irrawaddy without major issues or interference but also to gain the decisive advantage needed to engage the Japanese on his terms, targeting them where their defenses were weakest. In just a few days, Slim and his team devised a new strategy known as Operation Extended Capital. The objective was to convince the Japanese that nothing had altered and that the 14th Army's advance was still primarily directed toward Mandalay, with its two corps crossing the Irrawaddy to the northwest of the city. The core of Slim's revised plan involved General Stopford's 33rd Corps, which, bolstered by the 19th Division and the 268th Tank Brigade, would maintain its planned crossing of the Irrawaddy north of Mandalay. Meanwhile, General Messervy's restructured 4th Corps would tactically cross the river much farther south in Pakokku, allowing them to launch attacks on Meiktila and Thazi, crucial points along General Kimura's communication lines that supported both the 33rd and 15th Armies. The towns of Meiktila and Thazi represented ground that was vital to the enemy defense, a concept 14th Army had first learned painfully in Arakan. The railway and main road from Rangoon ran through Meiktila before bending north on their way to Mandalay, and the town formed a natural location for supply and ammunition dumps, airfields and hospitals. If Slim could cut off both Honda and Katamura's corps from this vital logistical center, the Japanese ability to resist General Stopford's inexorable pressure in the north around Mandalay would be fatally weakened. Slim recognized that without Meiktila, Kimura could not hope to sustain a prolonged battle for Mandalay. Indeed, it might even prove to be the decisive act in the destruction of the whole of Kimura's army. Thus, the northern advance by 33rd Corps would be a deception to hide the decisive strike by 4th Corps to the south. If Slim could attract the greatest possible number of enemy divisions towards the northern crossing points (where, after all, Kimura expected him to strike), he could minimize opposition to the real focus of his attack in the south. This would provide Slim with, as he put it, ‘not only the major battle I desired, but the chance to repeat our old hammer and anvil tactics: 33rd Corps the hammer from the north against the anvil of 4th Corps at Meiktila – and the Japanese between.' Simultaneously, a new offensive was gearing up in the south. Unable to execute Operation Dracula, an intended amphibious assault on Rangoon, Admiral Mountbatten was resolved to initiate an offensive in the Arakan region. Codenamed Operation Romulus, it aimed for General Christison's 15th Corps to again attack Akyab, marking the third attempt to regain Arakan since the war began. Christison's strategy involved a three-pronged attack into northern Arakan, with Major-General George Wood's 25th Indian Division advancing on the right along the coast, Major-General George Bruce's 82nd West African Division in the center within the valley of the Mayu river, and Major-General Frederick Loftus-Tottenham's 81st West African Division on the left in the Kaladan river valley. Expecting heightened Japanese resistance along the Donbaik-Rathedaung-Myohaung line, Christison suggested that while his three frontline divisions engaged the Japanese forces with aggressive attacks, Brigadier Peter Young's 3rd Commando Brigade would land in the Japanese rear on the Myebon peninsula, followed closely by Major-General Cyril Lomax's 26th Indian Division, in a bid to finally capture Akyab. Facing them was General Sakurai's 28th Army, which included the Sakura Detachment, organized around three infantry battalions from the 55th Division along with the 55th Reconnaissance Regiment, stationed along the Godusara-Buthidaung-Kindaung line and the Kaladan Valley. Lieutenant-General Miyazaki Shigesaburo's 54th Division was responsible for defending the remainder of the Mayu Peninsula and the coastal area extending to Taungup. Meanwhile, Lieutenant-General Sakuma Ryozo's diminished 55th Division occupied the Irrawaddy Delta region, and Major-General Yamamoto Tsunoru's 72nd Independent Mixed Brigade was positioned near the oilfields at Yenangyaung. Additionally, the Katsu Force, centered around the 153rd Regiment, was near Yenangyaung, while the Rangoon Defense Unit, which included the Rangoon Anti-Aircraft Unit and various logistical elements, was tasked with protecting Burma's primary port. Sakurai's strategy, known as Operation Kan, entailed a defensive stance on the Mayu Peninsula and Yenangyaung, along with safeguarding the southwestern coast near Bassein against potential amphibious assaults. As the defenders slowed the enemy's progress towards their fortified positions, the 54th Division would be promptly sent to launch a counteroffensive. Depending on the nature of the attack, units from the 55th Division and Katsu Force would also participate in this counterattack. If a significant battle erupted near Rangoon, the reserve 2nd and 49th Divisions would be deployed without delay. Meanwhile, with the 26th Division being withdrawn for rest, the 25th Division preparing to move towards Rathedaung, and the 82nd Division advancing into the Kalapanzin Valley, the 81st Division was dispatched on October 1 to progress through the Mowdok Mountain Range toward Kyauktaw. As they moved southward across challenging and nearly impassable terrain, the West Africans expected to capture Mowdok by October 18, effectively eliminating the last Japanese forces from Indian territory before progressing through the Kaladan Valley. The 55th Reconnaissance Regiment stationed at Paletwa endured multiple assaults until early November, at which point they received orders to retreat to the Kaladan line. On December 15 the Japanese launched a strong attack with artillery support against the 6th (West African) Brigade. Private Kweku Pong, number two on a Bren, was wounded and separated from his section. Well armed with 12 magazines, he engaged the Japanese with short bursts for hours as they searched for him, until he eventually lost consciousness from loss of blood. Havildar Umrao Singh's gun section of the 30th Mountain Regiment was supporting the brigade when it was overrun and his officer badly wounded. With two other men he defended the position with rifles, bayonets and grenades until they were rushed and he defended it by swinging a rammer until borne down and bayoneted. The Japanese were eventually driven off when both men were found; Singh was awarded a VC and Pong an MM. Slim never changed his view that Africans would be ‘lost' without British guidance; but he probably never heard of Kweku Pong, who found himself alone, badly wounded in the middle of the night with Japanese rampaging through the bush around him and a battle going on behind. No white man was there to tell him what to do, no African NCO nor any other African for that matter. Nobody would have blamed him for lying doggo, but instead he showed considerable courage and good tactical sense. For this action, the 5th Gold Coast Regiment was awarded the unique honor ‘Tinma'.  Meanwhile, by late November, Wood had sent the 51st Indian Brigade to assist the African offensive in the Kalapanzin Valley. After successfully completing this mission, the 25th and 82nd Divisions launched their assault on Buthidaung on December 12. Wood's strategy involved a series of coordinated moves, with units leapfrogging one another, while the pace of the advance depended on how fast the sappers could repair the routes for the subsequent vehicles. Significantly outnumbered, Major-General Sakurai Tokutaro's troops were ultimately forced to evacuate Buthidaung on December 14. In response to the escalating enemy pressure in both the Kaladan and Mayu regions, the 28th Army ordered the Matsu Detachment, consisting of three battalions from the 54th Division, to take over control of the Kaladan front, while Major-General Koba Tomotoki's forces advanced toward Tinma. However, Loftus-Tottenham wisely decided to outflank this position, compelling the recently arrived detachment to withdraw, while other African units successfully made their way to Kyauktaw by the month's end. At the same time, the 53rd Indian Brigade progressed along the Kalapanzin River, and the 82nd Division managed to overcome strong resistance at Kindaung village in late December. On the night of December 21, the 6th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Regiment undertook a night march exceeding 20 miles to capture Donbaik, which was taken without resistance. It was only at this point that the remains of the Valentine tanks and crews lost two years prior were discovered. The Sakura Detachment, having reached its limit, had no option but to retreat towards Myohaung, where they would be supported by the Matsu Detachment during their final withdrawal to Prome. With no opposition encountered, the two West African divisions successfully made contact on January 4, resulting in the complete clearance of the Kalapanzin valley. Meanwhile, looking north, Slim had initiated Operation Extended Capital on December 19. In line with this, Stopford instructed the 19th Division to advance along the west bank of the Irrawaddy to launch an attack on Shwebo from the east, while the 2nd British Division, having crossed the Chindwin at Kalewa, approached Shwebo from the west. After capturing Shwebo, the 19th Division was to pivot eastward to secure bridgeheads across the Irrawaddy north of Mandalay, while the 2nd Division continued south towards the Irrawaddy bend near Sagaing. Slim aimed to create the impression that the entire 14th Army was advancing on Mandalay by associating the 19th Division with the 4th Corps. Additionally, the 20th Indian Division was tasked with crossing the Chindwin at Kalewa and moving downstream to capture Monywa. Meanwhile, Messervy was organizing his dispersed divisions to commence their advance down the Gangaw valley, from Tamu to Pakokku. In the lead would be the Lushai Brigade and the 28th East African Brigade, tasked with clearing the enemy from Gangaw and subsequently advancing to Pakokku. The tour de force of deceptions against the Japanese would aid the crossing of the Irrawaddy. Slim's intention behind the plan, known as Cloak, was to conceal the main crossing until the last possible moment by persuading the Japanese to believe that the force preparing to move down the Gangaw valley to cross the river near Pakokku and seize Meiktila was merely making a feint to distract attention from the attack on Mandalay by 33rd Corps from the north. Until now 14th Army's commanders had been reluctant to use any but the simplest signals deceptions, but now they were enthusiastic even to the detriment of operational communications. Thus, three schemes were adopted: Pippin, which covered the withdrawal of the 5th Indian and 11th East African Divisions; Stencil, which created a dummy 4th Corps Headquarters that appeared to control formations under 33rd Corps; and Cloak, which was designed to give a false impression of the forces operating – that the forcing of the Irrawaddy would take place away from the real main effort, and that any movement the Japanese saw in the Gangaw valley was itself only a diversion. There is no doubt the speed the advance into central Burma achieved was in no small measure due to this deception scheme, which also used political channels, displays and deception devices dropped by Mosquitos and Beaufighters. Following them, the 7th Indian Division aimed to capture Pakokku, secure the west bank of the Irrawaddy, and establish a bridgehead across the river. Once this bridgehead was established, the 17th Indian Division and the 255th Tank Brigade would cross the Irrawaddy and race towards Meiktila. However, before initiating this advance, Messervy needed to enhance the pathway through the valley to facilitate the movement of his artillery and armored units. The Lushai Brigade, already forward, also needed artillery support before launching their assault on Gangaw. Therefore, while Messervy's engineers promptly began upgrading the road and track south of Kalemyo, only Stopford's units would engage in combat in late December. Moving swiftly, the advance elements of the 2nd Division, along with the tanks from the 254th Brigade, passed through Pyingaing on December 23 and continued towards Paga, successfully overcoming several rearguard positions held by elements of the retreating 33rd Division, which eventually reached Monywa in early January. At the same time, the 19th Division captured Wuntho and began its advance southward towards Shwebo. In the meantime, Messervy's engineers worked diligently for two weeks to prepare the track, and by the end of the month, his field artillery was en route to Gangaw. The 28th East African Brigade departed Imphal on December 22, followed by the 7th Division four days later. However, in the northeast, Sultan continued his northern offensive with minimal success. With the Ledo Road now extended from Kamaing to connect with the Myitkyina-Bhamo road, the 112th and 113th Chinese Regiments received orders to eliminate the Japanese rear guards along the final segment of the road to China. In the period between the split of the CBI Theater in October 1944 and the fall of Bhamo on 15 December, the Ledo Road engineers under General Pick brought the survey of the Ledo Road from a point just below and east of Kamaing, 211 miles from Ledo, to a juncture with the Myitkyina-Bhamo road. The Ledo Road was to bypass Myitkyina, for there was no point to running heavy traffic through an inhabited place, and Myitkyina's supply needs could be served by an access road. Metaling and grading were complete almost to Mogaung. The Mogaung River had been bridged near Kamaing, and a temporary bridge placed across the Irrawaddy. Tonnage carried on the road for use within Burma was steadily rising. In early October it had carried 275 tons a day; by the latter part of the month the rate was twice that. Immediately after Bhamo's capture, the advance headquarters of the road engineers was moved to that town. A combat supply road was made from Mogaung, below Myitkyina, to a point just ten miles west of Namhkam. The 113th Regiment advanced up the valley along the established road from Panghkam, while the 112th proceeded through the hills. The primary assault was to be led by the 30th Chinese Division, with its 90th Regiment advancing straight along the road toward Namhkam, while the 88th and 89th Regiments executed a shallow envelopment to the south of the road. Although conditions were favorable for a rapid advance into the Shweli valley, the commander of the 90th Regiment hesitated, causing delays along the flanks, as they formed the center of the Chinese line. Concurrently, Sultan ordered the Mars Task Force to embark on a challenging march through the hill country to the Mong Wi area, aiming to cut off the Burma Road near Hosi and effectively encircle the enemy 33rd Army. The 50th Chinese Division, which had been following the 36th British Division down the Railway Corridor, was set to occupy the vacated positions at Tonkwa and Si-u. Its objective was to cross the Shweli near Molo and proceed southeast to capture Lashio. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Amidst fierce battles, General Bruce's troops advanced against Japanese forces in Leyte, securing key positions and paving the way for further assaults amid strategic retreats. In a strategic deception, Slim's forces advanced on multiple fronts, aiming to outmaneuver the Japanese, ultimately leading to decisive victories in Burma and weakening enemy defenses.

Elisa Lucinda se interessou por poesia desde pequena. Com 11 anos já frequentava aulas de declamação. Desde então, foram 20 livros publicados. Na televisão, estreou como atriz na novela Kananga do Japão, de 1989. No teatro, foram mais de 20 espetáculos. Além disso, é cantora e intérprete. E muito mais. Disso tudo resultam não só belos […] O post Racismo me fez ser muito julgada, mas não afetou minha multiplicidade, diz Elisa Lucinda apareceu primeiro em Rádio Brasil de Fato.

La RDC est dans la fièvre de son quatrième cycle électoral. Les élections générales sont prévues le 20 décembre prochain d'après le calendrier électoral publié par la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) il y a plus d'une année. En dépit des difficultés logistiques persistantes, la centrale électorale rassure : les élections auront bel et lieu dans six jours. Entre-temps, les candidats, dont ceux qui convoitent la présidence, poursuivent leurs campagnes à travers le pays.Censée être une période où chacun de candidats tente de déployer un argumentaire pour convaincre l'électorat sur son programme de gouvernance une fois élu président de la république, la campagne électorale en RDC est devenue sujette à des invectives et des diatribes par différents compétiteurs. Cette situation intrinsèquement liée à d'autres phénomènes est à la base de plusieurs tensions. Ce, à quelques jours des élections. Ce jeudi, Martin Fayulu de la coalition Lamuka a dénoncé l'attaque d'une de ses équipes de campagne à Kinshasa, occasionnant quatre (4) blessés graves, autant de blessés légers.Mardi 12 décembre, un meeting de Moise Katumbi a été dispersé à Moanda, dans la province du Kongo-central, par les forces de l'ordre. Plusieurs blessés ont été signalés. L'opposant a ainsi pris l'initiative de suspendre momentanément ses rassemblements à Kananga et Tshikapa, pour éviter le télescopage avec l'équipe de Félix Tshisekedi, annoncée aussi en cette même période dans la région.Pour Germain Kuna, professeur des sciences politiques à l'Université de Kinshasa (Unikin), Ces évènements présagent des tensions postélectorales et menacent la cohésion sociale. Selon lui, le discours de haine est à la base de l'échauffement des esprits des uns et des autres. Comment éviter les tensions après les élections et sauvegarder la paix et la cohésion sociale ? Professeur Germain Kuna répond à Bruno Nsaka dans ce nouveau numéro de Podcast

Roger Moo7re as James Bond! Tom & Joe revisit Roger Moore's first film which sees Bond go to San Monique to investigate Dr Kananga after the death of three M16 agents. With Guy Hamilton still at the helm, it's a new era for the Bond franchise but how was Roger's first outing? Did he have a strong start like Sean did with Dr. No, or is JW Pepper simply too much to overcome? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roger Moo7re as James Bond! Tom & Joe revisit Roger Moore's first film which sees Bond go to San Monique to investigate Dr Kananga after the death of three M16 agents. With Guy Hamilton still at the helm, it's a new era for the Bond franchise but how was Roger's first outing? Did he have a strong start like Sean did with Dr. No, or is JW Pepper simply too much to overcome? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane Seymour was born as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in 1951 in Middlesex, England, to a nurse mother and gynaecologist/obstetrician father. She is of Polish Jewish (father) and Dutch (mother) descent. She adopted the acting name of "Jane Seymour" when she entered show business as it was easier for people to remember (and the name of one of King Henry VIII's wives). She attracted the attention of the James Bond film producers when they saw her on British television. She was cast as the main Bond girl, "Solitaire", in Live and Let Die (1973). The role gained her international recognition but she was in danger of losing it all like the previous Bond girls, so she came to the U.S. A casting director advised her to lose her English accent and acquire an American accent to land roles on American television. She did and started getting roles, earning five Emmy nominations, resulting in one win for Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) for playing Maria Callas. She won Golden Globe awards for both East of Eden (1981) and the American television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), where she played the title role for 5 years. She occasionally appeared in feature films, memorably in Somewhere in Time (1980) and in Wedding Crashers (2005). Married and divorced four times, she gave birth to four children and is a stepmother to two. They have children of their own, making her a grandmother. As of 2018, she has been acting in television movies and making guest-appearances. When Bond (Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he closes in on powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as Mr. Big, Kananga is coordinating a global threat, using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meets Solitaire (Jane Seymour), a beautiful tarot-card reader, whose magic is crucial to the crime lord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Il nostro canale Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vziHBEp0gc9gAhR740fCwSostieni DENTRO LA STORIA su Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dentrolastoriaAbbonati al canale: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vziHBEp0gc9gAhR740fCw/joinFin dal debutto sui libri, grazie alla penna di Ian Fleming i villain di 007 hanno sempre avuto degli agganci reali con la realta', molti sono stati i nemici di James Bond che hanno attinto dalla storia, personaggi ed organizzazioni realmente esistite che, con qualche licenza poetica, sono stati riadattati come villain del famoso agente segreto. Nel video di oggi ripercorriamo i piu' famosi, dagli inizi fino alle ultime pellicole.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/racconti-di-storia-podcast--5561307/support.

In this episode we discus Roger Moore's debut as Bond, Live and Let Die. Topics include the Beatles, Kananga's deep bench, and stealing someone's virginity. Join our Discord  https://discord.gg/jDrUtNcRq2 

I enjoyed learning about population and development via Danielle's unique internship in Kananga (DR Congo) and how that shaped her view on development aid. Find me on Instagram @slices_of_grace Happy listening!

TRACKLIST : Giuseppe Russo - Mi suerte DMILE, Adrian Mart - Turtle eyes JC Morales - Gruuv this Arrinondas - Divinorum (ZA__Paradigma remix) Vasco - Enter the void Underher & Gokan - Run away Ian Ludvig - Arcanne (Thimble remix) Mark Tarmona - Run & hide Clawz SG - Moira Juan Deminicis - Cycles Yerom - Got to love Francis Harris - Thresholds (Speaker Music Studio Soul remix)

A heap of combinations this week: Mungo's HiFi & Kiko Bun, Kabaka Pyramid & Damian Marley, Stick Figure & Collie Buddz, Little Lion & Eesah, and Bobby Hustle, Dread Kennedy, & Shakamon, and Luciano & Lutan Fyah.Big new singles from Tarrus Riley, Gentlemen, Hollie Cook, Naomi Cowan, and Lion D. Plus riddim juggling on the Love and Love Alone Riddim.Dread Kennedy, Shakamon & Bobby Hustle - Chase DemTarrus Riley - Baby BlueJoss Stone - Here Comes the SunStick Figure - Showdown (feat. Collie Buddz)Kabaka Pyramid ft. Damian "Jr Gong" Marley - Red Gold and GreenBusy Signal, Kananga & Crawba Genius - Jah Always There for MeBusy Signal - Thank You JahD-Major - No EscapePressure Busspipe - Too BadGinjah - SelfishChristopher Martin - Love And Love AloneGentleman- - Over The HillsKing Kong & Little Lion Sound - Take My LifeEesah & Little Lion Sound - Hold A VibeGappy Ranks - Full Clip DUBSean Paul - Light My Fire (feat. Gwen Stefani & Shenseea)Warrior Sound & Fantan Mojah - ConfidenceMungo's Hi Fi & Kiko Bun - Riddim GeneralKingston Traffic - Naomi CowanHollie Cook - Kush Kween (feat. Jah9)Luciano & Lutan Fyah - Settle DownKapital Stone & Yungg Trip - Nuh StylistJahdan Blakkamore & Yungg Trip - Number 1Protoje - Incient SteppingNation Boss & Troublemekka - HumansKoffee - The Harder They Fall (Marshall Neeko Remix)Lion D - Born A RebelKazam Davis - What We Need Is More Love

Sean Paul delivers a 'Scorcha' while Dre Island keeps the flames high with his latest string of ganja tunes. Brand new Protoje deep in the meds and direct to the inbox Kabaka Pyramid, Bobby Hustle, Eesah, Nature Ellis, and King Kong.Proudly featuring the new riddim Martis Valley courtesy of Ambassador Muzik.Check Out The Website Caribbeandanceradio.com & WorldAReggae.comLike And Follow On Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram linktr.ee/thedjphgTracklist:Sean Paul - Light My Fire (feat. Gwen Stefani & Shenseea)Warrior Sound & Aza Lineage - TryLawGiver the Kingson ft Yaksta - The RulerMungo's Hi Fi & Kiko Bun - Ms. BurnettBobby Hustle & Josh Heinrichs - Fade AwayShaggy - That's LifeEesah - Easy Skankin'Kabaka Pyramid - Make Things WorkBusy Signal, Kananga & Crawba Genius - Jah Always There for MeKing Kong & Little Lion Sound - Take My LifeProtoje - Incient SteppingAnthony B - Love of AllRobbie Rule - PlandemicWinstrong - Reason for LifePerfect Giddimani - Some BridgesCJ Joe - Like a Sunny DayBulby York, Malica & Tanya Stephens - QueenSean Paul - No Fear (feat. Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley & Nicky Jam)Dre Island & Richie SpicePerfect Giddimani & Yungg Trip - Cough or LaughKen Boothe - Without LoveSamory I - Love And MercyMortimer - Keep That Fire LitRas I - Time Won't WaitNaomi Cowan - The VoiceNature Ellis - Ready Or Not

Really, 007! celebrate the 60th anniversary of James Bond by watching every film at the cinema!The Roger Moore era begins in style as Bond enters the world of voodoo to bring down drug kingpin Kananga in Live And Let Die...All 6 of the lads managed to watch the film at the cinema, and share their hopes and expectations of watching it there for the first time, before assessing what they've just witnessed. They is joined by special guests Steve Spring, Sam Rogers, That Guy Si, Trevor Baxendale, Bob Foster, Ciaran Brown, David Kell, Gary K, Darren Bithell, Chris Schofield and many family members! Thanks for listening - we think you'll love it too!Disclaimer: Really, 007! is an unofficial entity and is not affiliated with EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Danjaq, LLC. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RAUL GAZOLLA é ator. Gazolla participou de inúmeras novelas na Globo, SBT, Record e na antiga TV Manchete, onde foi o galã de “Kananga do Japão” no fim da década de 80. Talvez o Vilela nunca vá ao Japão, já que ele não sai do porão nem para ir ao bairro da Liberdade.

Su ubicación en la costa del África oriental, a pocas millas de Yemen y en la confluencia del mar Rojo con el golfo de Adén, hacen de esta pequeña nación uno de los enclaves más estratégicos del Cuerno de África. Rodeado por Eritrea, Etiopía y Somalia, Yibuti es un país desértico; sus registros térmicos figuran entre los más elevados del planeta y el agua dulce es un bien escaso. A cambio tiene un par de lagos salados de extraordinaria belleza –el Assal y el Abbe– así como una interesante orografía de formas caprichosas, en parte esculpida por la intensa actividad volcánica de la región. Nuestro viaje sonoro, guiado por el doctor Jaume E. Ollé (autor de Crónicas de un médico en el mundo) y la educadora Teresa Equisuany, parte de la portuaria capital. En la ciudad de Yibuti nos dejamos guiar por el responsable de comunicación de la oficina nacional de turismo, Abdoulkader Aboubakar, y la viajera Emilie Poudroux. Descubrimos también el hermoso costado marítimo yibutiano con Miquel Ribas, de la agencia Kananga, y nos sumergimos en sus aguas para disfrutar de los excelentes fondos acompañados de María Alonso, directora de la agencia de viajes de buceo Blue Planet. Después de avistar tiburones ballena terminamos nuestro periplo virtual en los lagos, que descubrimos gracias, entre otros, a Xavier Gil, de la agencia Tarannà. Escuchar audio

On this episode of The James Bond A-Z Podcast hosts Tom Butler, Brendan Duffy, and Tom Wheatley tackle the 007 kharacters and kreatives that fall under the letter K. In this show you'll learn about: Michael Kamen, the American composer on 'Licence To Kill'. Daniel Kleinman, the commercials director who took over title credits duties from Maurice Binder from 'GoldenEye' onwards. Burt Kwouk, the British actor with multiple Bond credits to his name, as well as a long and illustrious acting career. We also look at the many characters that fall under K including: Milton Krest, Kamal Khan, Kincade, Elektra King, Rosa Klebb, Kristatos, Koskov, and Kananga. And for no particular reason, we play a few games of the Kevin Bacon game. James Bond will return... in next week's James Bond's A-Z Podcast. Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/jamesbondatoz Find us on Instagram: instagram.com/jamesbondatoz Email us on: podcast@jamesbondatoz.co.uk Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Hosts Mike Kalinowski and Brad Gilmore team up in this comprehensive breakdown of the longest running film series in the history of cinema. In Bond, James Bond, they explore the cinematic history of the James Bond collection to celebrate everything it got right and reflect on everything it got wrong. The complete cinematic biographies of James Bond. Since his initial portrayal by Sean Connery, James Bond has become a timeless icon worldwide. Now, comes the first-ever era-by-era breakdown of the much loved international spy―on and off the silver screen. When Bond (Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he closes in on powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as Mr. Big, Kananga is coordinating a global threat, using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meets Solitaire (Jane Seymour), a beautiful tarot-card reader, whose magic is crucial to the crime lord. Buy the book! Bond, James Bond: Exploring the Shaken and Stirred History of Ian Fleming's 007: bondjamesbondbook.com

Access the entire 86 minute episode (and additional bonus episodes) by becoming a patron of Junk Filter: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59961406 Andrew Tracy, the new associate editor of Reel Screen magazine, joins the program as our first in-person guest for a deep dive into the famously problematic 007 entry Live and Let Die, Roger Moore's debut as James Bond, going up against the powerful druglord Dr. Kananga, played by Tha God Yaphet Kotto. Plus, a discussion of Bond's inability to make a proper cup of coffee in his apartment, and we praise another great Yaphet Kotto performance of the period, the film he made just before Live and Let Die, Larry Cohen's incendiary social satire Bone (1972). Patrons of the Junk Filter podcast receive at least two additional exclusive episodes a month: some of our notable previous guests include Jared Yates Sexton, David Roth, Bryan Quinby, Sooz Kempner, and Jacob Bacharach. More to come! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter Some collected Andrew Tracy reviews for Cinema Scope magazine. Trailer for Live and Let Die (Guy Hamilton, 1973) UK Milk Board commercial tied-in to the release of Live and Let Die, 1973 From Live and Let Die, Bond trying and failing to make a decent cup of coffee for M

Dana and Tom continue their trip through the Bond movies in anticipation of No Time to Die (In theaters October 8, 2021) by reviewing the first of film of the Roger Moore era, Live and Let Die also starring Yaphet Kotto and Jane Seymour. Plot Summary: When Bond (for the first time, played by Roger Moore) investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he pursues the connected plans of the Black American Gangster known on the streets as Mr. Big and the Head of State for the fictional San Monique, Dr. Kananga. Bond after turning the beautiful Solitaire against Kananga, uncovers Kananga's plot to monopolize the heroin trade in the U.S., and races to stop Kananga before his assassins can get to Bond. Please follow, rate, and review the show to make sure more can join in on our fun. You can email the show at greatestalltimemoviepodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram or Twitter @gmoatpodcast. For more on the episode, go to: https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/live-and-let-die-1973 (https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/live-and-let-die-1973) For the entire list so far, go to: https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list (https://tj3duncan.wixsite.com/ronnyduncanstudios/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list) Support this podcast

With the often rescheduled No Time to Die now set to open in just over a month, Mad Unreal is bringing back our special “007 And Counting” James Bond series. Last year, we discussed Daniel Craig's epic tenure as the world's most famous spy, while also examining the complications of being a Black Bond fan. This year, we're diving into six random films and breaking them down as only we can. First up? Roger Moore's Live and Let Die, a movie that brings Black culture into the Bond series like never before. But did they get it right? Join us for a brand new episode of our countdown to the 25th James Bond film. MadUnreal focuses on the films and characters we find beautifully unreal, from #Marvel to #StarWars, #JamesBond, #BIPOC heroes, super women, and dope villains. Hosted by Arthur Turnbull and Isaac Perry, you can find the show on #ApplePodcasts, #Stitcher, and #Spotify.

Sara Callori is here this week to see if she can get a streak going. Listen in and play along! Here are today’s clues: 1. Tail, Hawaiian, Stuffed, Dress. 2. Part of a Foot, Dance, Beach, Popcorn. 3. Ed, Part of a Styx Hit, Rami Malek, Live and Let Die's Dr. Kananga's Alternative Name. 4. Ambulatory, Snow, Home, U.S. City on the Gulf.

Depuis janvier, l’ONG Médecins sans frontières a enregistré plus de 15 viols par jour à Kananga et dans les environs. Le nombre de cas a explosé malgré la fin officielle de l’insurrection de miliciens qui se revendiquaient du chef Kamuina Nsapu tué par l’armée en août 2016. En cause, la multiplication des cas de cambriolages à main armée.

Leonard Co believed that to heal the environment, we have to go back to our roots. Literally. As one of the country's leading botanists he studied and made important discoveries about our indigenous plants and trees. But a decade ago in Kananga, Leyte, he was cut down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Notre invité Afrique est l'ancien candidat à la présidentielle de la République démocratique du Congo, Martin Fayulu. Il y a deux ans, il était donné comme le président élu. Deux ans après l'arrivée de Félix Tshisekedi à la magistrature suprême, il fait face à l'Union sacrée prônée par son rival forte de 391 députés. Comment compte-t-il se positionner ? L'actuel coordonateur de la coalition Lamuka répond aux questions de Sonia Rolley. Pourquoi estimez-vous que l’Union sacrée est une « deuxième grossesse » du président Tshisekedi et de son prédécesseur Joseph Kabila ? Martin Fayulu : Parce que ce que nous voyons, les mêmes personnes qui sont là, ce sont les personnes membres du FCC et membres du Cach. Maintenant, comme eux-mêmes l’ont dit que c’est une « coalition gouvernementale élargie ». Élargie à qui ? À certains transfuges de Lamuka et autres. Cela veut dire que concrètement, vous pensez que cette coalition-là n’est pas capable de changer de politique ? Ce n’est pas de la politique ici, ce sont des stratagèmes pour se maintenir au pouvoir. A un moment donné, ils vont se dire que, non, on n’a pas eu le temps de faire des réformes, on n’a pas eu le temps de gérer, il faut postposer les élections. Ils vont avoir aussi des velléités de changer la Constitution et tout cela, c’est dans l’ADN de Kabila qui veut conserver le pouvoir à tout moment. Quel peut être l’intérêt de Joseph Kabila de montrer qu’il perd la primature, la présidence de l’Assemblée nationale ou une partie du bureau de l’Assemblée nationale ou même le Sénat ? Aux yeux des Congolais, les gens pensent qu’il n’a plus de pouvoir politique, plus le même ? Mais [Joseph] Kabila a déjà perdu. Kabila a perdu le 30 décembre 2018. N’eût été la trahison de [Félix] Tshisekedi, Kabila aujourd’hui, il serait mis totalement de côté. Mais Kabila résiste et ils voient - Kabila et Tshisekedi - qu’ils sont presque à mi-mandat et que les élections vont arriver bientôt. Mais il faut présenter un bilan au peuple congolais. Quel est le bilan qu’ils vont présenter ? Donc, il faut simuler une crise, une crise grave. Il faut faire en sorte que Kabila qui est honni par le peuple congolais soit, comment dire, maltraité pour s’acheter une légitimité. S’il y en a un qui doit profiter, en 2023, d’avoir repris les institutions à Joseph Kabila, ce sera Félix Tshisekedi et pas Joseph Kabila ? C’est Félix qui achète la légitimité, ce n’est pas Kabila. Félix veut acheter une légitimité en maltraitant Kabila avec l’assentiment, avec l’acceptation de Kabila. Qu’est-ce qu’il y gagne Joseph Kabila dans l’histoire ? Il gagne sa survie. En tant qu’homme, il vit avec ses biens matériels, ses finances, ses richesses, lui et sa famille, parce que Kabila était déjà parti. Là, il est en train de faire des heures supplémentaires que Tshisekedi lui a données. Ce qui est grave ici, c’est que la misère bat son plein. Le Congolais ne sait à quel saint se vouer. Les enfants ne vont pas à l’école. Le projet des 100 jours, plus de 400 millions de dollars, est-ce qu’on a fait la comptabilité de ces projets ? On a mis certaines personnes en prison, mais presque toutes sont sorties. Aujourd’hui, le train de vie de monsieur Félix Tshisekedi et de ses amis, tous partent en Occident, en Europe ou en Afrique en jet privé, tous, pendant que le peuple est en train de mourir. Félix Tshisekedi disait qu’il n’arrivait pas à faire ce changement-là à cause de l’influence de Joseph Kabila ? Je vais emprunter la réponse des jeunes gens de la Lucha : combien de lois qu’on a voulu faire passer à l’Assemblée nationale ont été recalées à cause de l’influence de Kabila ? À combien de Conseils de ministres, les gens sont sortis en disant qu’on ne s’est pas mis d’accord parce que les gens de Kabila n’ont pas été d’accord, on m’a recalé ? Non, je pense et je continue à dire que c’est une posture. Il n’y a rien. Là, ce que Cach et le FCC avançaient, c’était l’idée d’une transition pacifique du pouvoir. Vous ne pensez pas que Joseph Kabila, s’il avait perdu entièrement le pouvoir d’un seul coup, il aurait peut-être utilisé d’autres moyens pour se maintenir ? Mais quels moyens ?  Pourquoi ils ne les utilisent pas aujourd’hui ? Aujourd’hui, vous avez l’impression qu’il est acculé, qu’il est maltraité par Tshisekedi. Et pourquoi il n’utilise pas ses moyens aujourd’hui qu’il aurait pu utiliser hier ? Certains de vos camarades, Jean-Pierre Bemba et Moïse Katumbi, ont décidé de rejoindre l’Union sacrée… Non, ils sont partis parce qu’ils ont été influencés, je peux vous le dire, ils ont été influencés par l’ambassadeur des Etats-Unis. Le 10 octobre, on signe un acte pour renouveler l’accord Lamuka, la charte Lamuka a été renouvelée le 10. Et le 13 octobre, on fait la passation de pouvoirs entre les coordonnateurs sortants et moi, coordonnateur entrant. Sans problème. On fait un communiqué et deux semaines plus tard, même pas deux semaines, les gens quittent la coalition. Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé dans l’entre-temps ? Je n’ai jamais rien compris. Il y avait quand même des tensions avec Moïse Katumbi. Il y avait toujours des tensions, sans compter que lui voulait une opposition républicaine, il voulait reconnaître les institutions et rentrer dans l'opposition et que vous, vous ne reconnaissiez pas les institutions ? Ça, ce ne sont pas des tensions. C’est une prise de position. Et vous pouvez discuter, mais l’essentiel, c’est les compromis qui sont après. Du coup, quelle position pouvez-vous prendre maintenant, parce que vous vous trouvez en fait régulièrement à avoir les mêmes positions que le FCC de Joseph Kabila, notamment sur tout ce qui est violation de Constitution et autres, dans la critique - on va dire - de Félix Tshisekedi ? Comment arriver à vous positionner, vous, dans ce jeu politique que vous décrivez ? C’est extrêmement grave comme incompréhension des choses. Vous allez me dire maintenant que c’est moi qui épouse le langage du FCC ou c’est le FCC qui épouse mon langage par stratégie pour que les gens puissent dire: ah, voilà, il parle le même langage que ceux qui sont avec Kabila. Donc, c’est pour tuer le jeu politique… C’est pour tuer Lamuka, pour tuer Fayulu et Lamuka. D’abord, il faut retirer certains de ses amis et puis, après dire que le FCC et Lamuka ont le même langage. Non. Et je continue à le dire, les jumeaux sont là. FCC-Cach, coalition gouvernementale élargie, plus FCC Kabila-opposition. Quel va être votre stratégie pour arriver à de meilleures élections en 2023 ? Je l’ai dit dès le premier jour, il n’y a que les réformes pour qu’on puisse avoir des élections crédibles et transparentes, et avoir des dirigeants légitimes. Il n’y a pas 36 solutions. Il faudra bien des discussions pour cela, pour qu’il y ait un consensus autour des dispositions ou du jeu électoral ? Bien sûr. C’est cela la proposition de sortie de crise. J’ai bien dit à nos pères spirituels de prendre leurs responsabilités et de faire en sorte que toutes les parties prenantes puissent se mettre ensemble. Que devons-nous changer dans la loi électorale ? La Commission électorale nationale indépendante, j’insiste indépendante, comment elle doit être réellement indépendante, comment les découpler avec la composition des forces politiques à l’Assemblée nationale, parce que ces forces politiques sont illégitimes et ce n’est pas une vraie composition. Vous comprenez que Kabila et Tshisekedi, ce n’est pas toujours ça, parce qu’ils vont avoir une Céni à eux, une Cour constitutionnelle à eux. Est-ce que vous pouvez accepter qu’on puisse aller aux élections prochaines avec cette Cour constitutionnelle illégitime, illégale ? Ils revendiquent 391 députés. Pourquoi pensez-vous qu’ils vont venir discuter avec vous ? 391 députés, ce n’est pas les 90 millions de Congolais. Ce n’est pas les plus de 62% qui ont élu Fayulu, ce n’est pas la légitimité. Mais ils savent qu’ils ont été achetés. Ils savent qu’ils ont été, je peux dire le mot, cooptés. On les a cooptés parce qu’on les a fabriqués. Est-ce que la communauté internationale – c’est ça la question - n’a pas de problème de conscience aujourd’hui quand elle discute avec les députés de cette Assemblée ? Est-ce que la communauté internationale n’a pas de remords aujourd’hui de voir que la majorité changée, c’est une majorité achetée ? Et déjà, à l’origine, ces députés n’étaient pas élus. Est-ce qu’il n’y a pas un problème de conscience ? Qu’attendez-vous, du coup, de la communauté internationale ? La communauté internationale, quand le docteur [Denis] Mukwege parle de l’exhumation du rapport Mapping, du Tribunal pénal international sur la RDC, il faut mettre tous ces instruments en place pour que les gens se disent que, demain si nous faisons ça, nous serons condamnés. Il nous faut rouvrir le procès de Floribert Chebeya et Fidèle Bazana, il faut ouvrir le procès Rossy Tshimanga, il faut ouvrir le procès Thérèse Kapangala pour que les gens sachent qu’on ne peut pas blaguer avec les droits humains. La vie d’un individu, c’est sacré. Vous attendez de la communauté internationale qu’elle fasse pression sur ces questions d’impunité et d’ouverture d’espaces démocratiques ? Les gens ne s’expriment pas librement. Les gens ne manifestent pas librement. Les jeunes gens de la Lucha, pas plus tard que vendredi dernier, ont été tabassés à Kananga. Une semaine avant eux, c’était les jeunes gens de l’Ecide  [Engagement citoyen pour le développement, parti Fayulu] qui ont été tabassés à Kananga. Ils ont des revendications. Il faut les laisser. Le jeune [Delcat] Idinco à Béni qui a chanté « Politiciens escrocs », mais c’est le constat qu’il fait. Est-ce que les politiciens ne sont pas des escrocs ? Est-ce que vous serez candidat en 2023 s’il y a des élections ? Mais, il faudra poser la question au peuple congolais. C’est le peuple congolais qui décide. Et si le peuple congolais me dit oui, pourquoi je dirais non ? Est-ce que vous mettrez des conditions à cette participation ? Est-ce qu’il y a un cadre quand même ? Mais les conditions sont là. Nous avons parlé des réformes institutionnelles consensuelles et qu’elles soient menées par toutes les parties prenantes en dehors des institutions illégitimes. ► À lire aussi : RDC : Avec l'Union sacrée, « on prend les mêmes et on recommence », estime Martin Fayulu

We're back! Yes, back with a louder bang than Dr Kananga. Join us in the Cubby Hole for a Series 2 premiere featuring a discussion on the 007 best villains, an interview with Optical Effects Supremo, Alan Church...and plenty Moore besides!

Leonard Co believed that to heal the environment, we have to go back to our roots. Literally. As one of the country's leading botanists he studied and made important discoveries about our indigenous plants and trees. But a decade ago in Kananga, Leyte, he was cut down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leonard Co believed that to heal the environment, we have to go back to our roots. Literally. As one of the country's leading botanists he studied and made important discoveries about our indigenous plants and trees. But a decade ago in Kananga, Leyte, he was cut down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

O Pé do Ouvido traz um episódio especial sobre novelas da Manchete, pois não dá para falar de novela sem falar do antigo canal 6. Xica da Silva, Dona Beija, Carmem, Kananga do Japão, Ana Raio e Zé Trovão e Pantanal são alguns dos sucessos da extinta emissora que marcaram a história da teledramaturgia. | Este episódio tem áudios da TV Manchete. | Siga o Pé do Ouvido no Instagram @pedouvido.

Join us as we watch 1973's Live And Let Die together as a group experience.  For this episode, don your tactical turtleneck, grab a bourbon (no ice), and cue up your copy of Live And Let Die as the panel chats over the film in real-time with observations, trivia, insights, and irreverence. Along the way, we discover suspicious grapes, bad grouting, Calvin's disapproval of psychics, Linda McCartney crocodile, JW's off-screen promotion, a very lucky dog, Lisa's robe rankings, and wonder if Kananga hired his heavies from Target. The recording took place on August 21st, 2020 in the USA, UK, and Spain. James Page is a co-founder of MI6-HQ.com and the magazine MI6 Confidential Calvin Dyson Reviews Bond channel can be enjoyed at youtube.com/calvindyson Lisa Funnell (@DrLisaFunnell) is Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma Ben Williams writes for MI6-HQ.com and MI6 Confidential Bill Koenig runs the Spy Command at hmssweblog.wordpress.com Phil Nobile Jr shares his expertise at @PhilNobileJr David Leigh runs thejamesbonddossier.com This podcast is copyright Pretitles LLC © 2020 

Eeeeeeeeeeepa! Saudade de Jorge Lafond, né minha filha?  Nestes 24 minutos vamos conversar um pouquinho sobre sua produção e importância para história cultural LGBT+ brasileira. Este episódio está muito especial e conta com a participação de Kaled Andrade, Rafael Bqueer, Felix Pimenta, Ruth Venceremos e Gabe Lafond, artistas incríveis que têm invocado o trabalho da Lafond no seus trabalhos na dança, performance, artes visuais e arte transformista. Livros e artigos de referência: MAIA, Helder Thiago Cordeiro. “Bob Bacall: a boneca-pretinha prisioneira da boate Sassaricando”. Revista Litteris Multidisciplinar. Julho de 2010. Número 5 NASCIMENTO, Fernanda. “Bicha (nem tão) má: LGBTs em telenovelas.” Rio de Janeiro, Multifoco, 2015. SANCHEZ, Marcelo Hailer. “A Construção da Heteronormatividade em personagens gays na telenovela”. São Paulo: Nova Edições Acadêmicas, 2014 Revistas citadas: Revista Raça. Ano 4 Número 34. “Negro, Gay e Vencedor”. São Paulo: Editora São Paulo, 2000. Revista Pop-se. “Pabllo é Pop!” Disponível em: https://pop-se.com/2019/10/16/pabllo-e-pop/, 2019. Teledramaturgia citada: “Kananga do Japão.” Escrita por Wilson Aguiar Filho. Rede Manchete. Exibição original de 19 de julho de 1989 a 25 de março de 1990. “Sasarricando”. Escrita por Sílbio de Abreu. Rede Globo. Exibição original de 9 de novembro de 1987 a 11 de junho de 1988. FIlmes citados: “Como Agarrar um Milionário” Dirigido por Jean Negulesco. 20th Century Fox. 1953. Samba-enredos citados: Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Beija-Flor de Nilópolis. "Todo mundo nasceu nu". Samba-enredo composto por Aparecida, Betinho, Bira e Jorginho. Carnavalesco Joãosinho Trinta. 1990 Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba União da Ilha do Governador. "Festa profana" Samba-enredo composto por J. Brito e Bujão. Canarvalesco Ney Ayan. 1989. Grupos, pessoas e eventos citados: Casa de Lafond (@casadelafond) Rafael Bqueer (@rafaelbqueer) Kaled Andrade (@kaledandrade) Distrito Drag (@distritodrag) Ball Vera Verão (@festaamem) Coletivo Amem (@festaamem) House of Zion (@houseofzion) Félix Pimenta (@felixpimenta) Escrito e narrado por Felipe Areda Produzido e editado por Beatriz Nery Música de abertura por Mateus Peralta Transições musicais FMA - Free Music Archive (Nature Shuffle - Ketsa) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/24-minutos/message

Pas de festivités prévues en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19 et un climat politique délétère au sommet de l’État : ce 60e anniversaire de l’indépendance de la RDC n’aura pas le lustre espéré… En effet, pointe Le Nouvel Observateur à Kinshasa, outre la crise sanitaire, « la tension actuelle entre le FCC (de l’ancien président Kabila) et le Cach (de l’actuel président Tshisekedi) suite aux trois projets controversés sur la réforme de la magistrature, et l’interpellation du ministre de la Justice Tunda wa Kasende, toute cette tension n’a pas permis d’organiser de célébrations. Car il faut le reconnaitre, soupire Le Nouvel Observateur, ce énième bras-de-fer a fortement ébranlé la coalition FCC-Cach. » Et d’ailleurs, pointe encore le périodique kinois, « les 60 ans de l’indépendance de la RDC ont été jalonnés de crises politiques complexes et multiformes qui, très souvent, ont conduit à des conflits armés et même à la guerre. » Et Le Nouvel Observateur de titrer : « 60 ans de gâchis et de cacophonie !!! » Recadrage présidentiel Hier soir, rapporte le site d’information congolais Cas-Info, « les oreilles des politiciens congolais ont dû siffler. Et pour cause, le discours particulièrement offensif du Chef de l’État à l’occasion du 60e anniversaire de l’indépendance et en pleine crise politique. Depuis le coup de sang de Patrice Emery Lumumba en 1960, jamais un 30 juin n’avait donné lieu à pareil recadrage présidentiel de la classe politique, s’exclame Cas-Info. Dans le viseur de Félix Tshisekedi : le FCC de l’ancien président Joseph Kabila et sa réforme judiciaire controversée. Les trois propositions de lois qui cherchent à mettre les magistrats congolais sous la coupe du ministre de la Justice s’étaient déjà mises à dos les toges noires. Elles font désormais face au président de la République lui-même. 'Point n’est besoin de vous rappeler que la justice élève une nation', a lancé le chef de l’État. 'Voilà pourquoi j’estime que les réformes dans ce secteur doivent être dictées, non pas par le souci de s’assurer une protection d’une personne ou d’un groupe de personnes, mais par le souci d’apporter plus d’efficacité et d’efficience au fonctionnement de la justice', a-t-il poursuivi. » Qui plus est, pointe Cas-Info, « comme s’il voulait montrer à ses alliés du FCC sa détermination d’aller jusqu’au bout de sa volonté de refonder un nouveau Congo, Félix Tshisekedi n’a pas hésité à s’en prendre à leur position majoritaire au parlement : 'aucune majorité politique ou parlementaire, d’où qu’elle vienne, ne peut outrepasser les principes fondateurs de la République', a-t-il prévenu. On le disait marionnette et sans aucun pouvoir, avec ce discours ultra-offensif, conclut le site congolais, Félix Tshisekedi vient de montrer le contraire. » « Félix Tshisekedi ne veut plus traîner sur le quai » Objectif-Infos, autre site d’information congolais, renchérit : « le chef de l’Etat aura effectivement, dans un discours inédit, appuyé sur l’accélérateur, en insistant sur l’État de droit (…). Félix Tshisekedi ne veut plus traîner sur le quai. Pour cette fête de l’Indépendance, le discours du chef de l’État a reflété aussi les mésententes vécues au sein la coalition FCC-CACH et a répondu publiquement de manière indirecte, sans épingler les individus, aux nombreux points qui ont constitué le blocage. Des avertissements aussi aux proches de Joseph Kabila et un soutien à la justice rendue dans le cadre du procès 100 jours où son directeur de cabinet Vital Kamerhe a été condamné à une peine maximale. » Mea culpa Enfin ce message sur les réseaux sociaux, répercuté par le site congolais Direct CD, du député de Kananga, Claudel Lubaya : « en 60 ans d’indépendance, nous avons échoué, affirme-t-il, à bâtir un État viable, une légitimité démocratique et pérenne des institutions et celle de leurs animateurs, une économie stable et des meilleures conditions de vie pour notre peuple. Cet échec, poursuit-il, nous le portons collectivement en tant que classe politique inconsciente. Il nous impose une remise cause sans complaisance de notre gouvernance, avant de continuer. C’est une question de responsabilité et de redevabilité face à nous-mêmes et face aux générations futures. »

Nat & Stu don their flared safari suits to welcome Roger Moore to the role of James Bond in 1973's Live and Let Die. The pair is joined by Dan Beeston from the Smart Enough to Know Better podcast to talk about the first Bond film that had a predominantly African-American cast, but also a heavy tread into blaxsploitation territory. Along the way, Solitaire has a problematic love scene, Bond has a lengthy boat chase, Kananga explodes in several ways, and Bondfind out what it's like to wear Crocs. Enjoy!

We’re joined by Candace who loves James Bond thanks to her mom. Mr. Big has a big payroll and big revolving door budget. Favorite fashion decades. Blaxploitation. Rosie’s agency vs. Solitaire’s agency. Trigger warning: discussion of sexual assault and rape. And wackiness/hijinks. Kananga’s death. Sheriff Pepper is THE WORST. More rape discussion (it gets a little heavy, folks). Random observations. A giant fight about Paul McCartney and the theme song. Box Office. Studio Notes. Stick around after the end for Baby Alligator sounds and a guy singing "Yesterday" with a baby alligator from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPsfzXPVsJs --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/message

A politician with a penchant for gardening who likes chocolate bars and compulsive gigglers is a big man in the ‘underground alternative medicine' scene. When he's not lurking in the cellars of his restaurant chain, he surrounds himself with a lot of card players; his secretary likes playing solitaire while his public relations advisor prefers snap. When Bond turns up and convinces one of them to switch to Happy Families, chaos ensues. After he has a little quarrel with his unexpected wife because she forgot her mongoose and doesn't like playing darts, he picks a fight with an army of black russians who chase him all over the place until he gives their magic slave back. He does this and then his new sex-mad girlfriend goes country dancing in zombie land so that he can shut the local dancing skeleton in a box full of snakes and then saves the day by puncturing Kananga's over inflated opinion of himself. Pop. Then he talks to his friend, Felix. Who can fix anything.

Su ubicación en la costa del África oriental, a pocas millas de Yemen y en la confluencia del mar Rojo con el golfo de Adén, hacen de esta pequeña nación uno de los enclaves más estratégicos del Cuerno de África. Rodeado por Eritrea, Etiopía y Somalia, Yibuti es un país desértico; sus registros térmicos figuran entre los más elevados del planeta y el agua dulce es un bien escaso. A cambio tiene un par de lagos salados de extraordinaria belleza –el Assal y el Abbe– así como una interesante orografía de formas caprichosas, en parte esculpida por la intensa actividad volcánica de la región. Nuestro viaje sonoro, guiado por el doctor Jaume E. Ollé (autor de Crónicas de un médico en el mundo) y la educadora Teresa Equisuany, parte de la portuaria capital. En la ciudad de Yibuti nos dejamos guiar por el responsable de comunicación de la oficina nacional de turismo, Abdoulkader Aboubakar, y la viajera Emilie Poudroux. Descubrimos también el hermoso costado marítimo yibutiano con Miquel Ribas, de la agencia Kananga, y nos sumergimos en sus aguas para disfrutar de los excelentes fondos acompañados de María Alonso, directora de la agencia de viajes de buceo Blue Planet. Después de avistar tiburones ballena terminamos nuestro periplo virtual en los lagos, que descubrimos gracias, entre otros, a Xavier Gil, de la agencia Tarannà. Escuchar audio

In this weeks episode Matt Spaiser and Pete Brooker discuss the suits and outfits from the wardrobe of Kananga and Mr Big.  In Bondian news Pete talks about where to sign up if you want to feature in Bond25.  Matt pulls apart the new ready to wear collection from Tom Ford and an auction of Bond memorabilia is also dissected.  For all show note follow  www.humanresearch.xyz for all things James Bond attire check out www.bondsuits.com   

Gary, Terry and Graham return for another scintillating Bondversation. In this edition we continue our Build Up to the World Cup of Bond Villains with an appreciation of those who strove to rule the world during the Roger Moore James Bond period.So get set for Kananga communion, an oration of Orlov, a conflab of Kristatos and a Scaramanga symposium and a kavalkade of Kamal Khan.Also, we reveal which Bond villains to do have their own Wikipedia page.Download the MP3 or listen on the player below.The Oddjob Pod is also on Apple Podcasts (if you like the show please give it a 5 star rating and a nice review)Or you can add our feed to your podcatcher of choice.Like our Facebook page.Follow @oddjobpod Tweet to @oddjobpod

Un interview avec Pierre Kambidi, le directeur de la Radio télévision chrétienne (RTC) émettant de Kananga au Kasaï-Occidental, sur le conflit qui oppose la milice de Kamuina Nsapu et les forces de sécurité congolaises.

Long time Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi Wa Mulumba passed away on Wednesday, February 1st at the age of 84. The congolive team produced a show to help our listener know who he was. Our guest, Dr. Nzongola Ntalaja, a professor of African, African-American, and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a professor emeritus of African studies at Howard university, served as a diplomatic advisor to Tshisekedi when he was a prime minister in the 90s. He shared with us what impact Tshisekedi had on Congolese politics over the decades. Tshisekedi was born on December 14, 1932 in Kananga, formerly Kasai-Occidental. He obtained a doctorate in Law in 1961 from the Lovanium University in Kinshasa. He was the first Congolese to receive such a degree. When Mobutu took over in a coup in 1965, Etienne Tshisekedi joined his government as Minister of Interior. It was shortly after this period on June 2, 1966 where the four Pentecost martyrs were publicly hung by the state for plotting to overthrow the regime. Tshisekedi later played a key role in drafting the original documents of Mobutu's single party state enshrined in the Popular Movement for the Revolution - MPR in French. He served Mobutu and the MPR faithfully until 1980 when he and 12 others spoke out openly about the ravages of the dictatorial Mobutu regime. This initial outspokenness would presage the founding of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, UDPS in French in 1982. Thus began his non-violent struggle for democracy and the rule of law. He courageously confronted Mobutu and paid a deer price with jailing, beatings, house arrests and internal exile. By the early 1990s, Etienne Tshisekedi firmly ensconced as leader of the opposition to Mobutu, served a brief stint as Prime Minister, which came about as a result of pressure on the Mobutu regime by the non-violent, pro-democracy forces. Just as he resisted Mobutu, Etienne Tshisekedi would later resist both Laurent Desire Kabila and his son Joseph Kabila. Although he boycotted the 2006 elections, he ran for President in 2011. Joseph Kabila claimed victory in the fraudulent elections. Tshisekedi refused to recognize Kabila as president and swore himself in, unfortunately to little effect. Following the 2011 elections, Tshisekedi was subject to extended illness that saw him spending most of the time in Belgium. In July 2016, he returned to Kinshasa after having unified opposition forces to resist Kabila's efforts to remain in power in contravention to the Constitution that required him to step down. His final major contribution as leader of the loyal opposition was to join with the Catholic Church to broker a deal between the Kabila regime and the opposition on December 31, 2016 that called for elections to be organized in 2017 and Kabila to step down upon the election of a new President. His overriding legacy will be a fight for democracy and rule of law through non-violent means.

In this episode we discus Roger Moore's debut as Bond, Live and Let Die. Topics include the Beatles, Kananga's deep bench, and stealing someone's virginity.

Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we return to the safety of EON films so the Broccoli Family can Roger us one Moore time as we Walk-ento “A View to a Kill”. * The pre-titles sequence is pre-empted by a legal disclaimer that strangely fails to warn the viewer about the upcoming Beach Boys sound-a-like. * Q and Bond discuss microchips as they try to avoid kicking a Floor-Droid. Moneypenny has disposed of Penelope Smallbone, and she is overjoyed to be invited to join the boys at the races. Tibbett (yes, MI6 have an equine expert) also attends. * Tibbett suggests Bond head to France to learn more about Zorin - the owner of a winning horse - so Bond is off to the Eiffel Tower! There he meets an incredibly French investigator. May Day kills Frenchie, and forces Bond to steal a car from an even Frencher guy - sacre bleu! * Bond and Tibbett head to Zorin’s chateau, disguised as a Lord and his manservant. They “pull a Kananga” in order to sneak around - discovering Zorin’s vials and microchips and henchmen. A couple of test tubes is all Bond needs to join the dots on Zorin’s horse-cheating. * Bond makes a move on Mayday, and - presumably as an act of revenge - Mayday kills Tibbett. After a little horseplay, Zorin tries to drown 007, but a tired Bond is saved by his prehensile tongue. * Zorin’s blimp arrives at San Francisco, with Bond mystifyingly close behind. James tries to buy some crabs, but ends up with just a steaming cup of exposition. After 007 sifts through this information, he decides to sneak up on Stacey in the shower. * Bond uses an a-SALT rifle to save Stacey, before whisking her eggs. A quick trip to City Hall reveals Zorin’s genius does not extend to naming Operations. Nevertheless, Zorin is able to find enough rum to give Bond and Stacey a hot shaft. * Bond and Stacey escape the flames, and are forced into a silly slapstick subplot involving San Francisco’s stupidest police. James hijacks one of Zorin’s trucks, allowing he and Stacey to sneak into the mine. * Zorin goes a bit mental, killing most of his henchmen. Bond saves Stacey, and then works with May Day to prevent Zorin’s master plan from coming to fruition. Enraged, Zorin uses his getaway-blimp to sneak up on Stacey, but Bond is able to hang from a rope - just as the film’s credibility hangs by a thread. * Bond uses this rope to tie the blimp to some bridge, before throwing a flaccid Zorin into the Bay. Dr. Monocle tries to detonate Bond, but James is able to kill the remaining bad guys with their own bomb. * Bond receives the Order of Lenin but misses the ceremony. Once Roger realises that MI6 sent Q to see Bond shower, he throws in the towel. And of course, keep checking back for a link to our petition to have “The Spy Who Loved Me” officially registered as the best film of Roger’s reign.

We continue our review of LIVE AND LET DIE with more analysis from the first 007 film of the Roger Moore era. We talk about the lovely Solitaire, Jane Seymour, and how she ranks amongst the best of the Bond girls. Plus, conversation about the evil Kananga, his henchman Whisper, and the goofy Sheriff J.W.Pepper. While LIVE AND LET DIE will never be considered the greatest Bond film of all-time, we find plenty to talk (and laugh) about this time around on BondCast. 

Live and Let Die - “Double-0ntendres” Summary: Welcome to SPECTRE etc. This is the James Bond podcast where we discuss the ins and the outs of each film. In this episode, we warmly welcome a British icon to the Bond franchise. But enough about Paul McCartney, let’s meet Roger Moore - our third James Bond in three films. Join us for our voyage into voodoo as we jump the crocodile and explore why Moore is less. * The pre-titles sequence is a pre-Roger sequence, so it is good fun for all concerned. Paul McCartney’s classic song completes what is a very exciting introduction to this film. * The producers seem to have learnt from the way they shoved Lazenby’s casting down our throat, and Moore’s introduction is nicely underplayed. Unfortunately the coffee-making scene is terribly overplayed. * Bond takes us on a woefully inaccurate tour of New York City (Don’t get on the FDR!) and then the Pimpmobile to Harlem. Before Bond buys a 70 cent cheeseburger, he is captured - allowing him to wander around a Rec Room and meet Solitaire and Tee-Hee (the one-and-a-half-armed man). * After a brief meeting with Mr Big, Bond escapes and follows Kananga to the Caribbean. At the resort, Bond meets Mrs. Bond - a fairly useless agent whose only real achievement is that she held that particular title longer than anyone else has managed (sorry, Contessa Teresa). * Quarrel Jr makes a confusing appearance and helps Bond break into Kananga’s house - allowing James to very creepily manipulate Solitaire into giving up her virginity, and therefore her magical powers. Bond, however, hangs on to his magical powers, and turns a double-decker bus into a single-decker bus. * Back on the mainland, Bond foolishly returns to the Fillet of Soul - where he is again captured. We learn that Mr Big and Kananga are the same person, and this person sends Bond to “The Farm” for a very cool stunt - the crocodile jump! * As if a ten-minute boat chase isn’t doing enough to weaken the film, the completely-out-of-context JW Pepper is introduced to completely ruin the viewing experience. * We return to Kananga’s island - where the voodoo show stretches credibility before all that business with the gas pellet does away with the idea of believability altogether. * The film ends on a train, where Bond disarms Tee-Hee, but doesn’t notice Baron Samedhi on the cow-catcher! Official SPECTRE etc Theory (OffSeT) #8: Time stops for no man, but it seems to stop for Bond. Yet again, Bond is on a time-sensitive mission to save the world - and yet again, he has time to pause mid-mission to woo the ladies! Scuba sex with Domino, hillside hugs with Kissy, and now a passionate picnic with Rosie… Get back to work James! And of course, keep checking back for a link to our petition to crown Sheriff JW Pepper as the most annoying character in the entire Bondiverse! Worst Impersonation Trophy: Col manages to throw in his JW Pepper (a good ol’ boy from The South) when trying to impersonate a Harlem cab driver - two characters from VERY different worlds. Now that Connery has left, Col needs to expand his impersonation game!

This one surprised us, citizens. We went into this movie with high hopes. After all, it was the start of a new Bond - Roger Moore. Live and Let Die seems to have been a product of a much different time. Live and Let Die brings James Bond back to the states, and eventually to an island in the Caribbean in his mission to investigate the deaths of three fellow agents. While investigating he crosses paths with Dr. Kananga who is more than he seems, and is aided by a beautiful fortune teller.     Join us next time for The Man With the Golden Gun as we go on our next mission with Roger Moore.

BondCast is back from special assignment with our top field agents reporting for duty.  Serving Queen and Country once again are BondCast hosts Jason Swank, Jimmy Mac and Jonathan Wilkins and the topic of conversation is the 8th 007 film from EON Productions and the first for Roger Moore, LIVE AND LET DIE.  We talk about Moore's debut and the difficulty of picking up where Sean Connery left off. Plus, we get down and dirty with discussion about the antagonist Kananga and his henchman Whisper, along with Bond allies Rosie Carver, Harold Strutter and David Hedison's first stab at Felix Leiter.  And who could forget the lovely Jane Seymour as Solitare?  Ramp up to the release of SPECTRE and get your 007 fix now with BondCast's review of 1973's LIVE AND LET DIE.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 322 This week we sit down and talk with the one and only...Yaphet Kotto. He has a fascinating place in history and a interesting role in the heyday of the New York acting scene, celebrity culture and the ever-changing Hollywood industry. Not to mention the overwhelming number of projects he's worked on over the years - it's quite a resume. So with all that to draw from, we attempt to get at least a brief synopsis of... The Strange and Amazing Life of Yaphet Kotto. And as we address the fine art of being "a strange guy", we also discuss... being a horseman, royal family ties, messing with the history, a ghost would appear, Homicide, a series of events... in a church basement, Ossie Davis, I don't have an agent, Kananga, Martin Breast, I read that I'm doing a television show, Panamanian, Harry Dean Stanton, he went to the rabbi, impersonating Marlon Brando, copying these older guys, the belly of the beast, James Earl Jones, having chemistry, Barry Levinson comes driving up, the strength of women, I'm gonna call the cops, Ridley Scott, there are big people who have their eyes on you, NAACP, getting jobs without having to audition, around New York I started getting this name, The Stage Deli, having me removed from the building, James Dean, I didn't know you knew Paul Newman, white royalty, A Raisin in the Sun, Montgomery Clift, I was mysterious for sure, The Liberation of L.B. Jones, Anthony Quinn, beam me up Scotty, even when his back was turned, James Bond, Marilyn Monroe, technological innovations, On the Waterfront, Christopher Plummer, The Actors Studio, being a rebel, the first time a white man is killed on-screen, The Dick Cavett Show, Lee Strasberg, Rebel without a Cause and the artist... is going to say something about it. "And no one knew... in my neighborhood or anywhere... that during the night, I was with superstars from Hollywood!"

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