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Last time we spoke about the landing at Amchitka and the invasion of the Russell Islands. The Aleutian island campaign saw a lot of action when the allies decided to investigate whether Amchitka island would be suitable for a new airfield and what the Japanese intentions were with it. A race began between the two, but it would be the Americans who would seize the island and begin the process of building up an airfield upon it. Then over in the south Pacific, the Japanese had finished up Operation KE and with it had used and abandoned the Russell Islands. The allies quickly launched an invasion of the islands prompting the Japanese to send some air raids, but all for naught. Now with the Russells in hand, the Americans had a launching point to attack New Georgia. Yet today we are going to jump into one of the major naval battles of 1943. This episode is the battle of the Bismarck Sea. 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.  Last time we were in New Guinea the forces of Brigadier Moten had arrived in the nick of time to save Wau from the main Japanese thrust.The Australians were pouring reinforcements and supplies via transport aircraft daily. On January 31st 35 aircraft had made 71 trips, the next day 40 aircraft made 53 trips. This allowed the Kanga force to increase to 3000 men and receive heavy equipment necessary to smash the Japanese. Facing larger numbers and possible encirclement, Major General Toru Okabe had to order his men to withdraw. With that order came the lost hope of capturing Wau it seemed. By February the 1st, Moten had 201 officers and 2965 soldiers of all ranks at his disposal. He began sending patrols across the Black Cat trail and the Jap trail. He quickly surmised the Japanese threat was strongest in the Crystal Creek area where they had established a headquarters The Australians neutralized the crystal Creek area and began pushing the Japanese towards Mubo. By late February the Australians controlled the area from Waipali to Buibaining and a large part of the Mubo valley. Nerve wrecking patrols set off multiple ambushes and skirmishes for countless days. The Australian high command could only authorize such limited activity as they did not yet possess sufficient numbers to undertake further major offensive operations. Moten was awarded a bar to his distinguished service order for “his high order of leadership and control at Wau”. While the Australians were tossing all they could via aerial transport, the Japanese attempted to thwart this. Aerial strikes were sent to hit the airstrip at Wau, but the typically terrible New Guinea weather hampered the Japanese. Aircraft dispatch from Rabaul were unable to locate Wau through the torrential weather and would return back without any success. Then on February 6th, 8 P-39's of the 40th fighter Squadron were escorting 5 Dakota transports incoming to Wau when they sighted 24 Japanese aircraft. Captain Thomas Winburn led the P-39s to engage the enemy claiming to have downed 11 Zeros and a Sally. Simultaneously 8 P-40's of the 7th fighter squadron were escorts other Dakota's inbound for Wau when they sighed 12 Japanese bombers attempted to bomb the airstrip. The Dakota's were turned back at the last second as the P-40's engaged the bombers claiming to have downed 7 aircraft. On the ground at the airstrip in Wau were 4 Dakota's while 5 circled its skies hoping to land after the combat was over. Second Lt Robert Schwensen was circling around in his Dakota and was shot down by a Japanese bomber, he alongside 4 other crew died. Another grounded Dakota was damaged and a CAC Wirraway was destroyed by a bomber. The increased aerial pressure prompted Major General Ennis Whitehead over in Port Moresby to order 3 squadrons to join the battle for Wau's skies. P-38's of the 39th and 9th fighter squadrons and P-40's of the 41st fighter Squadron intercepted a Japanese fighters and bombers claiming to have shot down over 23 aircraft. The Japanese were decisively losing the war of the skies, showcasing the limitations of their offensive capabilities in the area. Now while the Japanese surprise attack against Wau had failed and they had been pushed back heavily, all was not lost for the Japanese. They still held some high ground around Waipali and Guadagasal. Yet in order to turn things around, Major General Toru Okabe would require significant reinforcements to defeat Moten's 17th Brigade. Things were extremely chaotic at this time for the Japanese high command. The battle for guadalcanal collapsed, leading to Operation KE which involved a major shuffling of troops all over the place. They first ordered Lt General Jusei Aoki's 20th division to depart Korea for Guadalcanal and for Lt General Heisuke Abe's 41st division to depart China for Rabaul. Lt General Hitoshi Imamura commander of the Japanese 8th area army at Rabaul ordered Lt General Hatazo Adachi's 18th army to secure Wewak, Tuluvu and Madang in New Guinea. Adachi was the one who ordered Major General Toru Okabe, commander of the 51st division and the 102nd infantry regiment to capture Wau in order to further secure Lae and Salamaua. However with the conclusion of Operation KE, the focus was reshifted from the Solomons to New Guinea. General Imamura and Vice admiral Gunichi Mikawa, the commander of the south east area fleet developed a plan to move the 18th army HQ and the rest of the main body of the 51st division from Rabaul to Lae. They would also follow this up by moving the remaining forces of the 20th division to Madang. The first movement was set for the 3rd of march and the second for march 10th. It was to be a very risky plan, as the allies held aerial supremacy. The 18th army held some war games indicated the operation would lose around 4 out of 10 transports and upto 40 aircraft. They believed the operation stood a 50/50 chance of success and there were limited alternatives. If they tried to land all the forces simply at Madang, the men would have to march over 230 km's over swamplands, mountains and jungle terrain. It seems the Japanese were beginning to acknowledge their lack of success at logistics as this course of action was deemed impossible.  Over on the Australian side, General MacKay sent word to Blamey that he feared the Japanese would make a second attempt to capture Wau. He reasoned that even with the projected arrival of reinforcements in the form of the 4th and 15th brigades, they would still be outnumbered by the Japanese. MacKay estimated the Japanese held around 7500 men in the Lae-Salamaua area while they held onto their position in the Mubo region. Because of this, he had restricted activity to patrolling to not allow for any gaps allowing an opening against Wau so that more men could be brought over for its defense. Despite the enormous success in transporting men to the area, supply continued to be a major issue. There was a major increase in the number of aircraft at the Dobodura airfields thanks to the capture of Buna allowing for men and materials to be tossed to Wau, but in early February General Whiteheads confided to MacKay that 2 of his squadrons of 18 aircraft were pressed to their limits and the bad weather was greatly reducing their ability to deliver the men and supplies. Whitehead predicted, correctly that the bad weather would continue for the next 6 weeks, which left typically 2 hour windows for the deliveries per day. Attempting to improve the situation General Blamey had begun the construction of a Jeep trail all the way back in January from Bulldog to Way. But during the process the surveyors quickly discovered the terrain was extremely formidable and the job would take many months. Native carriers performed the lionshare of work as the 68 mile trail would end up taking 4 months to complete. Now during the campaign for Buna-Gona, the allies owed much of their success largely due to their control of the air, and this as we can see at Wau continued to be a vital factor. The Japanese of course held their large air and naval base at Rabaul and since the early days of the war remained an ongoing threat to air and sea supremacy in the region. Blanche Bay in Rabaul provided the Japanese with one of the best natural harbors in the south pacific. It is encircled by hills, is around 6 miles long and 2 and one half miles wide. It alongside 3 other harbors provided an anchorage for a large body of ships, as many as 60 by some accounts. The Japanese had built up the harbors and their defenses to more than 300 antiaircraft guns. By the fall of 1943 the Japanese had almost 100,000 men stationed at Rabaul, the vast majority being army troopers. The Southern fleet force had around 21,000 men under the command of Vice admiral Jinichi Kusaka. Air strength at Rabaul depending on reinforcements provided by the combined fleet, but in early 1943 they held a significant enough number to pose a major threat to the allied operations, if utilized properly. General MacArthur was deeply concerned about Rabaul, despite having the number in theory to negate its threat. MacArthur consistently pushed for an invasion of eastern New Britain in early 1943 and disagreed on using airpower to negate Rebaul. Then during the bloody campaign against Buna-Gona he declared the decision to bypass Rabaul would “go down in history as one of times greatest military mistakes”. THEN later on he would agree that bypassing Rabaul was a good strategy and that it had largely been done because of his advisement. Basically what I am saying is MacArthur is full of shit and more worried about his autobiographies that actual decisions. Regardless of that, MacArthurs early suggestions indicated Rabaul was vitally important and needed to be neutralized. This is sort of a no brainer as you can imagine, it was one of Japan's largest naval air force bases covering all major operations in the eastern and central solomons. Fortunately for the allies there was no unified command at Rabaul. As we all know the IJA and IJN did not get along very well and Rabaul's operations is a great example of it. The IJA had fewer aircraft based regularly at Rabaul although its responsibility was to cover New Guinea. Throughout 1943 the IJN's air forces were primarily concerning themselves with the Solomons, which would eventually see them losing nearly 400 aircraft and irreplaceable pilots for all their efforts. Because of the catastrophe of the Guadalcanal campaign, Rabaul was largely neutralized by US bombers from the solomons. By mid February Imamura and Kusaka recognized the need to reinforce Lae. They had sent a 3 ship convoy on the 19th which went unmolested to Wewak and this emboldened them to brave the allied aerial supremacy. Thus on February 28th a convoy of 16 ships commanded by Rear Admiral Masatomi Kamura departed Rabaul. 6 transports, a oil tanker and their destroyer escorts would be combat loaded so that supplies and the men could be off loaded quickly to minimize turnaround time. Almost 7000 men, mostly from the 115th regiment of the 51st division and some SNLF were crowded onto the transports guarded by an escort force of 8 destroyers. Lt General Hatazo Adachi and his staff were on board accompanied by Lt General Hidemitsu Nakano and his staff. The planned route was to go along the northern coast of New Britain through the Bismarck Sea, to Cape Gloucester and then through the Vitiaz strait to the Huon Gulf. The Japanese commanders believed their movement would be masked by the terrible weather.  Allied command began detecting signs of a major convoy operation in early february. On february 14th aerial photographs taken over Rabaul indicating over 79 vessels at port, including 45 merchant ships and 6 transports. It was clear to allied command a convoy was going to be dispatched, but its destination was unknown. Two days later naval codebreakers at FRUMEL in Melbourne and Washington DC decyphered some coded messages revealing the Japanese were going to send the convoy to Wewak, Madany and Lae. Other intercepted coded messages from the Japanese 11th air fleet to the convoy indicated they would reach Lae by March the 5th or by latest 12th. Another aerial reconnaissance over Rabaul on the 22nd indicated 59 merchant vessels were at harbor. Kenney read the Ultra intelligence to General MacArthur on the 25th and the prospect of 7000 Japanese being landed at Lae certainly disturbed him. Kenney then sent word to Whitehead of the proposed convoy date and warned him the Japanese would most likely perform a pre-convoy aerial strike. Kenney urged he cut back on the transport hours so the aircraft could be made ready the moment the convoy appeared. Kenney would fly over to Port Moresby on the 26th to speak to Whitehead personally and the two generals concluded the Japanese convoy was going to go through the Vitiaz strait.  Now in the south west pacific conventional strategic bombing was not really on the menu as industrial targets in Japan were obviously too far away. Thus since the early days of the way, the primary mission of the allied bomber force in the region was to intercept Japanese supply lines, particularly their sea lanes. Some 416 sorties were flown in January of 1943, resulting in only 2 ships sunk and 3 ships damaged, clearly the allied tactics needed revamping. Captain Bill Garing of the RAAF, part of Kenney's staff, held considerable experience in air to sea operations and he began to recommend that Japanese convoys should be met with simultaneous attacks from different altitudes and directions. This led allied air force brains to come up with some innovative tactics. In February of 1942 the RAAF began experimenting with “skip bombing”. Skip bombing was an anti-ship technique used primarily by the British and Germans in the atlantic. It involved flying ones aircraft just a dozen feet above the sea level towards a target whereupon bombers would release their bombs, which ideally would ricochet across the surface of the water to hit the sides of the ships or explode overhead, IE “skipping”. If you play world of warships, you know exactly what I am talking about, nasty stuff. Another similar technique involved bombs taking a low altitude between 200-500 feet and dropping around mast height, approximately 10-15 feet and 600 yards from their target, IE “Mast height bombing”. This when performed well would see the bombs smash into the sides of a ship. These two techniques paired with slow fuse bombs would see considerable use in an event we are about to jump into. Now Kimura envisioned, by taking the route along the northern coast, that this would put enough distance between the convoy and allied reconnaissance aircraft until they reached Vitiaz strait. Kimura took the destroyer Shirayuki as his flagship to command the operation. Destroyer Tokitsukaze would carry General Adachi and destroyer Yukikaze would carry General Nakano. The idea was that upon arrival at Lae the ships would anchor 600 or so meters apart along the shoreline due west of the airfield around the mouth of the Busu river. They would use a smoke screen to cover the anchorage to make their unloading activity to hinder aerial attacks as well. A escort of 40 IJN and 6 IJA aircraft would provide aerial protection for the convoy from 5am to 6pm each day it operated.  General Blamey wrote “every effort will be made by our own air force to deal with the enemy as he approaches”. Thus Generals Blamey and MacArthur tossed the job to General Kenney, the commander of allied air forces. Kenney had at his disposal the RAAF under air vice marshall William Bostock and the 5th air force led by Brigadier general Ennis Whitehead. In total 154 fighters, 34 light bombers, 41 medium bombers and 39 heavy bombers available for combat operations in New Guinea. The 5th air force was subdivided into two commands: the V fighter command  led by Brigadier General Paul Wurtsmith consisting of 95 fighters, some P-39's, P-38's and P-40s. Then there was V bomber command led by Brigadier General Howard Ramey which had 28 worn out B-26's, 27 B-25's, 55 B-17's and 60 B-24's. Alongside this Kenney and Whitehead had at their disposal the 3rd attack groups of light bombers, nicknamed the Grim Reapers which included a squadron of A-20 Bostons equipped with 4 .50 caliber guns and long range fuel tanks. You see the A-20 Bostons usually were equipped with .30 caliber machine guns and could not fly across the Owen stanley range from Port Moresby, but Kenney was very keen on the “attack aviation” concept which focused on using low-level strafing and bombing methods. Alongside the grim reapers was 2 squadrons of B-25's that had been modified by Major Paul Pappy Gunn, the same man who had altered the Grim reapers. The B-25's had their lower turrets and tail guns removed and instead had 4 .50 caliber machine guns installed in the nose and another 4 in the forward firing chin blisters. With the top turret firing its guns forward, the aircraft boasted an extraordinary strafing firepower and on top of that still carried 6 100 pound bombs and 60 23 pound fragmentation bombs. The fragmentation bombs were outfitted with small parachutes so they could be used for low-level bombing of airfield without damaging the aircraft trying to drop them. Honestly try to imagine this goliath beast firing those .50 cals, would have been like torrential rain of lead.  All of these modifications would allow aircraft like the B-25 to be much more capable of pulling off the masthead bombing technique without the need for a bombardier, which ironically was in opposition to their original role of carrying out bombardier assisted missions from altitude. The Australians could also count on the support of the No. 9 Group led by Captain William Garing consisting of 59 fighters, 26 light medium bombers and 2 heavy bombers; the no 73 wing of Hudson bombers, P-40 Kittyhawks and Beaufort bombers operating at Port Moresby and the no 71 Wing of Wirraways, A-20's and Beaufighters operating out of Milne Bay. So needless to say a lot of allied airpower was on hand. Now as I had mentioned prior, allied attempts to hit Japanese shipping, particularly that coming out of Rabaul had not shown much results in the past. So in order to increase the success of hitting this convoy, Garing persuaded Whitehead to rehearse a plan for the attacks, integrating all available aircraft. This specifically included performing the bomb skipping a masthead bombing techniques. Garing's idea was to get all the aircraft to gather over Cape Ward Hunt at 9:30am so they could get themselves over the enemy convoy by 10am all at once to completely overwhelm the enemy escorting aircraft and anti-aircraft defenses. Two rehearsals were carried out, with the 2nd one turning out to be “damn good”.   On March the first at 2am the Convoy departed Rabaul. The convoy slowly made its way across the Bismarck Sea undetected as for the past two days major tropical storms had been occurring since February the 27th. However on March the 1st there was a clearing and a crew of patrolling B-24 Liberators managed to spot the convoy. They reported the sighting, prompting a dispatch of 8 B-17 to be sent to the location, but they failed to relocate the convoy. The Destroyer Tokitsukaze then intercepted an allied message stating their convoy had been spotted. This prompted Kimura to put the forces on full alert. General Adachi who was onboard the Tokitsukaze was uncensored by the report stating it was all part of the plan. His reasoning was that the allies were always going to find them, but with the terrible weather it would be unlikely they could manage to perform a decent attack.   At dawn on march the 2nd, a force of 6 RAAF A-20 Bostons coming out of Ward's Strip at Port Moresby performed an air strike against Lae to hinder its use to the fighter escorts for the convoy. At 10am another B-24 liberator found the convoy, prompting another order for 8 B-17's to be sent to attack. They would soon be followed up an hour later by a group of 20 B-17's. The B-17's planned to rendezvous with some P-38's of the 9th fighter squadron, but they arrived too early to the convoy's location and thus had to face the Japanese escort fighters on their own until the P-38's eventually arrived to the scene. The first group of 8 B-17's made their runs at the convoys through anti-aircraft fire and Zero fighters. They dropped 1000 lb bombs from 5000 feet claiming 5 critical bomb hits and sinking 3 merchant ships. The Kyokusei Maru was hit and sunk carrying 1200 IJA troops. The second group of B-17's then showed up and luckily for them, 12 P-38's had managed to haul it quickly enough to escort them in the nick of time to make their bombing runs. The B-17's claimed to have sunk 4 enemy ships, but in reality only damaged two transports, the Teiyo Maru and Nojima. 8 Japanese fighters were shot down with 13 others damaged at the cost of 9 B-17's damaged in return. While the Kyokusei Maru was sinking, the destroyers Asagumo and Yukikaze managed to rescue 950 troops out of the water alongside 2 mountain guns. Because destroyers are fast, the two ships opted detach from the convoy and haul it over to Lae to drop off the survivors before trying to regroup to reperform their escort duties. The survivors and General Nakano would be brought to Lae by the end of the day and the two destroyers turned around to rejoin the convoy by daybreak. Throughout the rest of the day the convoy would be subjected to multiple heavy bomber attacks. 11 B-18s made an evening strike inflicting minor damage to another transport. The days efforts saw the convoy zigzagging to save its life from high level bombing and this led it to be stretched out for 20km. Rather bizarrely, the Japanese fighter escorts showed little aggression towards the American heavy bombers and departed rather early from the days action. During the night PBY Catalina's from the No 11 RAAF squadron began shadowing the convoy. One PBY flown by Flight Lt Terry Duigan received a message from HQ to shadow the convoy in order to guide a strike of torpedo bombers, which did not make sense, so he discarded it. However the message as he would later find out, was not necessarily for him, but rather to trick the enemy. The allied intelligence officers back at HQ were certain the Japanese were listening in on their radio traffic so they began sending false messages. Early the next day, Admiral Kimura made what would be a disastrous decision, ordering his ships to mark the time and circle in the dark. This process cost the convoy 2 hours of night cover and the reasons behind the decision are quite unknown. It is theorized Kimura was trying to make sure his convoy would appear to the destination at the same time their fighter escort would show up for the daily activity. In any case, Kimura's convoy would not see their escort nor stormy weather at sunrise to their dismay. Sunrise on march the 3rd saw a beautiful sunny day, a terrible omen. The convoy was now within striking distance of Milne Bay and 8 Bristol Beaufort Torpedo bombers of the No 100 RAAF squadron took off at 4am. Only 2 Beauforts would make it to the convoy and fail to cause any damage. The Japanese commanders however were now alerted by the presence of torpedo bombers, so they began maneuvers, turning the beam of their ships to the enemy aircraft, exposing the full length of their ships to strafing.    At 5:10am, 4 Australian A-20's performed an airstrike against Lae, catching several grounded planes that were needed to escort the convoy. At 8:30am, a striking force of 90 aircraft consisting of a squadron of B-17's, 4 squadrons of B-25's including some grim reapers, a squadron of Beaufighters, a squadron of A-20's and 2 squadrons of P-38 lightnings. The striking group departed Port Moresby and headed for Cape Ward Hunt while 22 A-20 Bostons of No 22 RAAF squadron attacked Lae to reduce the convoys air cover. The striking group took up their practiced formation with the B-17's leading the echelon at 7000 feet, the B-25's behind them at 4000 feet, the Beaufighters at 500 feet, some other B-25's designated to perform low level bombing at around 700 feet and the P-38 lightings hanging above at 12,000 feet.   At 10am, 13 B-17s reached the convoy first and began bombing them from 7000 feet causing the convoy to zigzag, dispersing their formation and reducing the concentration of their anti-aircraft fire considerably. The B-17's attracted the Zero fighter escort, but were quickly pounced upon by the P-38 lightnings. One B-17 was shot apart by a Zero and its crew took to parachuting. The parachuting men were fired upon by Zero fighters and when they hit the water some Zero's continued to strafe them. Although the B-17's inflicted no damage, 7 Zero's would be shot down by the P-38s reducing the convoy's protection.   Meanwhile the Beaufighters were coming in just above the waves making it look like they were Beaufort torpedo bombers. Admiral Kimura ordered his ships to maneuver so their beams were towards the enemy expecting torpedo runs and this exposed his ships to the Beaufighters strafing runs. The Australian pilots began to open up with their 6 .303 machine guns and 4 20mm Hispano cannons. The combination unleashed a carnage seeing rivers of fire erupt across the lengths of the ships. Some vessels were stopped dead in the water as a result of their officers being cut down to pieces across their bridges. Much of the convoys anti-aircraft positions were destroyed by the strafing. After the first strafing run, B-17's and B-25s began to make their bombing runs rather unexpectedly, leaving the BEaufighters scrambling to flying as the bombs were literally falling down around them. Out of 37 bombs dropped by the 90th attack Squadron Grim reapers, 17 were claimed as direct hits. 12 A-20 bostons from the 89th bomb squadron claim while performing low level bombing that 11 out of 20 bombs made hits. The B-25's of the 405th bomb squadron dropped 35 500 lb bombs from low level and claimed 4 direct hits, these bombs had 5 second delay fuses. The bombing runs caused massive chaos amongst the convoy, so much so that pilots claimed to have seen 2 japanese vessel collide into another. The modified grim reappears strafed the convoy during all of the runs. A squadron leader named Brian Blackjack Waler recalled this “I was observing it from the side and all these ships - honestly, I've never seen anything like it. Dozens of planes all going in at zero feet. In fact, I could see a Beaufighter and a B-25 both going in at the same target and I thought, get out one of you!” The assortment of differing aircraft were coming in at all sorts of angles and all sorts of altitudes, many low.    Garrett Middlebrook, a co-pilot in one of the B-25s, described the ferocity of the strafing attacks: “They went in and hit this troop ship. What I saw looked like little sticks, maybe a foot long or something like that, or splinters flying up off the deck of ship; they'd fly all around ... and twist crazily in the air and fall out in the water. Then I realized what I was watching were human beings. I was watching hundreds of those Japanese just blown off the deck by those machine guns. They just splintered around the air like sticks in a whirlwind and they'd fall in the water.” The Shirayuki was the first ship to be hit, by a combination of strafing and bombing attacks. Just about all of the men on her bridge were strafed, including Kimura who was wounded. She received a bomb hit that stated a magazine explosion breaking her stern off and causing her to sink. Her crew transferred to the Shikinami as the Shirayuki was scuttled. The Tokitsukaze was hit fatally and her crew had to abandon her. The Arashio was strafed violently causing her to collide with the transport Nojima disabling both ships. Both ships would be abandoned as the allies strafed and bombed them sinking Nojima eventually. The remaining destroyers struggled to save survivors in the water.   By 10:15, all 7 of the transports had been hit and we're sinking 100km's southeast of Finschhafen. After midway a second series of attacks were made by B-17's and A-20's who strafed and bombed the Asashio while she was trying to rescue survivors. The 4 remaining destroyers withdrew up the Vitiaz strait and were joined by the destroyer Hatsuyuki coming from Long Island. The Hatsuyuki and Uranami brought 2700 survivors back to Rabaul while the 3 other destroyers continued picking up survivors and would eventually bring them to Kavieng by march 5th. During the night of march 3rd, a force of 10 PT boats led by Lt Commander Barry Atkins made an attempt to finish off the convoy alongside some B-17's and Beaufighters. 2 of the PT boats hit submerged debris and were turned back, but the other 8 continued and arrived off Lae in the early hours of March 4th. Atkins spotted a fire that turned out to be the transport Oigawa Maru. Pt-143 and PT-150 fired torpedoes at it, further crippling and eventually sinking the transport. The Asashio was hit by a B-17 with a 500 bomb bomb as she was grabbing survivors and sunk. Amongst the 4 surviving destroyers it would only be the Yikikaze that went undamaged. The PT boats and allied aircraft attacked the Japanese rescue vessels and survivors clinging to rafts or floating in the sea. The decision to attack the survivors was highly unpopular amongst the pilots and sailors but was deemed necessary on the grounds the rescued Japanese were most likely going to be landed for military duty if not attacked.  One Japanese survivor wrote in his diary of the ordeal “The Boeing B-17 is most terrifying. We are repeating the failure of Guadalcanal. Most regrettable!” Many allied pilots were sicked by these actions.   One pilot recalled "as per instructions, we flew around to see if some ships were still afloat. Some were sinking and burning--we san a lifeboat with about 20 people. I thought these poor guys. But we had a job to do because if they got to shore, they were going to kill our guys. So I came around and strafed them. One of the cruel things of war which had to be done"   Another pilot recounted this “At the briefing, Australian officer had told us we must not permit a single enemy to reach the shores of New Guinea. They explained the suffering, agony, and loss by our troops in having to hunt down and kill a suicidal Jap”. It is estimated around 352 Japanese troops were killed during these attacks adding to the 2890 casualties suffered during the battle. Another 224 survivors in the water would be rescued by the I-17 and I-26 shuffled over to various nearby islands such as Goodenough island. Of the 116 Japanese that would be landed on Goodenough island, 72 would be killed with 42 captured and 2 missing.   Officials at the Advanced air echelon at Port Moresby went through the claims of their pilots and sailors and believed a great number of ships had been destroyed. Their conclusion was that 12 transports, 3 cruisers and 7 destroyers had been sunk, which MacArthur readily believed, although a report would later come out to claim the number was actually 4 destroyers and 8 transports. Later the Japanese would admit that 3000 soldiers had been killed during the battle, but this did not count the hundreds of sailors lost on the ships, nor the pilots in the aircraft. MacArthur would make a commendation on march the 4th for all the air force units in New Guinea stating “it cannot fail to go down in history as one of the most complete and annihilating combats of all time. My pride and satisfaction in you is boundless” Kenney added to it stating “tell the whole gang that I am so proud of them I am about to blow a fuse”. MacArthur would also at the offset claim they had caused 15,000 enemy casualties describing the battle as a decisive aerial engagement for the southwest pacific theater. And it certainly was a decisive victory, it was a devastating loss for Japan that showcased Japan was no longer capable of being on the offensive. I will finish off the tale of the battle of the Bismarck sea with a account from Reiji Masuda, a crewman aboard the destroyer Arashio, as it leaves a vivid and harrowing account of the attack.   They would come in on you at low altitude, and they'd skip bombs across the water like you'd throw a stone. That's how they bombed us. All seven of the remaining transports were enveloped in flames. Their masts tumbled down, their bridges flew to pieces, the ammunition they were carrying was hit, and whole ships blew up. . . . They hit us amidships. B-17s, fighters, skip-bombers, and torpedo bombers. On our side, we were madly firing, but we had no chance to beat them off. Our bridge was hit by two five-hundred-pound bombs. Nobody could have survived. The captain, the chief navigator, the gunnery and torpedo chiefs, and the chief medical officer were all killed in action. The chief navigator's blackened body was hanging there, all alone. Then a second air attack came in. We were hit by thirty shells from port to starboard. The ship shook violently. Bullet fragments and shrapnel made it look like a beehive. All the steam pipes burst. The ship became boiling hot. We tried to abandon ship, but planes flying almost as low as the masts sprayed us with machine-guns. Hands were shot off, stomachs blown open. Most of the crew were murdered or wounded there. Hundreds were swimming in the ocean. Nobody was there to rescue them. They were wiped out, carried away by a strong current running at roughly four or five knots. 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. The battle of the Bismarck sea proved the Japanese were indeed incapable of being on the offensive, the allies were now in the driving seat. It also showcased war produces wild innovations that can prove quite deadly. 

Last time we spoke about General Patchs campaign to finally rid Guadalcanal of the Japanese menace. The Sea Horse, Galloping Horse and Gifu were neutralized and now the hybrid force of US Soldiers and Marines were marching west. The newly created CAM division seized Kokumbona in astonishing speed, greatly hindering the future Operation KE. At the same time, all of the Japanese activity related to preparing Operation KE was prompting responses from the Americans. One of those responses was sending Rear Admiral Richard Giffen  to Cape Chunter to rendezvous with Captain Robert Briscoe. Giffen was stubborn about making his rendezvous and this led him to make some very poor tactical decisions leading to the sinking of the USS Chicago during the battle of Rennell Island. Despite the sinking of the cruisers, the Japanese now had to push back Operation KE until February the 1st, would this setback ruin everything? This episode is Operation KE: the Evacuation of Guadalcanal 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.    Last week we spoke about the rather small battle of Rennell Island. Perhaps small in scale, but the consequences of the battle were far reaching. Operation KE had to be postponed until February 1st. Alongside this there was some shuffling about for who was to command the Reinforcement unit, and eventually it landed in the hands of Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto, with Rear Admiral Koyanagi in a reserve capacity. The 11th air fleet and the 6th air division were tasked with maintaining the CAP over the reinforcement unit during the day, while the R Area air force would cover them during the night. Now the skirmish at Rennell Islands gave the IJA and IJN a dose of anxiety, because the islands had a critical role in Operation KE. Basically if the destroyers failed to evacuate the 17th army on Guadalcanal, the backup was to be landing crafts via Russell Island. Many staff officers also sought to create a temporary garrison and base in the Russells to be a feint. Thus on January 28th, 6 destroyers bearing 328 men went to the Russells and were attacked by 33 aircraft from the cactus airforce, leading to 17 casualties, but no warship damage. The day for Operation KE to commence had finally come and it was to begin with a short battle over the air. 9 B-17's with their fighter escort bombed Shortland at 8:45. They were unable to damage or delay Operation KE very much and lost 3 B-17's for their efforts. Likewise the Cactus air force lost 2 dauntless attacking Munda while the 6th air division tossed 23 Oscars and 6 Lilies at Guadalcanal. On February 2nd, General Patch concluded that with the seizure of Kokumbona, this must mean the Japanese were all but finished on guadalcanal, unless more reinforcements came. He presumed they would prolong the struggle by making a fighting withdrawal to the southern coast, so to thwart this possibility he decided to land a battalion in a blocking position. Lt Colonel George commanding the 132nd infantry assembled a task force at Lunga using his 2nd battalion with various other units, one of which was a howitzer company of the 10th marines. The men loading up in some Landing Craft Tanks aboard the destroyer transport Stringham. Captain Briscoe's Cactus striking force escorted the group as they traveled to Nugu point, but when they were unloading they received news of nearby enemy activity, thus an emergency unloading was made 1.5 miles north at Verahue. An IJA reconnaissance pilot saw this and misidentified the destroyers as cruisers and reported this giving the Japanese the idea the Americans were about to challenge their first Reinforcement Unit run. Thus to clear a path for Operation KE's first run, a group of 13 vals and 40 zeros was launched from Buin to take out the threat. At 2:43, guadalcanal issued a condition red alert, and this led to a grievous mistake. The destroyers DeHaen and Nicholas had shepherded the remaining landing craft tanks 2 miles southeast of Savo, but the fighter director scrambled all the wildcats to go protect the other destroyers of the Cactus striking force. Thus DeHaven and Nicholas were dangerously exposed without aircover when some of the Vals found them. 6 vals attacked DeHaven, with the first bomb hitting her at 2:53 amidships on her port side. An eye witness said it “caused tremendous burst of flame to envelop the central part of the ship.” A second bomb hit just aft of her bridge and a third exploded her forward magazine. The Dehaven jackknifed and disappeared under the waves claiming 167 men and officers with her. Over on the Nicholas, Lt commander Andrew Hill barely managed to evade the bombs taking his ship 32 knots. One bomb exploded near his ships hull killing 2 men and injurying 7, but the Nicholas returned the favor by taking down 3 aircraft while some Wildcats came to the scene eventually claiming a dozen kills. The actual Japanese losses would be 5 vals and 3 zeros. As this was going down, Admiral Hashimoto left Shortland with his Cruisers and 21 destroyers sprinting down the slot. A coast watch saw Hashimoto's reinforcement unit just due north of Vella LaVella around 1pm, prompting the Cactus air force to toss up 92 aircraft in 2 waves. The first wave consisted of 17 avengers, 17 dauntless, 4 P-39's, 4 P-38s, 4 p-40s and 5 Wildcats. The second wave consisted of 11 avengers, 10 dauntless, and 20 wildcats. The first group claimed the sunk a destroyer and 7 zeros while the second claimed they landed 2 bomb hits on destroyers and took down 10 zeros. During the actual attack, Hashimoto's flagship the Makinami received a near miss, while Koyanagi took charge of the flotilla. Hashimoto was forced to move his flag to Shirayuki and gradually reigned back command. The shuffling set back the force 30 minutes and at 8pm the screening ships began peeling off to conduct a sweep ahead. While this was happening 11 PT boats from Tulagi came in groups of 2 and 3 from Savo, Cape Esperance and Doma Cove to hit the reinforcement unit.  Meanwhile on Guadalcanal, Generals Miyazaki and Sano had reached their boarding point at Cape Esperance around 8pm. Thousands of their men were making the grueling trek up muddy trails through the night. Miyazaki was frustrated by the man wandering from the designated area and making too much noise, then both he and Sano heard a single rifle shot. A staff officer was sent to investigate and he came back reporting a soldier of the 229th infantry had reached the area supported on the shoulders by 2 comrades. He was unable to move any further, and his comrades were exhausted, thus he received his comrades assistance to commit suicide. The reinforcement unit was set to arrive for 9pm, but minutes were passing by 9pm without a ship in sight. Then the Japanese began hearing gunfire and saw fires emerge seward. The reinforcement unit were pulling 30knots when PT boat 48 and 111 found them around 10:10pm launching 4 torpedoes. Lt Lester Gamble, the most successful PT skipper of the Guadalcanal Campaign managed to scurry his PT 48 away, fleeing to Savo, while Lt John Clagett aboard PT 111 took a direct hit from the Kawakaze at 10:54 killing 2 men. Off of cape esperance, Japanese float planes strafed PT 59, 115 and 37. PT 115 launched 4 torpedoes at the destroyers. PT 37 also fired 4 torpedoes, but was fired upon killing all but a single man aboard. PT 124 and 123 moved in to attack south of Savo. A Pete of the R Area air force managed to plant a bomb on PT 123 killing 4 and sinking the boat, an amazing hit. PT 124 fired 3 torpedoes claiming hit, bringing the American loses at 3 PT boats and 15 dead sailors.  The R Area air force Petes began to drop flares over the Cactus striking force which now was just 3 destroyers trying to harass 18 IJN destroyers. The Pete flares thwarted any chance of surprise. 6 transport destroyors reached Cape Esperance at 10:40 and at 12am, Kamimbo began to launch their boats. Admiral Koyanagi described the sight of the evacuees as such; “[They] wore only the remains of clothes [that were] so soiled their physical deterioration was extreme. Probably they were happy but [they] showed no expression. All had dengue or malaria [and their] diarrhea sent them to the heads. Their digestive organs were so completely destroyed, [we] couldn't give them good food, only porridge.  A report informed Admiral Yamamoto that the evacuees . . . were so undernourished that their beards, nails and hair had all stopped growing, their joints looked pitifully large. Their buttocks were so emaciated that their anuses were completely exposed, and on the destroyers that picked them up they suffered from constant and uncontrolled diarrhea.” By 1:53am the last man board at Kamimbo and 5 minutes later over at Esperance. Because of all the delays, 1270 men were stuck on the beach at Cape Esperance and 300 over at Kamimbo. The Destroyer Makikumo was chasing away one of the PT boats when she was ordered to help at Cape Esperance. When she was heading over a large explosion suddenly occurred in her hull at 1:45am. It could have been a mine, or perhaps one of the PT torpedoes had finally hit its mark. Regardless, the Makikumo was dead in the water and forced to be scuttled by a sister destroyer, the Yugumo. The 11th air fleet launched 8 Betty's over Guadalcanal during the night to keep the Cactus air force grounded, but 6 Dauntless managed to get up around midnight. Despite the enemy being illuminated well, the dauntless did not manage to score any hits. At 8am the Cactus air force made another go trying to hit the enemy destroyers, but failed to score any hits. By noon the reinforcement unit successfully landed 4935 men at Bougainville, including General Sano.  The first run was a large success and helped boost morale for the 17th army HQ, as they were quite frankly fearing the worst. As a deception, they had the soldiers over at Cape Esperance ignite campfires and move them gradually south towards Tassafaronga over the course of 2 nights. Meanwhile the 2nd division began to march in the opposite direction towards their own disembarkment points. On February 3rd, the 8th area army ordered the next run to have soldiers and sailors wait offshore in boats rather than on the beach. Despite the success of the first run, the 17th Army was still skeptical about the IJN making 3 runs. This led them to dispatch orders to Colonel Matsuda incharge of the rear guard, warning him it may be likely that he would have to make his own way out with a landing craft.  The Japanese high command was also gravely concerned with a growing situation at Marovovo. Lt Colonel Georges battalion had successfully departed from Verahue and around 9:10am one of their patrols ran into a pair of Japanese staff officers and 140 soldiers near Titi. There was a brief skirmish and the Japanese captured 2 of Georges men who were interrogated, revealing that around 600 of their comrades were marching around Marovovo. On the morning of February the 3rd, Matsuda's rear guard of 350 troops of the Yano battalion were holding a position about half a mile west of Bonegi, alongside 60 survivors of the 124th infantry. His main force consisting of the remnants of the Ichiki detachment, which is simply incredible that any of them still exist at all at this point, alongside the 124th regiment were holding the right bank of the Segilau river. Fortunately for Matsuda the Americans were limiting their actions mostly patrolling for the day and he used the time to plan out the evacuation of his rear guard. His general plan was to lead his forces to Kamimbo and disembark to the Russells by boat.  The next day General Patch ordered his 161st infantry to relieve the 147th infantry, taking their job of advancing to Cape Esperance. The 147th would head west to an area between Bonegi and the Umasani rivers to clear out the area. 128 men under first Lt Miyano were ordered to hold the eastern bank of the Segilau river and Major Yano was ordered to leave a rear guard of 70 men to the west of Bonegi before he took the rest of his command to advance on Marovovo. Major Yano strongly objected to performing actions at Marovovo and that his units would be better served remaining with the rear guard. Basically Matsuda was ordering Yano to leave men to die at Bonego and Yano began to argue all his men should make a stand if so. So Matsuda caved in a bit and allowed Yano to leave only those unable to walk at Bonegi while he took everyone else to Segilau at 3pm. For those poor men left at Bonegi, each was given 2 tablets of mercury bichloride. From February 2-4th around 15 Bettys hunted the sea around guadalcanal and they reported very strong American naval presence, including carriers. Each day saw more bettys failing to return home, one of which carried Lt Commander Genichi Mihara the leader of the 705th air group. Despite the presence of many american naval units, on February 3rd the second run of Operation KE was approved to go. Admiral Yamamoto ordered the Asagumo and Samidare to replace the lost Makikumo and Makinami and on february the 4th, Hashimoto readied his cruisers and 20 destroyers to dare another run. His reinforcement unit left Shortland at 11:30 and at 3:50 his CAP of 29 Zeros clashed with 33 dauntless and avenger alongside 41 assorted fighters in two waves trying to take out his destroyer. The Americans lost 11 aircraft while the Japanese lost 2. A near miss crippled the Maikaze, forcing the Nagatsuki to tow her back to shortland and yet again Hashimoto was forced to change flag as the Shirayuki's engines failed and thus he jumped onto the Kawakaze. Over on Guadalcanal 7 Bettys emerged at night dropped flares and bombs over Henderson field while IJN reconnaissance planes hunting PT boats. The embarkations proceeded smoothly, in 2 hours 3921 men were loaded off. General Hyakutake and his staff boarded the Isokaze, Maruyama and his staff got aboard the Hamakaze and both transport groups left with their screens completely unmolested up the slot, reaching Bougainville by 12:50 on february 5th. Miyazaki recounted seeing countless soldiers aboard the Isokaze sun bathing, as they had been long denied such a pleasure. There was nowhere to walk about the destroyers decks. He also found a soldier holding a corpse of a friend aboard, insisting the man was still alive. On Bougainville, Lt General Moritake Tanabe, the deputy chief of stuff of the IJA's section of the Imperial General HQ met the evacuees. Miyazaki exchanged a wordless salute with the man, then as Tanabe approached him, he blurted out with tears, his desire for an appointment that would give him a death in battle. Tanabe was quite overcome by this and stated “Everything about this is the responsibility of Imperial Headquarters.” As Operation KE was whisked away men, the Yano unit withdrew from Bonegi to the Segilau river. Colonel Matsuda now took charge of the forces left on Guadalcanal as he took his men from Segilau over to Kamimbo. He ordered the Oneda Unit, consisting of the remnants of the 3rd battalion, 230th infantry to head west of Cape Esperance to block any american advances from Marovovo. Now Matsuda pondered how he was going to evacuate his rear guard. Lt Colonel Sakuji Matsuyama gave his very pessimistic view, the American air forces would whittle down the amount of boats available to them to most likely just a handful. They also received word from a tapped signal to the IJN on Rabaul that they were looking to use at minimum 3 or 4 destroyers with an adequate number of boats to be detailed for the final run. Thus Matsuda figured any attempt to evacuate the rear guard to the russells by boat would be suicidal. Matsuda wrote in his diary that night he doubted any destroyers would come, from his perspective, the sacrifice of 2000 men would be less than that of a single destroyer. Over on the American side, Colonel George's men reached Titi on the 4th and would remain there for 2 days. Because of the smaller size of his command and not fully knowing the Japanese composition forced George to act cautiously. All of the Japanese activity had really confused the American's and they presumed there was a major offensive afoot, there was of course just not what the Americans were thinking. Over on the west coast the 161st infantry advanced to the Umasani river by February 6th. Despite the apparent American inactivity, Matsuda feared that if they decided to make a thrust from the southern coast this would cut him off from Kamimbo and thus an embarkation spot. To keep this option open, he sent 100 men to move down the west coast to hold a position about 3.5 miles due east of Cape Esperance. He ordered them to march during daylight and to light cooking fires as a deception. Later that afternoon he received the demoralizing report that the IJN might only be able to pick up men already waiting in boats, those on the land would have to find their own way to new Georgia. The 17th army estimated that Matsuda had a 50% chance of getting the men out. On the 6th, senior IJA and IJN commanders met over the issue. The chief of staff of the 8th fleet said he doubted the third run of operation KE would be possible because there were reports of American carriers near guadalcanal. Admiral Mikawa assured the IJA, the IJN would do its best to meet the enemy. Colonel Konuma went to see Admiral Hashimoto to fish out his views, and Hashimoto asserted regardless of the orders or desires of the chief of staff of the 8th fleet, he would personally see to it that they evacuated all the men. Konuma requested to accompany the 3rd run personally. Hashimoto said to this it would be a stain on the IJN's record if it was said they only made a run because an Army officers presence aboard their ships was the causation.  On the 7th, General Patch reported his belief that the Tokyo Express had made to successful runs, landing another regiment with supplies. Though in the same report he also acknowledged they may have extracted the HQ of some depleted units as well. Over on the west coast, 161st tossed patrols near the Tambalego river, 9 miles away from Cape Esperance. That day Colonel George had to hand command of his task force over to Lt Colonel Ferry after injuring his leg. Upon taking command, it was Ferry's judgment that the Japanese were withdrawing to Cape Esperance or perhaps evacuating guadalcanal. Their native guides began reporting to them that the Japanese had just abandoned Marovovo, so the task force marched upon it. At 12:40, the units assigned to guard Marovovo did abandon it stating they had been subjected to severe artillery bombardment, earning anger from Matsuda who demanded they go back to prolong the american advance. They rushed back just in time to fire their machineguns at the Americans who were advancing 2000 yards north of Marovovo by 3:30pm. Meeting resistance, Ferry told the men to dig in for the night.  February 7th was a day of decision making for Matsuda. Ever hour brought him more stress, the severe shelling that was reported to him at Marovovo could be heard alongside American machine gun fire at Kamimbo. Then at sundown, 26 land craft still remained operational, it was a miracle american air forces had not destroyed them all! Compared to the experiences of the entire guadalcanal campaign, it really did seem a miracle. Matsuda set to work organizing his boarding plan to provide for 4 units of 500 men each. In a very tense 45 minutes starting at 9:30pm, the remaining movable Japanese survivors of guadalcanal got onto the boats as American artillery could be heard smashing Segilau. On the boats many Japanese prayed, the rendezvous time of 11pm passed, greatly demoralizing them. Then they saw the blue recognition lights of approaching destroyers.  The second run of operation KE went off very well compared to the first. But Admiral Yamamoto suspected the third would see major american naval forces that were lurked around just outside their search plan range waiting to pounce. The submarine forces combed the area without success as the Advance force was ordered to come within 550 miles of Guadalcanal to be ready to support the Reinforcement unit. Hashimoto would have 18 destroyers this time, grabbing men from two points, Kamimbo and the Russells. Despite reported sighting of American carriers and other naval units just due south of San Cristobal, Hashimoto departed Shortland and made one last sprint to save the men of starvation island. 15 Dauntless, 20 wildcats and a single F5A bore down upon the reinforcement unit after a search plane tipped them off. 17 out of 49 zeros sent by the 11th air fleet intercepted them. At 5:55 the Isokaze was hit by 2 bombs to her deck and around her forward gun mount killing 10 men and starting fires. She limped away with the help of the Kawakaze as the Urakaze took a near miss doing slight damage. One zero and the F5A failed to return home.  Over on Guadalcanal, the men in their boats climbed aboard the destroyers. By 12:04am, on the 8th, Matsuda received word that the boarding was complete. To honor Hashimoto's pledge, the sailors had even rowed boats along the shore waters calling out again to make sure no one was left behind on the beaches. By 1:32am, the boats returned and the destroyers began to depart. It was to be the last time the Rising Sun fluttered from a surface ship near the blood soaked shores of Guadalcanal. On the way Matsuda signaled the 17th army  “With the help of 20,000 souls the recovery of 1,972 men from Guadalcanal is reported complete.” When Matsuda reached Bougainville at 10am, he reported to General Hyakutake the end of his special mission, adding thanks for the 17th army's efforts to guarantee the last run made it. Hyakutake praised Matsuda's command as the rear guard. As Matsuda and Hyakutake pointed out and so will I here, the first unit to fight on Guadalcanal was the Ichiki detachment and they were amongst the last to leave on the third run of Operation KE, simply incredible. Operation KE was an enormous feat, over 10652 men were evacuated with 4935 on the first run, 3921 on the second and 1796 on the third. For naval units they had lost the Makikumo and major damage was dealt to the Makinami, Maikaze and Isokaze. They sank the Chicago, DeHaven and 3 PT boats, while also heavily damaging the LaVallette. For the air war, between January 25th to February the 9th the Japanese lost around 56 aircraft while taking down 53 American. Needless to say, Operation KE was a major success from a figures point of view. The Japanese attributed the success of Operation KE to the careful planning by the combined fleet and to those men who sacrificed their lives prolonging the American pursuers on the ground. After receiving word that the Reinforcement unit returned on the morning of the 8th, Admiral Yamamoto commanded all units involved.  The American forces at Marovovo after observing the sea littered with small boats and debris from the nights activities set off in hot pursuit, reaching Kamimbo at 5pm. During these hours over on the western coast the 161st pushed towards Cape Esperance where they ran into sporadic skirmishes with the Japanese, but the enemy they skirmished with were in extremely poor condition, mostly wounded men unable to walk. Based on the condition of the enemy, Colonel Dalton of the 161st sent a report that he believed the enemy was not defending nor delaying, but actually fleeing. General Patch concurred with this and advised Hasley that be believed the last Tokyo Express runs were not reinforcements but rather evacuations. On the morning of the 9th, the 1st battalion, 161st infantry met up with the 2nd battalion of the 132nd at the village of Tenaro. Colonel Dalton shooks hands with Major Butler of the 132nd at 4:50, then General Patch announced to the men “Total and complete defeat of Japanese forces on Guadalcanal effected 1625 today. . . . [the] Tokyo Express no longer has a terminus on Guadalcanal.” Now there were of course Japanese left behind on Guadalcanal, but organized resistance was all but over by the 9th. Encountered with some isolated pockets and stragglers occurred for the next few days. Some stragglers would go on to live within the interior with the last known survivor surrendering in October of 1947. Given the vast disparity in fire power between the two sides on guadalcanal and likewise the severity of how debilitated the 17th army was compared to General Patchs soldiers and marines, the failure of the Americans to annihilate Hyakutakes men was strange. Hyakutake believed that if the Americans had focused on marching towards Cape Esperance, they would have completely destroyed his army. The failure to do so was because of 2 major reasons. The first was the relatively small size of the forces engaged in the pincer attack against Cape Esperance. After January 25th, the American forces typically involved no more than a regiment on the western coast. After February 1st this was supplemented by an additional battalion on the southern coast. The second reason was the pace of the advance of those forces which was hindered by a combination of logistical factors, rough terrain and the Americans thinking an offensive was about to kick off any moment. The logical way the Americans could have foiled operation KE would have been something Vandegrift repeatedly had done, amphibious hooks. General Patch considered this often in mid January, but again, all the indications from the Japanese activity was a major offensive was about to occur, and you simply don't toss units into the abyss. Admiral Nimitz confessed in his report  “Until the last moment it appeared that the Japanese were attempting a major reinforcement effort. Only skill in keeping their plans disguised and bold celerity in carrying them out enabled the Japanese to withdraw the remnants of the Guadalcanal garrison. Not until all organized forces had been evacuated on 8 February did we realize the purpose of their air and naval dispositions. “ It has been 6 months of blood sweat and tears over 2500 square miles of jungle that was called Guadalcanal. She was in American hands, the great prize being her airfield capabilities. Both the Japanese and Americans knew her worth and both sides evaluated the costs and returns of trying to hold her. Now I have said it quite a few times, when it comes to turning points or quote en quote “the turning point” of the pacific war, a lot of people generally fall victim to the allure of the battle of midway. Sure thing the battle of midway was a turning point, but in comparisons to Guadalcanal it is arguably not as important. Midway halted the Japanese from further major operations in the Central Pacific. It thwarted Yamamoto's attempt to create more favorable conditions militarily and diplomatically to bring American to the negotiating table. Midway also caused severe losses to the IJN, but did the Japanese go on the defensive? No they did not, in fact they immediately tossed a large scale operation against Port Moresby. Given the Japanese took Port Moresby, the course of the war would have dramatically changed, it was a pivotal place to hold. The Japanese were not simply on the defensive footing awaiting counter attacks from the enemy after midway, they still held the initiative. If you look at what the Japanese military high command was thinking directly after Midway, you find they all believed, falsely mind you, that the allied counterattack would commence no earlier than 1943, probably even later. This was not a stupid conclusion by the way, if we look at the situation in Europe, it did not seem possibly a nation like America could allocate that many resources to the pacific at the time. General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral King aggressively pushed for offensives in the south pacific, albeit for differing reasons. MacArthur wanted to leap to Rabaul, which was obviously insane and the Navy rightfully pushed back against this. Kings proposal was much more realistic and won the day in the end. Its incredible given hindsight, that the American offensive in the south pacific began when it did. They had little in land based or carrier based aircraft, not to mention limited amphibious shipping. Yet Kings insistence produced great reward, they achieved tactic surprise and a strategic surprise of great magnitude. The Marines on guadalcanal reaped the benefits of the surprise for a long time. Given what the Japanese were capable of doing, their response to the landings on Guadalcanal was a terrible miscalculation. It took the Japanese far too long to figure out Guadalcanal was potentially the decisive battle they sought. Operation WatchTower held countless flaws that could have been exploited by the Japanese to produce a major victory. The American navy in the pacific could not hope to challenge the Japanese even after Midway, so much of their strength lay in the battle over the Atlantic, but Guadcanal offered them a unique chance to boost their ground and aerial forces in the Pacific, dramatically compensating for the lack of carriers. With the victory over Guadalcanal, the Americans would develop it and Tulagi in major bases to support the allied offensive up the Solomons. Extensive airfields, naval ports and other logistical facilities would be built up. The Japanese had lost the initiative for the Pacific War, now they were on the defensive in the Pacific. The fall of Guadalcanal went hand in hand with the campaign in New Guinea, Japan kept juggling both campaigns and each suffered because of the other. The IJA and IJN were not beaten of course, but now the allies were in the driving seat for once. 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. The allies had finally seized guadalcanal and now the Japanese were on a defensive footing, they had lost the initiative for the pacific war. Things were going to dramatically change for the empire of the rising sun who now would look to a new strategy, that of bleeding the allies dry.  

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Olá ouvintes do Kokoro!! Trazemos a vocês mais um AnimeSphere. E hoje, com uma pauta escolhida pela Hita trazemos uma história sensacional, com guerras, princesas, reinos e... Shoujo!! Não perca o nosso episódio sobre Akatsuki no Yona. Citações do episódio Ficha Técnica 24 episódios Transmitido de 10/2014 a 03/2015 por AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, RKK, BS11 Tem no Crunchyroll (no Brasil) e outros sites da Biblioteca do Paulo Coelho Direção: Kazuhiro Yoneda (Dirigiu episódios de Bungo Stray Dogs, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, escreveu o storyboard das duas primeiras temporadas de Shokugeki no Soma) Produção: Asuka Yamazaki (AT-X), Hiroyuki Tajima (Docomo Anime Store), Masashi Matsui (Studio Pierrot), Megumi Natsunaka (Top-Insight), Shinichiro Kitazawa (Tokyo MX), Shiro Ishihara (Hakusensha), Tomohiro Taguchi (Age Global Networks nos episódios 19 a 24), Yoshito Danno (Marvelous AQL) Estúdio: Studio Pierrot, no Japão Infelizmente não foi dublado para o Português. Fonte: Mangá Duração: 24 minutos por episódio em média Tema de abertura: Akatsuki no Yona (é o mesmo nome da música). Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Tema de abertura: Akatsuki no Hana, Cyntia Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Tema de Encerramento 1: Kyokumei, vistlip. Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Tema de Encerramento 2: Akatsuki, Akiko Shikata. Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Personagens Principais [Yona]: [Nossa protagonista, ela no começo é ingênua, basicamente um passarinho em uma gaiola, sem a completa noção de como é o mundo lá fora. Com a história a ser contada (que é a dela), ela vai melhorando, mas não perde o coração bondoso.]    [Chiwa Saitou – Boa Sandersonia (One Piece), Stella (Arakawa Under the Bridge), Hitagi Senjougahara (Bakemonogatari), Riko Aida (Kuroko no Basket), Nureha / Dariella (Log Horizon)] [Son Hak]: [Guardião e amigo de infância de Yona. Ele zoa com ela aos poucos, mas é o tipo de pessoa que dá a vida por ela, não importando a situação. Ele a ama, mas não admite.]    [Tomoaki Maeno – Naotsugu (Log Horizon), Pain (Naruto: Shippuuden), Crocodine (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken 2020), Veldora (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken), Mark (Ascendance of a Bookworm)] [Yun]: [Inicialmente é acompanhante de Ik-su, o profeta. Quando Yona e Hak os visitam, Ik-su sugere que Yun os acompanhe. Ele é curandeiro e também muito inteligente, por muitas vezes ele auxilia Hak a pensar de maneira tática e também de maneira prática.]    [Junko Minagawa – Mereoleona Vermillion (Black Clover), Cornelia Ii Britannia (Code Geass), Ayaka Yukihiro (Mahou Sensei Negima), Ryouma Echizen (Tennis no Ouji-sama), Midora (Toriko)] [Ki-ja]: [O primeiro Dragão que apareceu, é o Dragão Branco. Seu poder reside em seu braço esquerdo, onde ele abriga uma força absurda. É dedicado, e confia cegamente em Yona, desde que a conheceu, pois acredita de corpo e alma no Dragão Vermelho.]    [Masakazu Morita – Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach), Whis (Dragon Ball Super), Seiya (Saint Seiya, Cavaleiros do Zodíaco), Marco – A Fênix (One Piece), Keiji Maeda (Sengoku Basara)] [Shin-Ah]: [O segundo Dragão que apareceu, é o Dragão Azul. Seu poder reside em seus olhos, o que faz com que ele possa ver a grandes, enormes distâncias, além de despedaçar os nervos de quem ele olha, podendo até matar. Porém ele é tranquilo, coração bom, quieto e quase não fala.]    [Nobuhiko Okamoto – Obi (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime), Okumura Rin (Ao no Exorcist), Bakugou Katsuki (Boku no Hero Academia), Yuu Nishinoya (Haikyuu), Garfiel Tinzel (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season)] [Jae-ha]: [O terceiro Dragão que apareceu, é o Dragão Verde. Seu poder reside em suas pernas, que faz com que ele pule grandes distâncias, tendo um estilo de luta com chutes. Ele é meio mulherengo, mas é isso por viver sua vida em meio a bandidos. Mas ele é gente boa.]    [Junichi Suwabe – Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover), Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Bleach), Shouta Aizawa (Boku no Hero Academia),

Olá ouvintes do Kokoro!! Trazemos a vocês mais um AnimeSphere. E hoje, com uma pauta escolhida pela Hita trazemos uma história sensacional, com guerras, princesas, reinos e... Shoujo!! Não perca o nosso episódio sobre Akatsuki no Yona. Citações do episódio Ficha Técnica 24 episódios Transmitido de 10/2014 a 03/2015 por AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, RKK, BS11 Tem no Crunchyroll (no Brasil) e outros sites da Biblioteca do Paulo Coelho Direção: Kazuhiro Yoneda (Dirigiu episódios de Bungo Stray Dogs, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, escreveu o storyboard das duas primeiras temporadas de Shokugeki no Soma) Produção: Asuka Yamazaki (AT-X), Hiroyuki Tajima (Docomo Anime Store), Masashi Matsui (Studio Pierrot), Megumi Natsunaka (Top-Insight), Shinichiro Kitazawa (Tokyo MX), Shiro Ishihara (Hakusensha), Tomohiro Taguchi (Age Global Networks nos episódios 19 a 24), Yoshito Danno (Marvelous AQL) Estúdio: Studio Pierrot, no Japão Infelizmente não foi dublado para o Português. Fonte: Mangá Duração: 24 minutos por episódio em média Tema de abertura: Akatsuki no Yona (é o mesmo nome da música). Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Tema de abertura: Akatsuki no Hana, Cyntia Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Tema de Encerramento 1: Kyokumei, vistlip. Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Tema de Encerramento 2: Akatsuki, Akiko Shikata. Vídeo do canal Marvelous: Personagens Principais [Yona]: [Nossa protagonista, ela no começo é ingênua, basicamente um passarinho em uma gaiola, sem a completa noção de como é o mundo lá fora. Com a história a ser contada (que é a dela), ela vai melhorando, mas não perde o coração bondoso.]    [Chiwa Saitou – Boa Sandersonia (One Piece), Stella (Arakawa Under the Bridge), Hitagi Senjougahara (Bakemonogatari), Riko Aida (Kuroko no Basket), Nureha / Dariella (Log Horizon)] [Son Hak]: [Guardião e amigo de infância de Yona. Ele zoa com ela aos poucos, mas é o tipo de pessoa que dá a vida por ela, não importando a situação. Ele a ama, mas não admite.]    [Tomoaki Maeno – Naotsugu (Log Horizon), Pain (Naruto: Shippuuden), Crocodine (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken 2020), Veldora (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken), Mark (Ascendance of a Bookworm)] [Yun]: [Inicialmente é acompanhante de Ik-su, o profeta. Quando Yona e Hak os visitam, Ik-su sugere que Yun os acompanhe. Ele é curandeiro e também muito inteligente, por muitas vezes ele auxilia Hak a pensar de maneira tática e também de maneira prática.]    [Junko Minagawa – Mereoleona Vermillion (Black Clover), Cornelia Ii Britannia (Code Geass), Ayaka Yukihiro (Mahou Sensei Negima), Ryouma Echizen (Tennis no Ouji-sama), Midora (Toriko)] [Ki-ja]: [O primeiro Dragão que apareceu, é o Dragão Branco. Seu poder reside em seu braço esquerdo, onde ele abriga uma força absurda. É dedicado, e confia cegamente em Yona, desde que a conheceu, pois acredita de corpo e alma no Dragão Vermelho.]    [Masakazu Morita – Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach), Whis (Dragon Ball Super), Seiya (Saint Seiya, Cavaleiros do Zodíaco), Marco – A Fênix (One Piece), Keiji Maeda (Sengoku Basara)] [Shin-Ah]: [O segundo Dragão que apareceu, é o Dragão Azul. Seu poder reside em seus olhos, o que faz com que ele possa ver a grandes, enormes distâncias, além de despedaçar os nervos de quem ele olha, podendo até matar. Porém ele é tranquilo, coração bom, quieto e quase não fala.]    [Nobuhiko Okamoto – Obi (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime), Okumura Rin (Ao no Exorcist), Bakugou Katsuki (Boku no Hero Academia), Yuu Nishinoya (Haikyuu), Garfiel Tinzel (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season)] [Jae-ha]: [O terceiro Dragão que apareceu, é o Dragão Verde. Seu poder reside em suas pernas, que faz com que ele pule grandes distâncias, tendo um estilo de luta com chutes. Ele é meio mulherengo, mas é isso por viver sua vida em meio a bandidos. Mas ele é gente boa.]    [Junichi Suwabe – Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover), Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Bleach), Shouta Aizawa (Boku no Hero Academia),

Gemma Rubboli ha recensito per voi il primo numero di “Shirayuki dai capelli rossi”, manga di Sorata Akiduki pubblicato in Italia da Star Comics.

We've got the new shadowstitch Shirayuki, the new not-broken heart Ashleigh, and the new hotness. You will beg to be locked. drivecheckpodcast@gmail.com @drive_check on Twitter For singles and clan set bundles, check out badmonstergames.com Special Thanks to our Patreon backers: Alison Britney Philip Bass Alex Stewart Mr James F Butler Curtis McNeill Alan Camacho PKMNcast Wesley Welch Nicklol2 Alec Manke William Anderson Kay

Angerblader, Dorianne, and Shirayuki are back at 4 copies per deck in standard! The guys put in their two cents, and we also talk about what we're thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Nexus at Night!Thanks to our $10 patrons!-Darren G-Cole GreenFollow us on Twitter or Instagram @NexusatNight, (tell us what you would like to see from us!) or support us on Patreon!Follow Atlas on Twitter or Instagram @atlasnovackFollow Matt on Twitter @wiggumzzFollow Alvin/Root Beer on Twitter @plasmaeclipseDon't forget to send us Create-a-Card ideas if you got em, with the hashtag #nexuscards!Send us episode ideas, questions, or just come say hi!Listen to Atlas' other podcast, Bad Reading, here!Or watch it here!

Weiß 白 日Tag/Sonne + Strich 白い Shiroi Die Farbe Weiß 白Shiro Nicht zu verwechseln mit Schloss城(しろ) 白(しろ)い花(はな)Shiroi hana weiße Blume 白(しろ)ワンShiro wain Weißwein 白熊(しろくま)shirokuma Eisbär 白(しろ)い噓(うそ)Shiroi uso White lie 肌(はだ)が白(しろ)いです。Hada ga shiroi desu. Die Haut ist weiß 白(しろ)い恋人(こいびと)Shiroi koibito 白雪姫(しらゆきひめ) Shirayuki hime Schneewittchen 白鳥(はくちょう) Hakuchou Schwan 白夜(びゃくや) byakuya weiße Nacht Mittsommer 白(しろ)い目(め)で見(み)る shiroi me de miru jem. die kalte Schulter zeigen 白(しら)を切(き)る shira wo kiru alles abstreiten, so tun, als wüsste man von nichts 白黒写真(しろくろしゃしん) shirokuroshashin Schwarz-Weiß-Foto 白黒(しろくろ)をつける shirokuro wo tsukeru sich eindeutig für etwas entscheiden 告白(こくはく) kokuhaku Geständnis

Unlike this podcast, Bushiroad, the company that created our lovely Cardfight Vanguard, has released their plans for most of the rest of 2019! What does this mean for our hosts? Well, it means Matt gets to bring up Shirayuki for the 1000th time, but it also means that they get to speculate on what this means for the meta, and what this says about Bushiroad's R&D department. Come on in and watch us bitch!Follow us on Twitter or Instagram @NexusatNight, or support us on Patreon! patreon.com/nexuscorpsFollow Atlas @atlasnovack, Matt @wiggumzz, or Alvin/Root Beer @plasmaeclipse. Send us episode ideas, questions, or just come say hi!

Why hello there lovelies, Sit back and take a seat as the hosts of ACB are joined by Cami's seester Jaz once again as we discuss the breakup of the partnership between Crunchyroll & Funimation! Stay tuned for our review of Wit Studio's anime The Ancient Magus Bride (Mahoutsukai no Yome)~ Good Ol Time Stamps: Main Topic: The Breakup of Crunchyroll & Funimation - 2:36 Spoiler Free Review: The Ancient Magus Bride (Mahoutsukai no Yome) - 29:08 Ratings & Recommendations - 1:19:25 Come into the Spoiler Room ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º) - 1:34:07 ***Special Patreon Shout Outs This Week*** CorpsyAnn - bit.ly/2O6S7Hw ***Special Guests Today*** Jaz: https://bit.ly/2w9p0P8 **Other Show Recommendations** Howl's Moving Castle (Howl no Ugoku Shiro) MAL - bit.ly/2F4d8C1 / Kitsu - bit.ly/2RBiyG9 Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) MAL - bit.ly/2OoCnOG / Kitsu - https://bit.ly/2zu1M4q xxxHOLIC MAL - bit.ly/2D1KtuV / Kitsu - bit.ly/2D1ltnd Chronos Ruler (Jikan no Shihaisha) MAL - bit.ly/2qtYYjz / Kitsu - bit.ly/2SGwsbb Natsume's Book of Friends (Natsume Yuujinchou) MAL - bit.ly/2QhFdqJ / Kitsu - bit.ly/2RxAlOf Time for all the disclaimers! Are ya ready, kids? ***All animes mentioned belong to their rightful owners. ***All art used belongs to their rightful owners. ***Podcast Images created by Chiikaboom: All rights reserved. ***Follow the podcast artist on twitter at: bit.ly/2wBVQIa ***Visit the podcast artist's official website at: bit.ly/2IjBfxK ***The Music (reunion- opening section and rainy day- closing section) used in this video is property of Sakagami Souichi, all rights reserved. ***We own nothing besides our own voices and opinions. ****** ***Support us on Patreon at: bit.ly/2H38II9 ***Follow us on twitter at: bit.ly/2H2EngJ ***Write in an E-mail at: anichatmail@gmail.com ***Watch us on YT at: bit.ly/2H7TVA4 ***Listen to us on SC at: bit.ly/2HuxnZI ***Watch us live dub video games on Twitch at: bit.ly/2ESz1yH ***Find Cami's YT here: bit.ly/2jEMRMZ ***Find Cassie's YT here: bit.ly/2I1BDNf ***Find Craig's YT here: bit.ly/2K2hxDe ***Find Jon's YT here: bit.ly/2jFOqdx Like gaming? Then give this a listen: bit.ly/2JQfyT9 Once again, thank you so much! See you next week!

Other, Others', Hes' and Shes', welcome to Episode 52 of the Reanimetor Pod. This week Taka and Yata get together to discuss episodes three of 'Angels of Death', The guys were much higher on the second episode but how will episode three fare. They then cover the first five star selection 'Snow White With The Red Hair' All that and so much more this week on the ‘Reanimetor Pod’ Scraw!!! Links & Things @reanimetorpod The Site Facebook D-Mail   Anime Discussed in this show Satsuriku no Tenshi (2018) Akagami no Shirayuki-hima  (2015)  

On this episode our buddy Miki's Stopwatch stops by to join us in discussing this season’s hot(mostly not) anime and older stuff as well: Welcome to the Ballroom, Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), Made in Abyss, Restaurant to Another World(Isekai Shokudou), Haibane Renmei, Ashita no Joe, Snow White with the Red Hair(Akagami no Shirayuki-hime), Love and Lies(Koi to Uso), Gamers!, Kakeguri: Compulsive Gambler, My First Girlfriend is a Gal(Hajimete no Gal), Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun(Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun), and RIN-NE(Kyokai no Rinne)! Also, Miki praises BEASTARS & The Ancient Magus’ Bride, we talk about the money behind anime streaming services, we talk about finding a theater that will show obscure anime movies, we talk about the New York Review of Books reviewing Ichi-F, darfox notices a change in Shuzo Oshimi’s art style, dakazu loves a tale of imaginary girl training victims in Chuni no Danshi to Dairokkan, and we debate the appeal of dark, weird, interesting manga like Naraku no Hitsuji!!!

Timestamps: 1:20 - Valentine's Day Episodes/Tropes in Anime 9:48 - "realistic" romances 10:43 - Sukitte Ii na yo (1st ep spoilers) 11:34 - His and Her Circumstances 15:45 - I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying 17:16 - School Rumble 20:59 - Favorite Same Sex Romances in Anime 21:08 - Yuri on Ice (Semi-spoilers) 24:28 - Cardcaptor Sakura 26:19 - Honobono Log 28:09 - Ore Monogatari (Semi-spoilers) 29:13 - Orange 31:23 - Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 34:21 - Plastic Memories 35:47 - Your Lie In April 37:05 - Romantic Subplots 37:19 - Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (Spoilers) 43:09 - Naruto (Manga spoilers) 43:51 - Bleach (Manga spoilers) 46:39 - Gintama 47:53 - Code Geass (Spoilers) 50:30 - Tamako Market + Love Story rewatch on r/anime 59:56 - Favorite Romances 1:02:27 - His and Her Circumstances 1:03:08 - Kiznaiver 1:03:51 - Crest of The Stars 1:05:10 - Spice and Wolf 1:06:19 - Kokoro Connect 1:06:58 - Your Name 1:08:03 - Terrible/sad irl relantionship stories

In episode 46 of Chic Pixel Plus, we voice frustrations about various things, and talk positively about some other things. After we rehash the highlights of E3 2016, Sarah gives us the scoop on Final Fantasy XV Brotherhood and Jarinko Chie, while Anne gives her first impressions of Overwatch and Kyoukai no Shirayuki. Then, it’s not one, not two,… Read More The post Chic Pixel Plus Episode 46 – Frustration Station appeared first on Chic Pixel.

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun ab 0:56 Space Dandy ab 17:39 She and Her Cat: Everything Flows ab 45:27 Charlotte OVA ab 52:17 Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2 ab 56:31 Tsujiura-san to Chupacabra ab 1:12:03 Alice in Borderland ab 1:24:41 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar ab 1:38:13 Dimension W ab 2:00:42 Gate Staffel 2 ab 2:13:47 Kidou Senkan Nadesico ab 2:29:01 Gosick ab 2:41:07 News ab 2:55:15

This week on the Re: Anime Podcast, we tackle, quite literally, #SPORTS anime! So what is it about sports anime that tend to gravitate so many fans? Is it the supernatural elements? Is it the grounded realism they often times bring? Is it the fanservice bait? It’s probably the fanservice bait, isn’t it. In any case, /u/EMPrinceofTennis drops by the show to give his take on what makes the genre so special. We also dive into the rest of the Winter 2016 season and most of the shows that have second cours (spoiler alert: some of them have improved since we last talked about them!). 0:35 Tales from the No-Drop Zone - 0:42 Akagami no Shirayuki-hime (Snow White with the Red Hair) - 3:51 Heavy Object - 6:44 Konosubarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku (KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World) - 11:38 Mahou Shoujo Nante Ii Desukara (I’ve Had Enough of Being a Magical Girl) - 12: 37 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 14:18 Is It Wrong to Pick Up Guests from the Internet? with /u/EMPrinceofTennis - 14:55 The Draw of Sports Anime (Diamond no Ace) - 17:15 Sports Anime with Superhuman Elements (Prince of Tennis, Eyeshield 21, Kuroko no Basket) - 20:25 What Sports Anime Do Best: HYPUU (Diamond no Ace, Haikyuu!!) - 24:55 Realistic and Grounded Sports Anime (Baby Steps, Slam Dunk) - 26:08 Fanservice at First Glance (Free!, Prince of Stride, I Want to be the Strongest in the World) 29:52 Nichijou News 32:06 Word Fart Online Anime discussed: Akagami no Shirayuki Hime, Heavy Object, KonoSuba, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Diamond no Ace, Prince of Tennis, Eyeshield 21, Kuroko no Basuke, Free!, Prince of Stride, I Want to be the Strongest in the World, Taisho Baseball Girls, Attack on Titan, Shokugeki no Souma.

After a short break, we’re back and just in time for Valentine’s Day! In honor of that, let’s talk about some shows we love and what makes us love them so much (from the likes of Tamako Love Story, Sora no Woto, Hyouka, and others). Along the way, we give our first impressions of the Winter 2016 anime season, including a surprise in Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash. 1:10 Tales from the No-Drop Zone - 1:30 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash) - 6:20 Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm - 9:16 Active Raid 12:40 A Certain Scientific Recommendation/A Certain Magical Review - Tabi Machi Late Show 15:20 Is It Wrong to Pick Up Guests from the Internet? with Just_One_of_Three - 17:00 When a Show Immediately Becomes a Favorite (Grimgar) - 20:15 Recent Shows That’ve Impressed (Akagami no Shirayuki hime, KonoSuba, ERASED) - 22:40 Why We Rewatch Shows - 23:20 Picking up on Details in Rewatches 31:00 Word Fart Online Anime discussed: ERASED, Grimgar, KonoSuba, Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm, Active Raid, hyouka, Akagami no Shirayuki hime, Code Geass, T amako Market, Tamako Love Story, Yuuki Yuuna, Sora no Woto

Join the hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast as they break down the 2015 year of anime and pick their favorite titles of genres, characters, and of course the best of the best. This is a raw and nearly uncut recording of their deliberations. Deliberations covered in this episode: Best Female Character, Best Male Character, and List Cleanup/Revisions.

Después del empacho del programa anterior, nos hemos retrasado un pelín en la publicación de este programa número 99...a las puertas del número 100. Comenzamos como es habitual leyendo vuestros correos electrónicos para después comentar de la mano de Will las noticias más relevantes del panorama del manganime tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. En nuestro anime recomendado, comenzamos la temporada de verano con un anime muy bonito: Akagame no Shirayuki-hime. La tertulia (o monologo) de este programa la copará la historia de Japón desde la antigüedad a nuestros días de la mano del profesor Will. Y para terminar, en nuestra Tinta Negra made in Japan comentamos Believers de Naoki Yamamoto. Como siempre podéis seguirnos en twitter al usuario: @lahoraotaku Mandarnos una canción, audiocorreo o eMail a: contacto@lahoraotaku.com Comentarnos en el blog en: www.lahoraotaku.com Seguirnos en Facebook en facebook.com/lahoraotaku Ó comprar una de nuestras geniales camisetas en tienda.lahoraotaku.com

Der vierte Teil der Sommerseason 2015 Animes in dieser Folge: God Eater / Akagami no Shirayuki-hime / Makura no Danshi / Million Doll / Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan

Der vierte Teil der Sommerseason 2015 Animes in dieser Folge: God Eater / Akagami no Shirayuki-hime / Makura no Danshi / Million Doll / Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan

  Shownotes :: (show 528) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Summer Impressions, recorded live July 19th, 2015. This week we continued our adventure of watching the new anime season shows. Join us, for another week, another show, with more otaku-tainment! Also #DFMPIA (Don't Forget Matt Pyson is still Awesome!) Community OG Networks Facebook (the page) OG twitter Call Us! ::: Skype Voicemail ::: You can leave us voicemail using Skype, at: otakugeneration or call: (610) 628.3154 -or- (206) 965.8154 ::: Google Voice ::: You can also leave us voicemail with Google Voice, at: 484.393.1405; remember to hit # after the tone.   Mentioned Stuff and Link(s) (during the show) OG Link Stitcher Patreon Shows we watched so far (for review) Actually, I am... 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Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Non Non Biyori Repeat Wiki ANN Crunchyroll OverLord Wiki ANN FUNimation Pillow Boys (Makura no Danshi ) Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) Wiki ANN FUNimation Q Transformers 2 Wiki ANN Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace Wiki ANN FUNimation Rokka no Yuusha Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Seiyu's Life! (Sore ga Seiyuu!) Wiki ANN FUNimation School-Live! (Gakkou Gurashi!) Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai) Wiki ANN FUNimation Sky Wizards Academy (Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan) Wiki ANN FUNimation Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) Wiki ANN FUNimation SuzakiNishi THE ANIMATION ANN Teekyuu 5 Wiki ANN Crunchyroll The IDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Wiki ANN Daisuki Hulu To Love-Ru: Trouble - Darkness 2nd Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Ushio to Tora Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Venus Project - Climax (VENUS PROJECT) Wiki ANN FUNimation Wakaba Girl Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Wakako-zake Wiki ANN Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life (Wooser no Sono Higurashi: Mugen-hen) Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Wakaba Girl Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Bernhard Rants! (1.0) by Bernhard :: (rants@otakugeneration.net) Bernhard entertains us this week with another delightful and humorous rant! Monthly DVD Releases (2.0) by Albert :: (releases@otakugeneration.net) 2015-07-21 ALDNOAH.ZERO Set 1 (DVD, Blu-ray LE) BlazBlue Alter Memory (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (Blu-ray) Patlabor 2: The Movie (DVD, Blu-ray) Persona 4: the Golden ANIMATION Volume 1 (S) (Blu-ray) Guardian Ninja Mamoru (S) Soul Eater Not! (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) TO Film Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition) Tokyo Ravens Season 1 Part 2 (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) 2015-07-28 009 Re:Cyborg Movie (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) Galilei Donna Inari Kon Kon Complete Series + OVA (S) (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) Monster Farm(aka Monster Rancher) Complete Japanese Collection (S) Naruto: Shippuden(Uncut) Set 23 No Game, No Life (DVD, Blu-ray, DVD/Blu-ray Combo Coll.Ed.) Recently, My Sister Is Unusual Windy Tales Nickname ME! by Alan :: (nickname@otakugeneration.net) None this week. Don't let that stop you! =D You know you want one. Don't be shy! Email us and tell us something about you! Then you'll be uniquely identifiable among the other OG listeners! Check out the most recent nickname logo-mashup(s)! lady paperlock     And some other nickname logo-mashups we did! Email us for your nickname and you'll get one as well!   ...and now you get your own logo-mashup for your nickname... If you send us feedback, and you want us to nickname you, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With somewhere in the subject: NICKNAME ME NOTE: If we've already nicknamed you, you can't be re-nicked... unless you plead... lots! ...and we mean LOTS!!! =D For Podcast promos or MP3 Feedback, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With the exact subject: MP3 PROMOTION :: (for podcast promos) MP3 FEEDBACK :: (for audio feedback) In the body of the message, put: Your Name Your Podcast Your website Brief copy about your podcast for us to read NOTE: No copyrighted music, or clips! We won't play promos with this kind of content! Unless you own the copyright, and have given us written authorization! Join us next week... for something that smells like a podcast, looks like a podcast, and sounds like a podcast but really isn't what you thought. A new show every Wednesday, so "podcast-in" with us! Download us, snear at us, but give us a listen... and maybe we won't respect you in the morning... *unless you're wearing PJs than we can talk* It's still July! So far this month we marched forth and had pie. If you want to send us goodies like pie, we often don't say no. (pie, cake and cookies, papercraft, OG comics; like many listeners have) ...and if you can't do that will take your pitty or votes and [insert OG-bribes here]. We appreciate the votes, donations, and comments even if we don't read them on the show... and iTunes reviews. Word-of-mouth advertising is also appreaciated. Thanks for the support!

  Shownotes :: (show 527) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Summer Impressions, recorded live July 12th, 2015. This week we continued our adventure of watching the new anime season shows. Join us, for another week, another show, with more otaku-tainment! Also #DFMPIA (Don't Forget Matt Pyson is still Awesome!) Community OG Networks Facebook (the page) OG twitter Call Us! ::: Skype Voicemail ::: You can leave us voicemail using Skype, at: otakugeneration or call: (610) 628.3154 -or- (206) 965.8154 ::: Google Voice ::: You can also leave us voicemail with Google Voice, at: 484.393.1405; remember to hit # after the tone.   Mentioned Stuff and Link(s) (during the show) OG Link Stitcher Patreon Shows we watched so far (for review) Aquarion Logos Wiki ANN FUNimation Aoharu x Machinegun (Aoharu x Kikanjuu) Wiki ANN Charlotte Wiki Crunchyroll Hulu Classroom Crisis Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Hulu Gangsta. Wiki ANN FUNimation Danchigai Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Dragon Ball Super Wiki ANN Durarara!!x2 Ten Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Hulu Gatchaman Crowds insight Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri ANN Crunchyroll Junjou Romantica 3 Wiki ANN FUNimation Million Doll Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou Wiki ANN Crunchyroll My Wife is the Student Council President (Okusama ga Seito Kaichou!) Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Non Non Biyori Repeat Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Rokka no Yuusha Wiki ANN Crunchyroll School-Live! (Gakkou Gurashi!) Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) Wiki ANN FUNimation To Love-Ru: Trouble - Darkness 2nd Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Ushio to Tora Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life (Wooser no Sono Higurashi: Mugen-hen) Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Wakaba Girl Wiki ANN Crunchyroll Bernhard Rants! (1.0) by Bernhard :: (rants@otakugeneration.net) Bernhard entertains us this week with another delightful and humorous rant! Monthly DVD Releases (2.0) by Albert :: (releases@otakugeneration.net) 2015-07-14 A Lull in the Sea Volume 1 A Lull in the Sea Volume 2 Is the Order a Rabbit? (S) (Blu-ray) Sailor Moon R Set 1 (DVD, DVD/Blu-ray Combo + LE) The Familiar of Zero F Season 4 (S) (DVD, Blu-ray) One Piece(Uncut) Season 7 Part 1 One Piece(Uncut) Collection 13 2015-07-21 ALDNOAH.ZERO Set 1 (DVD, Blu-ray LE) BlazBlue Alter Memory (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) Fullmetal Alchemist Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (Blu-ray) Patlabor 2: The Movie (DVD, Blu-ray) Persona 4: the Golden ANIMATION Volume 1 (S) (Blu-ray) Guardian Ninja Mamoru (S) Soul Eater Not! (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) TO Film Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition) Tokyo Ravens Season 1 Part 2 (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) 2015-07-28 009 Re:Cyborg Movie (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) Galilei Donna Inari Kon Kon Complete Series + OVA (S) (DVD/Blu-ray Combo) Monster Farm(aka Monster Rancher) Complete Japanese Collection (S) Naruto: Shippuden(Uncut) Set 23 No Game, No Life (DVD, Blu-ray, DVD/Blu-ray Combo Coll.Ed.) Recently, My Sister Is Unusual Windy Tales Nickname ME! by Alan :: (nickname@otakugeneration.net) None this week. Don't let that stop you! =D You know you want one. Don't be shy! Email us and tell us something about you! Then you'll be uniquely identifiable among the other OG listeners! Check out the most recent nickname logo-mashup(s)! lady paperlock     And some other nickname logo-mashups we did! Email us for your nickname and you'll get one as well!   ...and now you get your own logo-mashup for your nickname... If you send us feedback, and you want us to nickname you, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With somewhere in the subject: NICKNAME ME NOTE: If we've already nicknamed you, you can't be re-nicked... unless you plead... lots! ...and we mean LOTS!!! =D For Podcast promos or MP3 Feedback, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With the exact subject: MP3 PROMOTION :: (for podcast promos) MP3 FEEDBACK :: (for audio feedback) In the body of the message, put: Your Name Your Podcast Your website Brief copy about your podcast for us to read NOTE: No copyrighted music, or clips! We won't play promos with this kind of content! Unless you own the copyright, and have given us written authorization! Join us next week... for something that smells like a podcast, looks like a podcast, and sounds like a podcast but really isn't what you thought. A new show every Wednesday, so "podcast-in" with us! Download us, snear at us, but give us a listen... and maybe we won't respect you in the morning... *unless you're wearing PJs than we can talk* It's still July! So far this month we marched forth and had pie. If you want to send us goodies like pie, we often don't say no. (pie, cake and cookies, papercraft, OG comics; like many listeners have) ...and if you can't do that will take your pitty or votes and [insert OG-bribes here]. We appreciate the votes, donations, and comments even if we don't read them on the show... and iTunes reviews. Word-of-mouth advertising is also appreaciated. Thanks for the support!

Hello everyone, and welcome to Episode 5 of Oh no, Anime! the Podcast. This is a very special episode where we go over new anime in the Summer 2015 season. The following is a list of the new anime we have chosen to talk about. Clicking on the name will lead you to the MAL page, and clicking on the word PV will bring you to the newest trailer, and clicking on license will bring you to the streaming page once they have been picked up in the US. Furthermore, a single asterisk denotes it is an original anime (not an adaptation), and triple asterisk means we found it was worth spending more time on in our preview. Four asterisks means it's original and interesting! I'm looking to update this once every few days so feel free to check back often! Okusama ga Seitokaichou PV Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku PV **** Aquarion Logos PV Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace PV * Joukamachi no Dandelion PV Ushio to Tora PV *** Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri PV *** Classroom☆Crisis PV **** A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist PV Akagami no Shirayuki-hime PV *** Million Doll PV Jitsu wa Watashi wa PV Overlord PV Bikini Warriors PV * Gakkou Gurashi PV Prison School PV *** Venus Project -CLIMAX- PV * Charlotte PV **** Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou PV Suzakinishi The Animation PV * Dragonball Super PV Gangsta. PV *** Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan PV God Eater PV Rokka no Yuusha PV Wakaba*Girl PV Aoharu x Kikanjuu PV