Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History 66 - Supernova in the East 5

what you're about to hear is part five of what we can now confidently say is going to be a six-part series on japan and the war in asia and the pacific theater in the second world war if you didn't catch the earlier editions of this you might want to if you don't mind or if you already did well then without further ado part 5 of supernova in the east december 7th it's history 41 a date which will live in infamy the events it's one small step for man one athlete [Applause] from this tear down if we dig deep in our history in our doctrine and remember that we are not descended it's hardcore [Music] history we left off this story talking about a japanese advance on the second largest island in the world new guinea which is part of the main theater of conflict in mid-1942 in the pacific new guinea and the solomon islands specifically at this time guadalcanal where the marines have just landed in strength and for quite a while in 1942 really the rest of 1942 this will be the the focus in this part of the world now we should not forget certain other things the japanese are fighting in china have been since before this war started we'll be fighting there till the end that's never going away and the chinese get little credit uh in most countries for tying down the the great bulk of japanese forces and resources the japanese are also fighting in burma what's now myanmar against indian forces british forces some burmese forces and other friends chinese forces too by the way in burma and they're fighting australians and americans in the new guinea solomon islands area when last we spoke the japanese had just started their advance over the mountains over land from their bases in northern new guinea to try to take this important city on the south side of new guinea known as port moresby i said it was port mosby which is silly because it's spelled exactly as it sounds and as this advance begins the japanese begin doing what they've done all along which is sort of baffling to most observers they're committing atrocities horrible atrocities they love beheading for some reason and they've done you know the killing prisoners in in reball before this uh the beheading the ...