In this video Justin Pyke and I chat about the South Pacific Air War, a battle that raged for over two years and one that Japan ultimately lost in two massive events! But how did it come to this? Listen in and find out!

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- Sources / Reading recommendations
Hiroyuki Shindo, Japanese air operations over New Guinea during the Second World War, Journal of the Australian War Memorial: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/journ...

Eric Bergerud, Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific, Westview Press: https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sky-Air-S...

Michael Claringbould & Peter Ingman, South Pacific Air War Volume 1-3, Avonmore Books: https://avonmorebooks.com.au/?page=3&...

Michael Claringbould & Luca Ruffato, Eagles of the Southern Sky, Avonmore Books: https://www.amazon.com/Eagles-Souther...

John Lundstrom, First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, Naval Institute Press:
https://www.usni.org/press/books/firs...

Bruce Gamble, Target Rabaul, Zenith Press:
https://www.amazon.com/Target-Rabaul-...

- Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Source
01:36 - Key Phases
03:00 - Why Rabaul
04:55 - 1st Phase: Japan Strikes
09:55 - 2nd Phase: Stalemate?
15:07 - 3rd Phase: Here comes the Army
19:29 - 4th Phase: Unglamorous Defensive Campaign
21:43 - Conclusion
25:48 - Reading Recommendations

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