Craig, Ian and Justin discuss some of the dumbest moments of WW2.

(Apologies on audio quality, Justin literally kicked the equalizer box)

Did you know about the American torpedo problem during the first half of WW2? Basically 10% of the mark IV/V torpedoes were actually working because of a plethora of faulty mechanisms that the US Navy simply refused to acknowledge.

Did you ever hear about Sir Winston Churchills Dieppe Raid that was a colossal failure and killed many Canadians?

Listen to us complain about Admiral Fletcher and other dumb moments of WW2 in this podcast.

Craig and Ian discuss the D-Day landings at Normandy and compare them to the near simultaneous landings on Saipan.

Did you know while the United States participated in the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6th, over in the Pacific another enormous amphibious assault was performed in the Marianas?

Operation Neptune, the landings at Normandy occurred nearly simultaneously with Operation Forager the amphibious assault of the Marianas. Both saw an incredible amount of men landed under fire under vastly different circumstances.

Comparing both of these operations highlights the difficulties faced in amphibious warfare, especially when colossal in size.

At Normandy the Americans landed 73,000 men (including 15,600 of airborne division), while the British and Canadians landed 83,115 men. Operation Forager's invasion force, commanded by Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, consisted of 127,000 troops. This means the Americans simultaneously were landing over 200,000 men in two different areas of the world!

In this episode Craig, Ian and Justin cover the differences between the battle for the Atlantic vs the Pacific.

During WW2 the Atlantic and Pacific theaters were quite different. For example, submarine warfare for both the axis and allies were dramatically different in the Pacific vs Atlantic. In the Pacific amphibious assault was mastered by the Americans, and this experience proved extremely valuable for the D-Day landings in the Atlantic. The Surface engagements in the Pacific were enormous clashes, often involving aircraft carriers, while in the Atlantic is more akin to wild hunts.

The strategy of the axis was dramatically different in both theaters, for example Nazi Germany heavily focused on submarine warfare against merchant fleets, while the Japanese initially only used their submarines against enemy warships.

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