Jim Downey
speaker
621 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Jim Downey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yamamoto is left to wonder, have the tactics that succeeded at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and all throughout the Pacific grown outdated?
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Well, of course not.
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You and I know that it isn't their tactics failing them, but their code, which the brilliant American naval officer, Commander Joe Rochefort, cracked before Midway.
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But Japanese leadership still doesn't know that, and in the wake of this humiliating defeat, they downplay the loss at Midway to the Japanese people.
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Even Emperor Hirohito agrees with this tactic, once he's brought into the conversation.
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He and his brass all fear the loss of public confidence the truth might cause.
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What can't be hidden, however, is how Midway costs Japan its momentum.
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Operation FS, the plan to cut off Australia from the United States by seizing Fiji and Samoa, had been finalized back in April.
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After Midway, it's postponed.
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Nonetheless, Japan remains confident that this mostly ignored corner of the southwest Pacific will fall quickly.
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But there's a problem with that confidence.
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What happens if the Allies strike first?
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While Japanese leaders are postponing Operation FS, American military leaders are debating what to do in the Pacific in the aftermath of their decisive win at Midway.
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Well, some are debating.
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Admiral Ernest King knows exactly what he wants to do.
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Switch from defense to offense.
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Ah, yes.
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Ernie King.
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We encountered this 63-year-old and lifelong Navy man back in Episode 197, 199, and 201.
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But let's get to know him a bit better.
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