1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Your holster is way more important than you think it is. 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: It's just way more important than you think it is. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: What look, and I get that. The holsters not the 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: sexy part of carrying firearms. All right, You want to 5 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: talk about your weapon and your ammunition. You want to 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: talk about your safety training. You want to talk about 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 1: how you did at the range. Oh, look at my groups. 8 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 1: I was doing these failure drills today, and all that 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: stuff is really important. I mean, really really important. I'm 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: not discounting that, but I've known so many people who 11 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: do all those things. They take all the necessary steps 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: and then they carry with a holster they bought from 13 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: a big box hunting store that was made a thousand 14 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: at a time. Please don't put your life in one 15 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: of those holsters. You need to trust Northwest Retention Systems 16 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: because it's all custom made gear. It's the only thing 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: I carry around NW Retention dot Com. That's NW Retention 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: dot Com used to promo co Jesse gets you ten 19 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: percent off. This is a Jesse Kelly show. I want 20 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: you to imagine. So I want you to imagine you 21 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: are in combat, vicious combat, bullets, bombs, bayonets, the works. 22 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: You spend your time alternating between sickness, starvation, fear, anger, sadness, 23 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: and boredom. That's pretty much combat summed up right there. 24 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: And what's your worst fear when you're in combat. Look, 25 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: you could speak for yourself if you've been there. Everybody's 26 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: fears are probably different. My personal worst fear when I 27 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: was there was to be captured and tortured, Probably pretty 28 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: high on everybody's list, along you know, with the maiming 29 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: and you know, things like that. That was my worst fear. 30 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: In general, you'll find that towards the top of everybody's list. 31 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: You are in the middle of combat and everything that entails, 32 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: you find yourself knocked out, which often happens in combat 33 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,559 Speaker 1: because of the explosions. Explosions can kill you with the shrapnel. 34 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: Explosions can kill you with the concussion of it. But 35 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: off times, the concussion of an explosion is enough to 36 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: knock you out or at least days you so severely 37 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: you can't really function. You get knocked out in the 38 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: middle of combat, you come to shaking the fog out 39 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: of your head, trying to figure out what's happening. Did 40 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: you win the battle? Where are you? Did you lose 41 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: the battle? You decide you need to rub your eyes 42 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: to try to shake out of this, and you lift 43 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: your arm up, only your arm won't move, which is 44 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: a little odd. Your heart's starting to beat a little 45 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: faster now you realize you are laying down on something 46 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: in your arms and legs are all tied down. You 47 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: look across down by your feet to figure out what's 48 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: happening as the panic starts to set in, and you 49 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: find you are surrounded by ten Japanese soldiers or so in. 50 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: One of them approaching you with the scalpel and he 51 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 1: begins to lower it onto your naked abdomen. This is real, 52 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: This is not made up. This is something that actually happened. 53 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: And there's a reason. As much as I love them, 54 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: as you well know, there's a reason to this day, 55 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: eighty some odd years later, there are people who will 56 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: not visit Japan or buy anything made in that country. 57 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 1: This is the story of Cokoda Trail, something you almost 58 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: undoubtedly have never heard of before, but one of the 59 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: reasons we were able to win the war in the Pacific. 60 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: And the sad part is most people I've never heard 61 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: of it before. It's actually really funny. There are some 62 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: things that are like this in life. And I don't 63 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: know how it happens, but you have these larger than 64 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: life events, and you would think with something like World 65 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: War Two, which is they call it the greatest of 66 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: all histories man made events. And when you think about 67 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: the scale of it and the loss of life and 68 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: the amount of territory a cover that's there's probably not 69 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: a debate in that. And you think about how many 70 00:05:55,720 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: endless things you've seen, you've read, you've heard about it. 71 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: My goodness, do a quick podcast search on your phone 72 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: for World War two. Do a search on Amazon or 73 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 1: Barnes and Noble for World War two books. Start scrolling. 74 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 1: Let me know when you finish, I'll ruin it for you. 75 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: You're still gonna be scrolling at the end of this 76 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: three hour radio show, Today, movies, TV series, there's nothing 77 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: covered more talked about more than World War Two. I 78 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: would venture to say it's talked about more than the 79 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: Birth of Christ. We're not getting into that with you today, Chris. 80 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: And yet there are parts of World War two, interesting parts, 81 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: I mean some of the most interesting parts in my opinion, 82 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: that are hardly ever talked about. While you're doing that, 83 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: scroll on Amazon through the World War two books. Let 84 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: me know how long you scroll before you get to 85 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: Cocoda Trail. I was doing this last night. I had 86 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: read a couple of things on it. I had actually 87 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 1: downloaded a cool podcast on it. I like this podcast. 88 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: We need to get this guy on Chris find the 89 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: guy who does the battle cast podcast. He did a 90 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: good one on Cocoda True. I listened to that yesterday 91 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: as part of my prep for the show. Very very good. 92 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: I don't know the guy's name. It is good, a 93 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: little different, but it's good. I enjoyed it. But as 94 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: part of my prep for today, I decided to sit 95 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: down on Amazon Prime and see if I can get 96 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: a documentary on it. I'll tell you I often try 97 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: to look for something visual on top of just reading 98 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: or on top of just listening. I find it helps me. 99 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: There's a reason I give you a quick Google image 100 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: search task almost every day while we're doing this. Just 101 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: a visual of some kind can help put you there. 102 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: It can help put you there. And I dig in. 103 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: I mean, it's freaking Amazon. I dig in and say, okay, 104 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: well I need a little more on this. Okay, I've 105 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: got this article. I've got that article. I've got this story, 106 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: got this podcast. I listened to give me a visual, 107 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 1: and I pull up the Amazon Prime World War two 108 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: things available, World War two documentaries, single episodes, multi part series. 109 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: I mean all these things, and I bet I scroll 110 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: through a hundred of these, not one thing on the 111 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: Kakoda trail. It amazes me. There are parts of that 112 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: war that just never get talked about Poland. You know 113 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: what you all know about Poland? What I know about 114 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: Poland when it comes to World War Two. Oh, Hitler 115 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: invade it, took it over, then Russia split it. Do 116 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: you know how extensive and vicious the fighting was after 117 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,079 Speaker 1: the Nazis took over and during the split and the 118 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: war crimes and the Nazis are doing committing atrocities, and 119 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 1: the Soviets are and you can't fight anything on it. 120 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: The Italian campaign we're doing, you know what, we're doing 121 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: something on the Italian campaign soon, Chris. Nobody talks about it. 122 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: It was it was essentially what won the war. It 123 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: was the soft underbelly of Europe and vicious fighting. As 124 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: the Germans, not the Italians, they were worthless, but as 125 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: the Germans occupied these Italian mountains and allies having to 126 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: fight their way through. It was awesome. But onto our 127 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: story for the day. You've heard of New Guinea Papa. 128 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: New Guinea Papa. However you want to describe it. If 129 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: you haven't, allow me to lay it out for you, 130 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: because I know there's a good chance you're driving at 131 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 1: the moment or not in a position where you can 132 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: picture what I'm talking about. Just north of Australia, Just north, 133 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: I believe it's only about one hundred and fifty miles 134 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: north of Australia. There's an island. Now, I need to 135 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: be clear. This island is not shaped like a rectangle. However, 136 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,239 Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you it looks like a rectangle 137 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: because it makes it easier to envision this. It's a 138 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: very very very rough rectangle. Hang on the Jesse Kelly Show. 139 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: Hometitlelock dot com can save you not only tens of 140 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,359 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars, it can save you from getting evicted. 141 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: This is what happens these online cyber thieves. 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It's just north of Australia. 157 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: I want you to picture a rectangle because this is 158 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: going to matter to our story, with the long parts 159 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: of the rectangle running east to west, the short parts 160 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 1: running north to south. You got that. Here's what happened 161 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: the Japanese post Pearl Harbor. As you well know, the Japanese, 162 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: well they really got a foothold in the Pacific. Pearl 163 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: Harbor was only one part of a multi part series 164 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: of coordinated attacks, so the Japanese could essentially create a 165 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: fortress over there in the Pacific. They wanted to lock 166 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: the place down. Part of their campaign was they wanted 167 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: to isolate Australia from the United States of America. And 168 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: here's what I mean by isolate. This could be difficult 169 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: to understand. This was the pre internet era. This was 170 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: pre many things. You needed a lot more physical contact 171 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: in order to exchange communication back then, a lot more 172 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: than you need today. You could isolate Australia, and I 173 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: mean isolate Australia if you're japan Now, contrary popular opinion, 174 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: there was never a major plan to invade Australia in 175 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: Japan once again by the Japanese. Once again, you and 176 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: I forget how huge Australia is. It's gigantic. It's like 177 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: the size of the continental United States of America. The 178 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: Japanese simply didn't have the manpower to take it. And 179 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: even if they could take it, they could never defend it. 180 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: They would never bother. So if you're not going to 181 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: take it, at least isolate them. Part of that plan 182 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: to isolate them, well, let's just be clear. The most 183 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: important part of that plan to isolate Australia from the 184 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: United States and the other allies, the most important part 185 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: was taking Papa. You had to have it. You had 186 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: to have it because it was the railway. It was 187 00:14:55,760 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: the supply line to get to and from Australia. Now 188 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: you're the Japanese. How are you going to go about this? Well, 189 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: you remember that rectangle. I want you to go to 190 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: the middle of it. The middle of that rectangle, on 191 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: the northern portion, on the northern part, there's a place 192 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: called Buona. We're gonna come back to that. Buona's in 193 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: the north. That's the part that's towards Japan and towards 194 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: China and all that. On the southern tip of that, 195 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: there's a place called Port Moresby. You're the Japanese. You 196 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: have naval superiority over the Australians by a long shot. 197 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: Australia's navy was crap. You have air superiority over the 198 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: Australians by a long shot. Australia's Air Force or Air Corps, 199 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it, total crap. Well, so 200 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: that makes the planning of taking Papa and cutting off 201 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: Australia from it real easy, doesn't it. Just Go down 202 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: to Port Moresby, sail on down there, take that southern 203 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: port and what's Australa you're gonna do. They obviously have 204 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: an airstrip in Port Moresby. Port, as you can imagine, 205 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 1: means you have shipping lanes there. Just go take Port 206 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: Moresby and you've cut them off. That's the point you 207 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: need to take. The Japanese were not stupid. They were 208 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: extremely capable, very good planners. They decided to cruise on 209 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: down to Port Moresby, which makes the Battle of the 210 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: Coral Sea interesting. You've probably heard of it. I think 211 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: we've probably talked about it on this show at some point. 212 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's all running together, but just understand this. 213 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: This was essentially the first naval battle between the United 214 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: States of America and the Japanese, our aircraft carriers versus 215 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: their aircraft carriers and all the ships surrounding it. We 216 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 1: didn't win the Battle of the Coral Sea. Tactically, the 217 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: Japanese kind of won the Battle of the Coral Sea. 218 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: We lost a lot, they lost a lot, but it's 219 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: one of those interesting moments where losses can be wins. 220 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: You see, we all walked away, the Japanese and US 221 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: from the Battle of the Coral Sea damaged, but the 222 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 1: Japanese had two major major problems after that. One, they 223 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: couldn't repair their ships like we could. We took our 224 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: damaged ships, sent them right back to America, where America's 225 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,400 Speaker 1: industry patched them right up and got them right back 226 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: out on the water. Japan didn't have that ability. They 227 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: didn't have the resources, the manpower to pull that off. 228 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 1: Those Japanese ships that were damaged, they didn't make it 229 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 1: back into the water in time for the Battle of Midway. 230 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: Maybe you've heard of it. That's one big loss for 231 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: the Japanese. The second big loss. Remember the Japanese weren't 232 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: just out sailing their fleet through the ocean to enjoy 233 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: the sunshine and waves. They were on their way down 234 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: to Port Moresby. Oops, can't get there now. The United 235 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: States Navy stopped us. And I remember when I say loss, 236 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: it was it's not as if we limped away. We 237 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: both limped away. Oh wow, that was a tough fight. 238 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: It was you could even call it a win. Well, 239 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: you're the Japanese. That doesn't change the fact you have 240 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: got to have Port Moresby. Okay, you can't sail there, 241 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? You land on Buona with 242 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: a large land force twenty thousand dudes. That numbers disputed, 243 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: but everything's disputed. You land on Buona and you march 244 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: down from the north down south to Port Moresby. That's 245 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: the plan. But there's a problem with the plan. No, 246 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: the problem is not the number of Australians on Papa 247 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: defending it. They were really only about two thousand Australians. Again, 248 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: all these numbers are disputed. Some say five hundred, some 249 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: say three thousand, some say more. But the Australians were heavily, 250 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: heavily outnumbered. Okay, that's fine. Were the Japanese, and the 251 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: Japanese landed their elite troops on there. It's not like 252 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: they sent the scraps, so this shouldn't be an issue, 253 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: right if you're Japan Well on paper, No, but the 254 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: route from Buona down to Port Moresby, it's not a road, 255 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 1: it's not a super highway. It's a trail or a track, 256 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: depending on how you want to put it. It's called 257 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: the Kokoda track or Cocoda trail. You can Google image 258 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: search it right now if you'd like. It's quite literally 259 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: a one man track through the jungle, through the mountains, 260 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: through the mud. It's a living hell. That's the Japanese side. 261 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: And remember what if we always talked about twenty thousand 262 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: troops versus two or three thousand sounds real nice, right 263 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: if you're the Japanese. Sounds like you got this thing 264 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: wrapped up. Except those troops they aren't robots. Those troops 265 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: don't exist on paper. Those troops are flesh and blood 266 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: like you and I. What have you done so far today? 267 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: You've slept, woke up, You've drank water, you've eaten. As 268 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: a human being, you have needs, so do the Japanese. 269 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: Hang on, just got another great night's sleep last night 270 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: with my EBB sleep. I get a great night's sleep 271 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: every night with my EBB sleep, and I love that. 272 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: It's not pills. I don't like pills. I don't like drugs. 273 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: I don't like take things into my body, and I 274 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: don't want to burst your bubble. And I'm certainly not 275 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: pointing fingers because I've been there. But you know that 276 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: sleeping pill sleep you're getting. 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Japan's issue is this, 286 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: You've got twenty thousand dudes. You just landed on Papa, 287 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: and you don't have an airfield, and you don't have 288 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: the ability to feed these guys, and twenty thousand dudes 289 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: eat a lot of food. For Australia, you've got quite 290 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: an issue too. Yours might be even more daunting. One 291 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: you're out numbered ten to one. Two, you have supplies 292 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:43,679 Speaker 1: to feed your guys, but it's not endless. And three 293 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: if those Japanese tear through you and take the port, 294 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: you're at big time as a country completely cut off 295 00:23:55,200 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 1: from Allied support. This is one of those moments and 296 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: gigantic wars that decide the outcome. You lose enough of these, 297 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: you lose the war. You'll win enough of these, you'll 298 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: win the war. The Japanese start their way south. The Australians, 299 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: just as they did in World War One, turned out 300 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: to be tough as nails, absolutely tough as nails. You see, 301 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: the Australians have a proud military tradition, and the Australians, 302 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: knowing how critical this was and knowing there was a 303 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: real limit on how many crack troops they could put 304 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: in the field, they had reservists. But reservists are reservists. 305 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: There are accountants, So you give a weapon to once 306 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: every once in a while to make sure they can 307 00:24:55,560 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: shoot relatively straight. The Australians recalled a couple battalions from 308 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: the Middle East that had been there fighting the Germans. 309 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: Remember the war had been going on a couple of 310 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: years by now, so they recall some of their crack troops. 311 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: Imagine that you're an Australian, You've been fighting these tough 312 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: Germans in the Middle East. You get a phone call 313 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: that you're pulling out finally, where are we going. Oh, 314 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: you're going to the jungle to fight the Japanese. And 315 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: they throw these guys into the maw and this thing 316 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: is ugly, very very ugly because it's just a constant well, 317 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: it's constantly this the Japanese marching their way through the jungle. 318 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:57,800 Speaker 1: The Japanese were excellent, excellent jungle fighters, excellent night fighters. 319 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 1: They trained extensively at that before the war because they 320 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: knew they were going to be fighting in the jungles 321 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: all over for one in two at nighttime, because they 322 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: thought the Western Powers were soft and scared, and they 323 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: thought they could absolutely terrorize them into a capitulating if 324 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: they continuously fought them at night. That turned out to 325 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: very much not be right. One with the Australians, two 326 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: with the Americans, especially the United States Marine Corps. Not 327 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: pumping up my own guys here, the Marines really really, 328 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: really do good work at night. You're not going to 329 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: storm through a Marine Corps defensive position at night, not 330 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 1: without paying for it badly. Now, these Australians were the same, 331 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: highly trained, dug in and ready, but remember heavily heavily outnumbered. 332 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: So it would go like this, The Australians would have 333 00:26:56,280 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: dug in defensive positions, the jack Panese would And this 334 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: part I was there are so many brave people on 335 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: both sides in combat, and we're gonna go over a 336 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: couple of things that are gonna make you once again 337 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: hate the Japanese before this is over. But you can 338 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,359 Speaker 1: still respect some things like this because the trail was 339 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 1: so thin. Remember oftentimes just a one man trail. You 340 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: don't know where the Australians are. The Japanese don't have 341 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: air cover, and even if you did, it's triple canopy jungle. 342 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: Most of it you can't see. Even if you're flying 343 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: planes right over it, you don't know where they are. 344 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: So there's only one way to figure out where the 345 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: Australians are. You pick one guy or find a volunteer. 346 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 1: From what we know about the Japanese during World War Two, 347 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: they probably had volunteers lined up and you simply send 348 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: him forward until he gets shot, and then you say, oh, 349 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: that's where the austral Allions are. What does that feel 350 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:11,360 Speaker 1: like when you're given that order as a Japanese soldier 351 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: in World War Two or if you volunteered either way? 352 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: And I understand there's a certain amount of belief there, 353 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 1: die for the Emperor, all that stuff. I get that 354 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: you have things in your life you're willing to die for, 355 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:35,239 Speaker 1: undoubtedly like your family or red lobster. But are you 356 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: excited about it? What does that feel like? You're already miserable. 357 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,720 Speaker 1: The Japanese troops were starting to get hungry as they 358 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 1: work their way down, and you, hey, come here, Yamamoto, 359 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: there's the trail. Might want to get your last rights 360 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: in now, because you're marching up the trail until you 361 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: die to let us know where they are. And you 362 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: simply grab your weapon and start walking. What does that 363 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: feel like? Waiting? Knowing, waiting for that first bullet to 364 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: hit you? What's going through your mind? Probably wondering where 365 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: it's going to hit? Right? Please just get me in 366 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: the heart or the head, if you wouldn't mind, No, no, 367 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: not the groin, what Chris, that's the kind of stuff 368 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: you think about. And they would scout, The Japanese scout 369 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: would get shot. The Japanese would then know where the 370 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: Australians were, and the Japanese would do a combined frontal 371 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: assault along with flanking on one or both sides, depending 372 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: what the terrain would allow. Do you see, that's what 373 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: having the numbers allow you to do that great Napoleon line. 374 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: Quantity has a quality all its own. You can only 375 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: do so much if you're the Australians. You're dug in. 376 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: You're fighting now. They're coming at you from all sides, 377 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: and often coming at you at night, and you're constantly 378 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: being overrun. That's not the exception, that's the rule. And 379 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: let's just discuss that for a moment. What that looks like, 380 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: what that feels like. You are dug into a fighting hole. 381 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: You know, the Japanese are coming up the mountain or 382 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: down the mountain at you. You're on a ridge line, 383 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: so you're gonna be up or down depending. In general, 384 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: you're the defender because you're the Australians, so you're probably 385 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: going to choose the high ground whenever possible. Almost undoubtedly 386 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: the Japanese are going to be coming up at you, 387 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: but they're gonna be coming up at you from the dark, 388 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: from the pitch black. I have been in the Triple 389 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: Canopy jungle at night. You've never experienced darkness like that 390 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 1: in your life unless you go close yourself in your 391 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: closet and turn out the lights. The moon is gone, 392 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: the stars are gone. You can see your hand in 393 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: front of your face if you put it about five 394 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: inches in front. Maybe your eyes can't adjust enough to that. 395 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: Lack of light. You're dug in. You're looking about ten 396 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,959 Speaker 1: fifteen yards to your right. There's a couple of your 397 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 1: buddies dug in ten fifteen yards to your left, couple 398 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: of buddies dug in there. You can't see them. And 399 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: the Japanese you know they're coming. But the Japanese moved really, 400 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 1: really quietly in the jungle. Again, it was their specialty. 401 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: Oftentimes the Australians wrote about this after the fact. The 402 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: Japanese would get within five I've yards of the front 403 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: of the fighting hole before blowing a whistle as a 404 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: signal to charge. What's the most scared you've ever been 405 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: in your life? I am, Oh, God, ana him inside 406 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: of me. 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You can't 426 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: hear lots of the time. Gunfire is loud yours and theirs. 427 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,879 Speaker 1: Your ears are ringing even when there isn't shooting. It's 428 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:48,399 Speaker 1: hard to communicate. And it's turning into bayonet fights. They're 429 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: jumping into trenches, into foxholes, fighting holes with samurai swords 430 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 1: hand to hand combat. You're having to take breaks from 431 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: shooting to try to avoid getting your head chopped off. 432 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,760 Speaker 1: The middle of the night. You just finished beating somebody 433 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 1: to death, and now you have to pick that weapon 434 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: up and shoot it again. We're talking horror. You also 435 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: can't tell who's who. Remember when I told you you 436 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 1: could barely see or not see the guys to your 437 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 1: right or left. What do you do when the Japanese 438 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 1: do take that fighting hole, which they will because they 439 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,879 Speaker 1: have more guys than you do. Sometimes you can't tell 440 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: and you know they're flanking you. When do you leave? 441 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: How do you leave? Do you leave? And that's really 442 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: the great question for today. How do you get out 443 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: of that? When do you get out of that? And 444 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,440 Speaker 1: can you make yourself get out of that at the 445 00:35:54,600 --> 00:36:05,719 Speaker 1: appropriate time. The tactical retreat is the most absolutely that 446 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: is the most without question underrated battlefield tactic on Earth. 447 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 1: I remember, I obviously grew up hearing about George Washington 448 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,359 Speaker 1: and what do you know about him as a kid? Right, 449 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:27,440 Speaker 1: first American president, great general? And yeah, I mean you 450 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: hit the high points. That's what you and I do, 451 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,399 Speaker 1: get high points on things. And I remember thinking, man, 452 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,600 Speaker 1: what a stud And you picture this, You build up 453 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: this image in your mind of George Washington. You know, 454 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,439 Speaker 1: when he's not signing, you know, doing presidential things, he's 455 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:49,280 Speaker 1: out there cutting British throats for fun, leading the charge 456 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: doing all these great things. And I remember the first 457 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,200 Speaker 1: time I started digging into George Washington, not the president, 458 00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: the general beforehand, the military man. And he has a 459 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 1: laundry list of battles won and great things he did 460 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: even before he was a general, very brave man. But 461 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 1: I remember how disappointed a I was as a teenage 462 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: boy when I found out Washington's specialty as a general 463 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: was the tactical retreat. I just remember how thinking how 464 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: lame that was. His specialty was running away? What what? 465 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:35,879 Speaker 1: Until I grew up a bit and I learned it's 466 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: one of, if not the most difficult things to pull off. 467 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 1: You have to know when to pull your men back 468 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,759 Speaker 1: so they can live to fight another day. You have 469 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: to keep them calm while you do it, and you 470 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 1: have to do it the right way, because guess when 471 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,320 Speaker 1: entire units get mopped up and slaughtered. They get mopped 472 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 1: up and slaughtered when they route, when they throw their 473 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,919 Speaker 1: weapons down as men will do, or when they hold 474 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:12,320 Speaker 1: their weapons but turn around and run the other direction. 475 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: And let me tell you, when you're watching the Japanese 476 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,400 Speaker 1: carve out your buddy's throat five feet away from you, 477 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 1: when they're surrounding your position, you will want to run 478 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:32,760 Speaker 1: the other way. It is everything sometimes, especially when you're outnumbered, 479 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,680 Speaker 1: and you don't have to just defend this point. If 480 00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:39,360 Speaker 1: you're the Australians, you have to defend the entire trail 481 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 1: between here and Port Moresby because they can't be allowed 482 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,919 Speaker 1: to take the port. So you have to pull back, 483 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,880 Speaker 1: and not just from a commander, from an individual level. 484 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: You have to make choices when you're doing a tactical retreat. 485 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:05,320 Speaker 1: When you're pulling back, you have to make choices that 486 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: will haunt you. When you're ninety on your deathbed, you'll 487 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: be thinking about them. It's not the enemy you kill 488 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:21,120 Speaker 1: that stay with you. You're talking about. You're a buddy 489 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 1: laying there wounded, begging you not to leave him behind, 490 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,080 Speaker 1: and you have to where you're all gonna die, and 491 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: the last thing you see is your buddy being surrounded 492 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:44,240 Speaker 1: by Japanese troops. And the heroism these Australians showed time 493 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 1: and again where one man would man a heavy machine 494 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:52,359 Speaker 1: gun and tell everybody else go just go, I'll hold 495 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,720 Speaker 1: them off while you run, and he was never seen again. 496 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:06,320 Speaker 1: That's the stuff you never ever ever forget. Hang on 497 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:39,640 Speaker 1: wake up and text, Text and eat, Text and catch 498 00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:44,799 Speaker 1: the bus, Text and miss your stop. Wait wait wait wait, 499 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 1: Text and be late to work silently, text and work, 500 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: Text and pretend to work, Text and a surprised when 501 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,920 Speaker 1: someone calls you out for not working. Text and meet 502 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,719 Speaker 1: up with a friend you haven't Scene and forever, Oh, 503 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,520 Speaker 1: Text and complain that they're on their phone the whole time. 504 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: Text and listen to them, complain that you're on your 505 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: phone the whole time. Text and whatever. But when you 506 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: get behind the wheel, give your phone to a passenger, 507 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:20,279 Speaker 1: put it in the glove box. Just don't text and drive. 508 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 1: Visit stop texts, stoprex dot org a public service announcement 509 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,239 Speaker 1: brought to you by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 510 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:49,800 Speaker 1: and the ad Council. Part of the tactical retreat the 511 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: Australians were continuously doing, as they would fight and pull 512 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 1: back and fight and pull back. Part of that tactical 513 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:03,759 Speaker 1: retreat is leaving men behind you can't get out saying goodbye. 514 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: And the Australians and the rare occasion they would get 515 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:14,239 Speaker 1: a surrendering Japanese or find one knocked out, they were 516 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:21,239 Speaker 1: starting to kill them. Now, why we're Australians committing what 517 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:27,680 Speaker 1: we're basically war crimes. Well, the Australians were starting to 518 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:34,640 Speaker 1: get upset. To put it mildly, Why would Australians be 519 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:41,160 Speaker 1: so upset? Australians were finding out for really the first 520 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:46,759 Speaker 1: time what was happening to their brothers in arms if 521 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:50,799 Speaker 1: they were captured alive during this tactical retreat, and it's 522 00:42:53,760 --> 00:43:43,879 Speaker 1: really bad. Jesse Kelly returns next. This is the Jesse 523 00:43:44,080 --> 00:44:02,960 Speaker 1: Kelly Show. The Japanese, as you know by now, did 524 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:10,440 Speaker 1: things in World War Two that were jaw droppingly horrific? 525 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,880 Speaker 1: Is that right? Is that fair? And the reason I 526 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:22,560 Speaker 1: ask if that's fair is this, they were jaw droppingly horrific. 527 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: It was cruel, and I mean unnecessarily cruel. We're not 528 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 1: talking about putting you into prison and just not having 529 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,480 Speaker 1: the food to feed you so you slowly starved. We're 530 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:44,920 Speaker 1: talking about intentional cruelty, subhuman cruelty. But remember how many 531 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,760 Speaker 1: shows have we done on Romans and Spartans and Genghis 532 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,400 Speaker 1: Khan and Scythians and the Persians and all these people. 533 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: What they did to people during World War two is 534 00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:01,719 Speaker 1: much more common historically than this new advanced thing they 535 00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:06,239 Speaker 1: just hadn't advanced. Is that a nice way to put that, Chris, 536 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,839 Speaker 1: is that being way too kind and apologetic to them, 537 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,000 Speaker 1: just because you know, I apologize for But that's really 538 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:16,720 Speaker 1: what it was. That's how the Japanese viewed warfare, winner 539 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:20,279 Speaker 1: take all. When you win, you do whatever you want 540 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,480 Speaker 1: to the other person. When they win, they're gonna do 541 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:29,400 Speaker 1: the same to you. They would take Australian prisoners, they 542 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:33,000 Speaker 1: would chop off their heads with samurai swords. Not just 543 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,399 Speaker 1: soldiers either. There were civilians, you know, villagers, tribes living 544 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:40,600 Speaker 1: in there that many would help the Australians. Obviously, it 545 00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:49,160 Speaker 1: was worse for the women chopping heads off. Australians at 546 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,560 Speaker 1: one point in time tried to escape. They were recaptured, 547 00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 1: at which point the Japanese shot them in the feet. 548 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:07,239 Speaker 1: The Japanese would pull out fingernails routinely. And remember our 549 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 1: story at the beginning of the show, this is the 550 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,960 Speaker 1: part that I can't. I can't wrap my mind around this. 551 00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:18,080 Speaker 1: I can't. It doesn't seem real. This is not the 552 00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,560 Speaker 1: only time this happened during the war either. The Japanese 553 00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:26,719 Speaker 1: would bring in medical students and sometimes just doctors in 554 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:29,880 Speaker 1: front of the medical students. They would bring them along 555 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:34,840 Speaker 1: on these military campaigns and they would take Australian prisoners 556 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:40,280 Speaker 1: they'd captured alive, tie them down, and with no anesthesia, 557 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:44,400 Speaker 1: they would carve out their livers while they were alive. 558 00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:57,520 Speaker 1: What does that sound like? How can you do that 559 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:03,279 Speaker 1: to another human being? I mean, value systems are not 560 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:07,840 Speaker 1: East West Old school news school. How can you approach 561 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:11,640 Speaker 1: another human being, a soldier who was fighting you bravely, 562 00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,160 Speaker 1: it didn't hurt your wife and kids or anything. How 563 00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:19,680 Speaker 1: can you approach another human being and carve his liver 564 00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:24,160 Speaker 1: out of his body while he's alive and his heart 565 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,560 Speaker 1: These medical experiments were also done on Americans during the 566 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:34,080 Speaker 1: War two. We'll talk about that another time. And honestly, 567 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,000 Speaker 1: a lot of this stuff pales in comparison to what 568 00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:41,000 Speaker 1: the Japanese were doing to the Chinese during World War Two. 569 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,040 Speaker 1: We don't care about that as much because not exactly 570 00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:47,360 Speaker 1: big fans of the Chinese at the moment. But remember 571 00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:50,960 Speaker 1: they were just innocent Chinese people, not a bunch of 572 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:59,879 Speaker 1: card carrying commies ugly stuff. Well, the Japanese, yes, it's 573 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,000 Speaker 1: going well for them as they're advancing, but they are 574 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:05,920 Speaker 1: running into a problem. What have we said time and 575 00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:11,120 Speaker 1: time and time again that amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics. 576 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:15,600 Speaker 1: They're now starving. I do not mean hungry, I mean 577 00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:21,360 Speaker 1: starving to death. They're so hungry. The Australians, who are 578 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:25,399 Speaker 1: hungry but not starving, have figured out it's the one 579 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:30,280 Speaker 1: great advantage they have over the Japanese. So these crafty 580 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:35,680 Speaker 1: Australians they start setting up food ambushes where they'll leave 581 00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:40,120 Speaker 1: food behind. The Japanese are so hungry they can't help themselves. 582 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:44,200 Speaker 1: They would see food and sometimes fight each other over it, 583 00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:48,680 Speaker 1: and they'd mobbed these food drops, and the Australians would 584 00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,400 Speaker 1: be waiting there with a heavy machine gun aimed at 585 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,960 Speaker 1: it and just mow down the Japanese twenty or thirty 586 00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,520 Speaker 1: at a time. How sweet is that? Now? Remember the 587 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:08,320 Speaker 1: austral brilliants are continuously retreating, though, always moving backwards, always. Finally, 588 00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:12,680 Speaker 1: after this goes on and on and on. This entire 589 00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:16,200 Speaker 1: affair went on from July to November. How much misery 590 00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:22,480 Speaker 1: is that? Well, you haven't even gone over the disease. Finally, 591 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:27,840 Speaker 1: the Japanese get to the high ground overlooking Port Moresby. 592 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:31,400 Speaker 1: The Japanese say They were so happy to see Port 593 00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:34,799 Speaker 1: Moresby because there was food there. It wasn't about the objective. 594 00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:38,160 Speaker 1: They had to get there to eat. They were so happy. 595 00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:42,120 Speaker 1: Some of them wept with joy as they overlooked Port Moresby, 596 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:47,440 Speaker 1: knowing they'd won. And then word came down from Japanese 597 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:56,200 Speaker 1: command turn around and go back to Buna. You see 598 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:03,799 Speaker 1: MacArthur's many problems that I have with MacArthur. He had 599 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:11,840 Speaker 1: organized an American landing on Guadalcanal. The Japanese had allowed 600 00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:16,080 Speaker 1: the Americans behind them, and they no longer could afford 601 00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,799 Speaker 1: to take Port Moresby. They had to pull the troops back. 602 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:24,400 Speaker 1: And this is I don't expect you to feel sorry 603 00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,600 Speaker 1: for him, but this is one of the more heartbreaking 604 00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:34,359 Speaker 1: moments the Japanese do pull back. They begin as they're 605 00:50:34,440 --> 00:50:40,439 Speaker 1: pulling back to form suicide battalions. You would just ask 606 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:42,960 Speaker 1: for volunteers and you would have several of them if 607 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,880 Speaker 1: you were a Japanese commander. All right, I need fifty 608 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,480 Speaker 1: guys who were going to commit suicide today. We got 609 00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,319 Speaker 1: to hold them off because now the Australians are getting 610 00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:55,120 Speaker 1: reinforcements in the shoes. On the other foot, the Japanese 611 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,239 Speaker 1: are now at a point of hunger so badly they're 612 00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:04,280 Speaker 1: eating each other cannibalism in the jungle. They're pulling back 613 00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:10,880 Speaker 1: suicide battalions. Some Japanese pull clear back to Buna and 614 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:15,960 Speaker 1: wait for their evacuation. And there were problems with the evacuation. 615 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,839 Speaker 1: Some of them were left on the beaches starving to death. 616 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,439 Speaker 1: Had to melt back into the jungle where they fell 617 00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:29,480 Speaker 1: down and died and starved to death. Japanese never took 618 00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:37,280 Speaker 1: port Moresby the Australians. Their stance at the Kakoda Track, 619 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:49,920 Speaker 1: the Cocoda Trail, it changed World War two. Sometimes the 620 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:54,160 Speaker 1: smart thing, the thing that can win you the war, 621 00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:58,120 Speaker 1: is the thing that doesn't feel good at all. It's 622 00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,759 Speaker 1: the thing they don't make movies about out It's called 623 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:07,719 Speaker 1: the tactical retreat. I actually have some advice today, not 624 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,680 Speaker 1: for people on the right, for people on the left. 625 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:15,200 Speaker 1: Not that they're saying enough to listen to me. These 626 00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:20,840 Speaker 1: leftists are about to make a gigantic mistake with Amy 627 00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:23,800 Speaker 1: Coney Barrett. 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