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History of the Marine Corps

History of the Marine Corps

By: Robert Estrada
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The first and only podcast that takes you deep inside Marine Corps history, exploring its battles, political decisions, and the strategic moves that shaped it from Tun Tavern to today. Neither the United States Marine Corps nor any other component of the Department of Defense has approved, endorsed, or authorized this product (or promotion, or service, or activity).© 2025 History of the Marine Corps Podcast. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. World
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  • WWII E165 - Demilitarizing a Defeated Empire

    WWII E165 - Demilitarizing a Defeated Empire
    Jan 12 2026
    On 22 September 1945, the 5th Marine Division entered Sasebo Harbor under Japanese pilotage. Marines cleaned and stabilized a burned, silent city, secured depots and key sites, and watched a wary civilian population slowly reappear.

    From Sasebo, the division spreads across northern Kyushu, locking down airfields, rail junctions, coastal guns, and ammunition dumps, while also helping run repatriation and displaced-person processing. This episode tracks the shift from assault warfare to tense, day-to-day control: demilitarization, sanitation and disease prevention, restrictions on liberty, black markets, and the pressure of demobilization.

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    31 mins
  • WWII E164 - Into The Empire: Marines Enter Japan

    WWII E164 - Into The Empire: Marines Enter Japan
    Dec 29 2025

    This episode follows how Third Fleet rapidly built Task Force 31 into an occupation force, reinforced the 4th Marines for a potentially hostile landing, and seized key positions at Futtsu Saki and Yokosuka Naval Base. It covers the first hours ashore, the establishment of the initial occupation perimeter, the urgent rush to recover Allied prisoners, and the shift from invasion planning to guard duty, demilitarization, and air operations as the occupation settles in. With Tokyo Bay secured, the focus turns south toward Kyushu and the next phase of the occupation.

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    38 mins
  • WWII E163 - Waiting for X-Day: Marines in the Shadow of Downfall

    WWII E163 - Waiting for X-Day: Marines in the Shadow of Downfall
    Dec 8 2025

    This episode follows the Marines from the mud and caves of Okinawa into the strange, uneasy rehabilitation camps on Guam, Saipan, Motobu, and Hawaii, where exhausted divisions rebuilt, trained, and quietly braced for the largest amphibious operation in history—Operation Downfall.

    We break down how Marine divisions and air wings were wired into Operations OLYMPIC and CORONET, the internal fight in Washington over whether to starve, burn, or invade Japan, and how troops were reshaped for a direct assault on Kyushu and then the Tokyo Plain.

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    33 mins
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