by Robert Estrada
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).
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January 12, 2026
<div>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.<br /> <br /></div> <div>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.</div> <p><strong>Support the Show</strong></p> <ul> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Listen ad-free and a week early on <strong data-start="63" data-end= "104">historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com</strong></li> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Donate directly at <strong data-start="128" data-end= "159">historyofthemarinecorps.com</strong></li> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Try a free 30-day Audible trial at <strong data-start="199" data-end= "228">audibletrial.com/marinehistory</strong></li> </ul> <p data-start="26" data-end="230"><strong data-start="199" data-end="228">Social Media</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Instagram - <strong>@historyofthemarines</strong></li> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Facebook - <strong>@marinehistory</strong></li> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Twitter - <strong>@marinehistory</strong></li> </ul>
December 29, 2025
<p>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. </p> <p><strong>Support the Show</strong></p> <ul> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Listen ad-free and a week early on <strong data-start="63" data-end= "104">historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com</strong></li> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Donate directly at <strong data-start="128" data-end= "159">historyofthemarinecorps.com</strong></li> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Try a free 30-day Audible trial at <strong data-start="199" data-end= "228">audibletrial.com/marinehistory</strong></li> </ul> <p data-start="26" data-end="230"><strong data-start="199" data-end="228">Social Media</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Instagram - <strong>@historyofthemarines</strong></li> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Facebook - <strong>@marinehistory</strong></li> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Twitter - <strong>@marinehistory</strong></li> </ul>
December 8, 2025
<p>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. <br /> <br /> 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. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Support the Show</strong></p> <ul> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Listen ad-free and a week early on <strong data-start="63" data-end= "104">historyofthemarinecorps.supercast.com</strong></li> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Donate directly at <strong data-start="128" data-end= "159">historyofthemarinecorps.com</strong></li> <li data-start="26" data-end="230">Try a free 30-day Audible trial at <strong data-start="199" data-end= "228">audibletrial.com/marinehistory</strong></li> </ul> <p data-start="26" data-end="230"><strong data-start="199" data-end="228">Social Media</strong></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Instagram - <strong>@historyofthemarines</strong></li> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Facebook - <strong>@marinehistory</strong></li> <li class="MsoNormal" data-start="26" data-end="230">Twitter - <strong>@marinehistory</strong></li> </ul>
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