Battle of Cape Esperance - Pacific War #46 DOCUMENTARY

Wizards and Warriors

Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War week by week continues. In our last episode, we covered the direct aftermath of the key Battle of Edson’s Ridge, the second Japanese offensive in Guadalcanal that caused so many losses for the invaders that it’s today remembered as the Battle of the Bloody Ridge. Because of this major defeat and because they started to feel like they were losing the initiative against their enemies, the Japanese then began to prioritize the Guadalcanal theater, sending almost 17500 men in their characteristic Tokyo Express to finally win what they perceived to be the most decisive battle of the Pacific War. Today, we are going to cover the American attempt to intercept the Japanese express runs during the Battle of Cape Esperance, as well as the recent developments in the air warfare over the Aleutian Islands.

Pacific War Podcast

#1 Pearl Harbor

#2 Japanese Invasion of Malaya

#3 Japanese attack Guam, Wake, the Philippines

#4 Japan Continues AttackingBorneo, Philippines

#5 Wake Island

#7 Slim River

#8 Battle for the Dutch East Indies

#9 Invasion of New Britain

#10 Fall of Malaya

#11 Makassar

#12 Fall of Singapore

#13 Invasion of Sumatra

#14 Invasion of Timor

#15 Fall of Java

#16 Fall of Rangoon

#17 US Response to Pearl Harbor

#18 TojoBringing Japan Into The Pacific War

#19 Japanese Raids in the Indian Ocean

#20 Fall of Bataan & The Bataan Death March

#21 Doolittle Raid

#22 Japanese Advance on Burma Road

#23 Australia's Pearl Harbor

#24 Battle of the Coral Sea

#25 Fall of the Philippines

#26 Fall of Burma

#27 Operation SeiGo

#29 Japanese Invasion of Alaska

#30 Japanese Attack on Sydney

#31 MacArthur and the Philippines Disaster

#32 Attacks New Guinea

#33 Biological Warfare in China

#34 Japan Attacks the Continental United States