Admiral Nimitz and the Pacific War with Craig L. Symonds John Batchelor

Just days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Chester W. Nimitz to take command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz transformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific Fleet into the most powerful and imposing naval force in history. /"Nimitz at War/" by Craig Symonds captures Nimitz's composure, discipline, craftsmanship, and, above all, his uncanny sense of when to assert authority and when to retreat. As this captivating, dynamic and authoritative portrait reveals, he demanded qualities of leadership demonstrated by few other commanders in history, qualities that are of enduring and even poignant relevance to our times.

John Batchelor is the host of CBS Eye on the World, a news analysis radio show featuring interviews with authors and journalists on a range of topics, from current affairs and world history in natural sciences.

00:00 Nimitz at war
00:49 Pearl Harbor
03:03 Ernest J. King (COMINCH)
04:32 Mari E. Kimmel
05:27 Nimitz's personality
07:20 Brown shoes versus black shoes
08:23 Calculated risk
10:18 a.m. Doolittle Raid
11:53 Decryption of radio traffic
1:10 p.m. Battle of the Coral Sea
2:39 p.m. Raymond A. Spruance
15:59 Marc Mitscher
6:15 p.m. Guadalcanal
9:12 p.m. Walkers
10:57 p.m. Nimitz in Honolulu
24:47 Robert L. Ghormley
26:55 Frank Jack Fletcher
28:43 Substitution of Ghormley
30:57 William Halsey Jr.
33:57 Douglas MacArthur
36:02 South Pacific or Central Pacific?
38:31 Landing in Tarawa
41:52 John Henry Towers
44:42 Mitscher's second chance
45:50 Battle of Kwajalein
47:57 Battle of the Philippine Sea
51:10 Battle of Leyte Gulf
53:53 Halsey's anger
56:55 Typhoon of December 1944
01:00:43 Nimitz to Guam
01:03:29 Nimitz and FDR in Washington DC
01:04:46 Okinawa
01:07:23 A second typhoon
01:09:22 Blockade versus invasion
01:12:04 A special weapon
01:13:23 VJ Day, a promotion for Nimitz
01:15:10 Spruants and the Naval War College
01:16:36 /"Sea Power: A Naval History/" and EB Potter

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