History of Southeast Asia

A history of the lands between India, China and Australia.

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Episode 48: The Forgotten War in Burma, Part 1

Posted July 23, 2018

With this episode the podcast returns to Southeast Asia during World War II. This time we look at what happened in Burma, modern-day Myanmar, from...

Episode 47: The New Guinea Campaign, Part 3

Posted July 1, 2018

With today's episode, the podcast finishes covering World War II in New Guinea. Although the war turned in the Allies' favor in 1942, the struggle...

Episode 46: The New Guinea Campaign, Part 2

Posted June 15, 2018

The podcast is back, after a month-long break! Here we continue the coverage we started in the previous episode, about World War II in New Guinea....

I Am Going Away For A While

Posted May 20, 2018

The next episode is going to be late.  Originally I was planning to record and upload it by June 1, but now it looks like I will have to aim for a...

Episode 45: The New Guinea Campaign, Part 1

Posted May 16, 2018

This is another episode that is not set in Southeast Asia, but next to it. Today we begin the long jungle war in New Guinea, as the Japanese stage their...