Between Two Sterns with Jon Parshall Talking about Shipping in 1942
May 14, 2025
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses with historian Jon Parshall the global shipping situation in 1942 and his new book, 1942: The Crux of War. In this episode, Jon discusses the shipping situation in the Mediterranean, Pacific, and Atlantic and how it was easier for the Allies to move a ton of cargo across the oceans but the Axis could not.
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00:00 Introduction
05:57 Background and Big Ocean Picture
14:31 Mediterranean
25:05 Pacific
47:57 Atlantic
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