by WWIIPodcast | Oct 15, 2018 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe first air wave of attacking Japanese warplanes reaches Oahu, on their way to Pearl Harbor. But before they reach Battleship Row, several civilian planes offer the excited pilots a chance to score their first kills. The locals...
by WWIIPodcast | Oct 1, 2018 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWriter Robin Hutton talks about her latest book which tells of the animals who contributed to the Allied effort of WWII. There’s Chips, who served as a sentry dog for the Roosevelt-Churchill conference; Ding, a paradog whose...
by WWIIPodcast | Sep 19, 2018 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIn the predawn darkness, the Japanese Strike Force has prepared to launch its first wave of bombers and fighters. Meanwhile, the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor sleeps. However, a strange looking submarine is spotted and fired upon...
by WWIIPodcast | Sep 11, 2018 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWriter Mary Jo McConahay comes on the show to discuss her latest book, The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America during WWII. We discuss Latin America’s involvement in WWII, which includes...
by WWIIPodcast | Aug 28, 2018 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn December 7, 1941, Ambassador Nomura and Special Envoy Kurusu are about to give Secretary of State Hull and FDR Japan’s response to the Hull Note. But really, it’s a declaration of war. That is, until the Japanese...
by WWIIPodcast | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured, Podcast Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMultiple Japanese Assault Fleets are on the move, but with so much incoming information, President Roosevelt and his cabinet do not pick up on the threat to Pearl Harbor. Besides, the military men advising FDR still can not...