As the Japanese grab a second Aleutian Island, the US military, though denying the Japanese advance, makes plans to...

Adm. Yamamoto wants to occupy the Midway Islands, but first needs to confuse his opponent Adm. Chester Nimitz with a...

Shot Down covers the events leading up to and after the crew of the B 17 Susan Ruth is shot down over the...

As the carrier USS Enterprise is late for its return to Pearl Harbor, Adm. Bull Halsey sends on ahead Scouting and...

Dr. Jonathan Fennell discusses the big battles and issues such as morale, doctrine and social change in his latest...

As the Japanese bombs and bullets begin to destroy American equipment and lives, the mostly young men are about to...

This episode is a crossover from The Cold War Podcast that I co-host with Cameron Reilly. With us is historian Andrew...

Back with us is Flint Whitlock as we discuss his book Depths of Courage:American Submariners at War with Japan,...

Laszlo Montgomery of The China History Podcast joins me to discuss Claire Chennault and the Flying Tigers. Just after...

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With the Allies being held up in southern Italy by The Gustav Line, near the end of 1943, Gen. Mark Clark decides to...

The 2nd Air Wave comes at Pearl Harbor to finish what the First Wave started. Yet, their target selection will be...

While the official government story has always been that no Allied POWs were held in German concentration camps, 168...

This episode covers the first attack wave of Japanese aircraft, from the Japanese point of view. Battleship Row is...

The first air wave of attacking Japanese warplanes reaches Oahu, on their way to Pearl Harbor. But before they reach...

Writer Robin Hutton talks about her latest book which tells of the animals who contributed to the Allied effort of...

In the predawn darkness, the Japanese Strike Force has prepared to launch its first wave of bombers and fighters....

Writer Mary Jo McConahay comes on the show to discuss her latest book, The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts,...

On December 7, 1941, Ambassador Nomura and Special Envoy Kurusu are about to give Secretary of State Hull and FDR...

Multiple Japanese Assault Fleets are on the move, but with so much incoming information, President Roosevelt and his...

Attacked on 30 July 1945, the heavy cruiser was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12...

Emperor Hirohito reluctantly gives his approval for the attack on Pearl Harbor. As Tojo said, "With war, if you don't...

Through MAGIC, the US's ability to read Japan's diplomatic messages, FDR learns of a final deadline and a coming...

Tokyo and Washington seem to be making progress in their peace talks. And yet, the Japanese 1st Air Fleet departs for...

Prince Konoye's government collapses as Gen. Tojo demands war with the U.S. Emperor Hirohito then orders Tojo to form...

Dr. Vinogradova comes back to the show to discuss her latest book, Defending the Motherland: The Soviet Women Who...

As the various issues with attacking Pearl Harbor are overcome, the Japanese Military evades telling the truth to...

Washington and Tokyo continue their diplomatic dance but neither side is willing to give in. The Americans have broken...

With Washington and Tokyo trying to bend the other to its will, President Roosevelt seeks to strangle Japan's...

Chiang Kai-Shek struggles to keep China in the war, knowing the Soviet-German Non Aggression Pact can not last. The...

Having chased Chiang Kai-Shek back to Chongqing, the Japanese Empire is still unable to get him to surrender. So, on...

Chiang Kai-Shek starts over, again, in Chongqing, as the Japanese military seek to deny him the east coast. First...

Chiang Kai-Shek is staking everything on his defense of Wuhan. As such, the various Japanese forces attempt to...

As Chiang Kai-Shek moves his capital and military Head Quarters west and Hideki Tojo becomes directly involved in the...

Chiang Kai-Shek's forces are barely holding out. But when a second enemy Expeditionary Force lands, it spells the end...

The Japanese Expeditionary Force continues to push south to gain access to Shanghai. Meanwhile, Chiang Kai-Shek's...

The Chinese Nationalists are loosing the battle of Shanghai. Yet, Chiang has to hold on as the League of Nations will...

The Japanese Expeditionary forces set the stage for a much larger attack, once their reinforcements arrive. The plan...

The Chinese Nationalist forces have pulled back from the coast, yet are determined to establish their own Maginot...

Dr. Lyuba Vinogradova discusses her research and the resulting book that covers the young women of Stalin's USSR, who...

Chiang Kai Shek and his ordinary soldiers are more determined than ever to defend Shanghai in 1937. However, the...

The Japanese invasion of Shanghai, nor their desire to teach the Chinese a lesson, is moving forward fast enough for...

The Japanese are unloading men and material at a frustratingly slow rate, due to the tides. Until they are ready to...

The Japanese bring reinforcements to Shanghai as their marines are bogged down by Chiang Kai-Shek's best troops....

Chiang Kai-Shek decides that the time has come to openly fight back against Japan. His chosen site is the port city of...

After the clash at the Marco Polo bridge, the Japanese Military decides to occupy northern China. Defying them are the...

As we officially begin the Pacific Theatre, this episode covers the building tension between The Japanese Empire,...

President Roosevelt sends Harry Hopkins, again to London, to set up a meeting between himself and Churchill. The U.S....

Nazi Germany launches its war against the USSR. As such, FDR hopes Germany's attention will slacken on the Atlantic....

The Great War is over, but the Allies don't know what to do with Russia. So, the german troops in Russian territory...

As Hitler tries to lower the tension between the U.S. and Nazi Germany, the opposite is happening between the Japanese...

With us is Sally Mott Freeman as we discuss her book, The Jersey Brothers: A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and...

President Roosevelt wins a third term, but the American people still refuse to commit to war. Meanwhile, FDR has to...

President Franklin Roosevelt succeeds in his 3rd term attempt and with the passage of Lend Lease, Hitler knows the war...

With the Kaiser's forces coming ever closer to Petrograd and Moscow, many Russians lose confidence in Lenin and his...

Nazi Germany is not the only threat to U.S. peace as the Empire of Japan continues its attacks against China....

As the Nazi menace grows across Europe, President Roosevelt knows that America will be threatened one day. His best...

Lenin's Bolsheviks pull Russia out of the Great with the Brest Litovsk Treaty, but the Imperial German Army keeps...

Mr. Miller's latest book, Agent 110: An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII, covers America's attempt...

This episode covers the naval battles between the British Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine just prior to the Battle of...