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...

Back with us are Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors of Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission. Today we discuss the Pacific...

As Lenin deflects others trying to take control of Revolutionary Russia, his Bolshevik Central Committee has to deal...

With neither side trusting the other, both the Allies and Nazi Germany ready plans to invade Norway. For Episode 183,...

Commodore Donitz, in charge of the German submarines, plans a daring raid against the British battleships in Scapa...

Backing up a bit, we begin the story of the battle for the Atlantic, as German U-boats attempt to starve Britain into...

Gen. Rommel keeps winning battles but losses men and tanks, that are not replaced. Meanwhile, British 8th Army,...

Ep 175-As Gen. Rommel sends his panzers to surprise the British 8th Army near the Frontier Wire, Gen. Cunningham's...

Our guests today are writers Bob Drury and Tom Clavin to discuss their latest book, Lucky 666-The Impossible Mission....

Acting on misinformation, both generals, Rommel and Cunningham make plans for the next day, hoping to wipe out the...

Ep 170-As Operation Crusader goes forward Gen. Cunningham feels confident as his tanks make it close to Tobruk....

Gen. Auchinleck's Operation Crusader is finally launched, but Rommel does not react as predicted as his focus is still...

The British Western Desert Army is transformed into the 8th British Army proper. C in C ME Auchinleck has tapped Gen....

Stalin will endure several more arrests, but while in exile, Lenin will maneuver to have Koba made a member of the...

With a new commander in the Middle East, Churchill wants the war against Rommel renewed, but C in C Auchinleck has his...

Stalin is newly married, but has little time for his wife and soon to arrive child. He is still focused on the Marxist...

Young Stalin begins to the learn of the wider world of international politics and the intrigues that comes with it....

In early 1942, the U.S. and Great Britain work together to develop the Atomic Bomb, but London needs to make sure Nazi...