The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War

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How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII

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Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944

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We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940–41

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Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign of World War II August–October 1942

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Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945

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Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan

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Okinawa: The Last Battle

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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

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Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway

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Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943

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Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947

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South Pacific Cauldron: World War II's Great Forgotten Battlegrounds

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Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II

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MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53

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Japan and World War I: The History of the Japanese Empire’s Participation in the Great War

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The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force

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This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History

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World War II: Desert War

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Jutland: The Unfinished Battle

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Saipan: The Beginning of the End

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Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea

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Asian Armageddon, 1944-45

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The Battle of Cape Matapan: The History of the Biggest Naval Battle in the Mediterranean during World War II

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Victory in Papua

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World War II at Sea: A Global History

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Miracle at Midway

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Submarine Warfare in the Pacific: The History of the Fighting Under the Waves between Japan and America during World War II

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Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II

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World War II: Carrier War

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Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944

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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

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Sins of the Founding Father: George Washington, the Indigenous Tribes, and the Decisions that Shaped America’s Future

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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001

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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

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The Book of Five Rings

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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger

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Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II

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77 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists

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The Last Kingdom

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

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The Korean War: A History

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When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

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Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Summary: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead And Win

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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

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The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War

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Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

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Kill Anything That Moves

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Founding Mothers

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The Diary of Anne Frank

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare

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On Palestine

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Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals

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The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom

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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

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Operation Barbarossa: On 22 June 1941 Hitler unleashed Operation Barbarossa the biggest military operation in human history. Author & broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby exposes the human cost of a conflict that was unprecedented in its scale & savagery.

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Candid Conversations: Part III (Sebastian Junger)

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Flags of Our Fathers: One of the most iconic photographs of all time is the famous Joe Rosenthal photo of the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in the southwest corner of Iwo Jima. In Flags of Our Fathers, director Clint Eastwood weaves together the story of...

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Germany: The Waging of War: The tank, flame throwers and Zeppelins were like nothing that had been experienced before

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Gallipoli: James and Sean discuss the 1981 Australian film Gallipoli, which tells the story of a group of Australian young men who are introduced to the horrors of war at the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli.

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Ep. 22: Jeremy Black on Tank Warfare: Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss tank warfare from its origins to the battlefields of Ukraine

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S2E6: 67th Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal

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Pearl Harbor: The Ultimate Seaborne Air Attack

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3.52 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #4: Battle for Port Arthur: Last time we spoke about the battle of the Yalu River. It was an absolutely catastrophic week for the Qing dynasty. Within just two days they suffered a major land defeat and now a defeat at sea that practically annihilated the Beiyang fleet....

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3.74 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #1: The Surprise attack on Port Arthur: Last time we spoke about the failure of diplomacy between the Empires of Russian and Japan as well as the Yellow Peril. The Russians said they would demobilize and pull out of Manchuria, but when the time actually came to do so, they suddenly had a...

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Great Sea Fights 6: USS Constitution v HMS Guerriere 1812. Part 4 - The Single Ship Actions of 1812

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3.75 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #2: Battle of Yalu: Last time we spoke about the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war. The Japanese knew to have any chance in the war against the Russians, they needed to deliver a deadly surprise attack against her fleet within the harbor of Port Arthur. Admiral Togo...

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WW2: Pearl Harbor 1941: Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which happened today in 1941 and brought America into World War Two. #OTD   Until the 19th century Japan isolated itself from the world. Then Commodore Perry’s ...

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Yamamoto Rolls the Dice: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 inflicted great damage on the American Pacific Fleet, but it left one group of American ships untouched: the aircraft carriers. In early 1942, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto decided to finish the job...

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RFT 092: A Significant Week In Aviation History: This week marks two very significant anniversaries in aviation history. Both occurred during World War Two. The Battle of Midway occurred 75 years ago this week, June 4-7 1942. Although it was a naval battle, the dramatic results were achieved...

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3.51 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #3: battle of the Yalu River: Last time we spoke about about the first large land battles of the First Sino-Japanese War: the battles of Seonghwan and Pyongyang. The Qing’s plan to perform a pincer attack from the north and south of Korea was smashed when they lost Asan. However...

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The Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942: Great Sea Fights 8

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Great Sea Fights 11: Leyte Gulf

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Welcome Aboard the Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial

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Great Sea Fights: The Battle of Tsushima, 1905 Part 2 - The Russian Perspective: Part 2 of our 3-part special on the Battle of Tsushima explores the Russian perspective of the battle with a reading of the diary of Captain Vladimir Semenoff. Semenoff was a well known Russian naval officer who served in several positions throughout t...

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Episode 237- The Thin Gray Line, the US Pacific Submarine fleet after Pearl Harbor

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3.83 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #10: Tsushima: Last time we spoke about the end of the land campaign for the Russo-Japanese War, the battle of Mukden. Kuropatkin had been served defeat after defeat after defeat and found himself against the wall at Mukden. Meanwhile Oyama received reinforcements...

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The Battle of Midway: How the US Navy turned the tide in the Pacific War.

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3.82 Fall and Rise of China: Russo-Japanese War #9: Fall of Mukden: Last time we spoke about the bitter stalemate the emerged during the battles of Shaho and Sandepu. General Kuropatkin had finally rid himself of the nuisance that was Admiral Alexeiev. However his quasi replacement would turn out to perhaps be much...

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194 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of WWII, it consisted of four separate actions near the Philippines between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Japanese plan was to disrupt the American landings on the island of...

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WW2: Naval Power

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3.54 Fall and Rise of China: First Sino-Japanese War #6: Taiwan: Last time we spoke about the Massacre at Port Arthur, actions in Manchuria and the fall of Weihaiwei. The Japanese had completely destroyed their meticulously cultivated public image when they let loose atrocities upon the Chinese at Port Arthur....

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AF-783: The Birth of the U.S. Navy: Podcast Notes:   The history of the U.S. Navy dates back to the early days of the American colonies, even before the United States was established as a nation. The origins of the U.S. Navy can be traced to the Continental Navy, which was created...

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EP09 Maritime Defense of Nagasaki During the Edo Period: After Japan closed its borders and kicked the Christian missionaries out of Japan, it was forced to undertake a national maritime defense to protect against any potential foreign threats. In this podcast, we examine the defense of the port of Nagasaki.

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Steve R. Dunn, “Bayly’s War: The Battle for the Western Approaches in the First World War” (Naval Institute Press, 2018): Though Great Britain’s warships ruled the waves throughout the First World War, their greatest challenge came from just underneath them. Nowhere was this better demonstrated in the Western Approaches, where, as Steve R.