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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the End of the War
Season 2
Between December 1942 and July 1945, a team of scientists, working in secret facilities in various parts of the U. S., researched, built, and tested …
4 years, 3 months ago
Plug for This American President
Season 2
This is an excerpt from an episode of This American President, a great history podcast that is the newest member of the Parthenon Podcast Network. Yo…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Beginning of the End
Season 2
By the summer of 1945, it was clear that Japan was defeated. Historian Craig Symonds writes that Japan was “stripped of her conquests, bombed incessa…
4 years, 4 months ago
Prisoners of War
Season 2
During the Pacific War, the Japanese took over 130,000 Allied prisoners of war and held them in camps spread all over the Japanese Empire. Nearly all…
4 years, 4 months ago
Kamikazes
Season 2
Once again, James and Scott are taking a break from the narrative of key battles to discuss two more important topics. In this episode, we will tell …
4 years, 4 months ago
Okinawa (KB 9), Part Two
Season 2
As was the case with previous island battles, the American conquest of Okinawa was slow and bloody. In addition to their network of caves and tunnels…
4 years, 4 months ago
Okinawa (KB 9), Part One
Season 2
After the successful capture of Iwo Jima, the Americans’ next objective was Okinawa, which was only 330 miles from the Japanese home islands. Possess…
4 years, 4 months ago
Iwo Jima (KB 8), Part Two
Season 2
On February 19, 1945, 40,000 Marines landed on Iwo Jima, and many more would follow. Within four days, they had taken the summit of Mt. Suribachi, a …
4 years, 5 months ago
Iwo Jima (KB 8), Part One
Season 2
In order to make the strategic bombing runs over Japan more effective, General Curtis LeMay and other USAAF leaders wanted the B-29s to be escorted b…
4 years, 5 months ago
American Bombers in the Pacific Theater
Season 2
In May 1944, the US unveiled a new weapon, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. It was bigger and faster than the B-17, it had a greater range, and …
4 years, 5 months ago