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Bonus Episode - Marine Raiders
Season 2
In this episode, James tells the fascinating history of America’s first Special Forces unit: the Marine Raiders. Formed in 1942, the Raiders played a…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Legacy of World War II
Season 2
The Second World War deeply and permanently changed the world. In this final episode of the series, James and Scott discuss just a few of the many ch…
4 years, 7 months ago
Epilogue, Part Two
Season 2
In this second installment of the “story after the story” miniseries, James and Scott discuss the postwar careers of key US Army Air Force and Marine…
4 years, 7 months ago
Bonus Episode - Interview with Jared Frederick
Season 2
"In this episode, James chats with author, history professor, and host of the Reel History YouTube Channel Jared Frederick. James and Jared discuss J…
4 years, 7 months ago
Epilogue, Part One
Season 2
This is the first part of a two-episode series in which James and Scott discuss the “story after the story” of the top Japanese and American politica…
4 years, 7 months ago
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, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago