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Operation C: Japan Attacks Hong Kong
As the Japanese military has been able to take the port cities of China by 1941, the British held Hong Kong is still free. But now its turn has come …
6 years, 5 months ago
The Battle of Hong Kong
London had decided that Hong Kong was to be sacrificed to the Japanese, but after Canada offered up two battalions, Churchill reversed this decision.…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Fall of Wake Island
The marines on Wake Island are holding out, due to discipline and Japanese tactical mistakes. Yet Maj. Devereux is unaware of this and thus brings to…
6 years, 6 months ago
Massacre on Wake Island
Wake Island becomes the focal point of US resistance to Japanese aggression. Adm. Kimmel will send a relief force to Wake, but will it get there in t…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Marines of Wake Island Don’t Know Quit
The Marines on Wake Island are down to four Wildcat fighters, but are determined to resist any Japanese invasion, no matter the odds. "Hammering Hank…
6 years, 6 months ago
Guam Falls, Wake Island. The Alamo of the Pacific is Next
With MacArthur's airfields still smoldering, the Japanese attack Guam and Wake Island. But the Marines on Wake, though staggered after the first stri…
6 years, 7 months ago
Gen. MacArthur-Everything is in Readiness-The Philippines and Singapore
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in command of all U.S. forces in The Philippines, is convinced that the Japanese will not attack until April of 1942 and plan…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Japanese are Coming: Thailand Falls
As Japan launches Operation No. 1, the invasion of SE Asia, numerous transport ships head out to attack The Philippines, Malaya and Thailand. The Bri…
6 years, 7 months ago
An Interview with Walter Borneman about his book Brothers Down
Author Walter Borneman joins us to talk about his book, Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and The Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona
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6 years, 8 months ago
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
As the Japanese invasion fleet comes closer to Malaya, the various plans established by each side will be tested. Yet, the invaders will find that, p…
6 years, 8 months ago