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S1-E8 - POWs, Bombing Raids, and Kamikazes
Season 1 Episode 8
Initially relatively spared, as WWII in the Pacific reaches a climax, Taiwan is hit hard by advancing Allied forces. POWs in camps across the island await liberation and in modern-day Tainan, a Japan…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
S1-E7 - Luzon or Formosa? - Taiwan Dodges WWII Invasion
Season 1 Episode 7
World War II in the Pacific is coming to a close... American military top brass meet with the President to pick the island from which to launch the final attack on Japan. Taiwan -- in particular, sou…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
S1-E6 - Big Crises on Tiny Islands
Season 1 Episode 6
The Korean War is over, and Mao turns again to the mission of invading Taiwan. To do that, his forces will need to first take some tiny islands just off the coast of China... which is easier said tha…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
S1-E5 - Rioters Ransack the Taipei U.S. Embassy (1957)
Season 1 Episode 5
A U.S. officer shoots dead a 'Peeping Tom' allegedly spying on the officer's wife as she took a shower. The subsequent trial and verdict lead to the incredible -- yet little-known -- story of riots t…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
S1-E4 - Mao Really Wants Taiwan - and a Taiwanese Spy Almost Gave it to Him!
Season 1 Episode 4
Only one Taiwanese person is known to have survived the famed Long March of Chinese communists led by "Chairman" Mao. Hear the story of Cai Xiaoqian (蔡孝乾) from modern-day Changhua County, who became …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
S1-E3 - The Fall of Fort Zeelandia
Season 1 Episode 3
The Dutch put up a good fight... but a traitor seals their fate. Here's the end of the story of how the Dutch lost Taiwan.
Published on 4 years ago
S1-E2 - Koxinga VS. The Dutch - Round One
Season 1 Episode 2
Pirate Warlord Koxinga's successful invasion of Taiwan changed everything. Here's part one of the tale of an epic, nine-month struggle with the Dutch in Anping, modern-day Tainan.
Published on 4 years ago
S1-E1 - The White Formosan
Season 1 Episode 1
How could a 'very white' European man get away with showing up in London in 1703 and claiming to be from Formosa? In this first episode of FORMOSA FILES, we look at this fascinating story of a French…
Published on 4 years ago