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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 f…
4 years, 4 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 …
4 years, 4 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 …
4 years, 5 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 …
4 years, 5 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.
4 years, 5 months 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…
4 years, 5 months 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 FI…
4 years, 5 months ago