The WW2 Pacific Theatre of January-May 1...

The most valuable shipwreck of all time is the San José galleon—an 18th century Spanish ship that carried 11 million gold coins, silver, and emeralds—and worth $20 billion in today's currency. It sunk in a battle with British ships during the War of Spanish Succession and remaine ... Show More

America’s revolutionary war would have almost certainly been lost if not for the colony’s wealthiest merchant. Thomas Willing was a prominent Philadelphia merchant and financier who, in partnership with Robert Morris, operated one of the colonies' most successful importing and ex ... Show More

Most of us only know Thomas Paine for one thing: writing Common Sense in 1776, which helped kickstart the Revolution by selling hundreds of thousands of copies. But he was far more than a writer. Paine actively served with George Washington's army during its darkest days and then ... Show More

<p>7th December 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States of America into the Second World War.</p> <p>On the morning of 7th December 1941, just before 8am the Japanese launched their attack on the US naval base of Pearl Harbor i ... Show More

<p>The battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of WWII, it consisted of four separate actions near the Philippines between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy.</p> <p>The Japanese plan was to disrupt the American landings on the island of Leyte. In one respect, t ... Show More

On 7 December 1941, Japan launched a surprise strike on the American naval base, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. Thousands of American servicemen were killed or injured in the attack, which severely damaged the US Pacific Fleet. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on ... Show More

<p>On the 4th of June 1942, the US Navy took on the might of Japan's Imperial Navy in the battle of Midway. It was America's Trafalgar! At the end of the fighting devastating losses had been inflicted on the Japanese and the entire strategic position in the Pacific was upended in ... Show More

Après Pearl Harbor le Japon se lance à la conquête des colonies occidentales en Asie du Sud-Est. Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapour, Guam, Wake son conquis en quelques jours ainsi que la Malaisie, la Birmanie et les Philippines. Mais la bataille navale de Midway va marquer le tournant ... Show More

<p>On the 4th of June 1942, the US Navy took on the might of Japan's Imperial Navy in the battle of Midway. It was America's Trafalgar! At the end of the fighting devastating losses had been inflicted on the Japanese and the entire strategic position in the Pacific was upended in ... Show More

Le 7 décembre 1941, sans déclaration de guerre, le Japon lance une attaque aéronavale contre la flotte américaine du Pacifique basée à Pearl Harbor dans l’archipel des îles Hawaï. Son but : empêcher les Américains de contrecarrer la politique expansionniste du Japon en Asie du Su ... Show More

<p><strong>Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide.</strong></p><br><p>In 1945, after lengthy delays, the Royal Navy sent a powerful fleet into the Pacific. After the disastrous Japanese invasions in Southeast Asia, Churchill was desperate to reassert British mil ... Show More

<p>It’s 75 years this week since the dropping of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which led to Japan’s surrender to Allied forces and the end of the Second World War. We hear first-hand accounts of military turning points in the Pacific including the attack on Pearl Harbou ... Show More

<p>In this episode, we are looking at the closing weeks of the war in 1945. August would see the Russians enter the war with Japan, the atomic bombs dropped, and an attempted coup in Japan. The culmination of which would be the final declaration of surrender by Japan's Emporer Hi ... Show More