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War in the Pacific: Eagle Against the Sun

War in the Pacific: Eagle Against the Sun

War in the Pacific: Eagle Against the Sun

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Dive into the War in the Pacific like never before with this 10-part series chronicling the fight from prior to Pearl Harbor up until the last bomb was dropped. Featuring combat footage and interviews with veterans from both sides, learn about their experiences and perspectives from America's war with Japan as 2015 recognizes the 70th Anniversary of V-J Day.

Ep 146mHakko IcchiuDecember 7th, 1941. Just before dawn, 270 miles northwest of Oahu, Hawaii, 181 Japanese fighters and bombers prepared to take off from six aircraft carriers. They were the first wave in what would be

The Doomed Fleet

Ep 246mThe Doomed FleetIn the Fall of 1941, the naval and air base at Pearl Harbor and the escalations on Oahu, represented the greatest concentration of American military power in the new world.

The Joy of Fighting for the Emperor

Ep 346mThe Joy of Fighting for the EmperorThough they had not delivered the finishing stroke at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had put the Americans and the British on their heels in the Pacific. The Japanese Navy had been at war constantly since

The Eagle Strikes Back

Ep 446mThe Eagle Strikes BackJapanese admirals stuck rigidly to the view that submarines were first and foremost an adjunct to the battle fleet. Even when they were forced to use the boats to move soldiers and supplies during the

Ep 546mHigh NoonEven though Japanese war plans were habitually best-case and not worst-case, the military junta on the home island were so surprised by the scale and speed of its successes in the first four months of

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