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Downfall-Why Japan Surrendered with very special guest Richard Frank
Season 2 · Episode 25

Downfall-Why Japan Surrendered with very special guest Richard Frank

This week we are stepping out of our chronological coverage of the war and jumping ahead to 1945 for this one episode as we acknowledge the 78th Anniversary of the day Japan surrendered, thus ending WWII. For this episode, Seth and Bill sit down with THE Pacific War historian Richard Frank to discuss the reasons why Japan surrendered in 1945. we often hear that watching or listening to our shows is like sitting in on a Master's course in WWII. Well, get ready for a doctoral course with this one...

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War · Richard Frank, William Toti, Seth Paridon

August 15, 20231h 27m

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This week we are stepping out of our chronological coverage of the war and jumping ahead to 1945 for this one episode as we acknowledge the 78th Anniversary of the day Japan surrendered, thus ending WWII. For this episode, Seth and Bill sit down with THE Pacific War historian Richard Frank to discuss the reasons why Japan surrendered in 1945. we often hear that watching or listening to our shows is like sitting in on a Master's course in WWII. Well, get ready for a doctoral course with this one...

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