The Reverse Course (Politics, 1945-1954, Part 2)
While the Allied occupation forces had initially supported the restoration of far-left parties to Japan's political arena, the advent o...
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A history of the people of Japan, from the prehistoric Jomon period to the modern era. WARNING: This podcast occasionally touches on subjects of human sexuality, suicide, violence, and tortu...
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The Reckoning (Politics, 1945-1954, Part 1)
The aftermath of the Pacific War led to an Allied occupation of Japan, during which time Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) Dougl...
The Other Holocaust - BONUS EPISODE
From 1931 to 1945, the empire of Japan was engaging in secret human experimentation in northeast China in violation of multiple internationa...
World War 2 on the Screen - BONUS EPISODE
In this episode, I discuss some of my favorite and not-so-favorite films which depict the events of the second world war. Support the show M...
The Prisoners - BONUS EPISODE
In this episode, we explore the different uses of concentration camps during the second world war in both Axis and Allied nations. Support t...
The Resistance - BONUS EPISODE
Not everyone in the belligerent nations of the second world war was eager to support their government. This episode is all about those who s...
The Pacific War, Part 6: Surrender
Although the Axis Powers were clearly losing ground throughout late 1944 and early 1945, Japan continued fighting for months after Germany s...
The Pacific War, Part 5: Hail Mary
Prime Minister Tojo Hideki planned two major offensives for 1944 which he hoped would reverse the Empire of Japan's fortunes in the Pac...
The Pacific War, Part 4: The Tables Turn
Resistance grows in the Philippines as Allied forces in the Pacific continue making incursions onto Japanese territory. Meanwhile, a new off...
The Pacific War, Part 3: Incursion
After their victory at the Battle of Midway, Allied forces in the Pacific took the initiative in the South Pacific. However, the ensuing Gua...
The Pacific War, Part 2: Counter-Punch
While the first half of 1942 was characterized by small-scale raids and minor skirmishes between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan in th...
The Pacific War, Part 1: Aggression and Infamy
With Imperial Japan's military panicking over the oil embargo from the United States, the leaders of the Empire of Japan decided to res...
The Tripartite Pact
As Nazi Germany took the offensive against Poland and the second World War began in Europe, Japan chose to continue its path of closely alig...
Pacific Positioning
Japan's colonial possessions throughout the south Pacific proved very profitable, but the close proximity to the colonies of the United...
The War At Home
As the Second Sino-Japanese War raged on, domestic matters in Japan took a turn for the worse as Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro proposed appl...
The War with China, Part 2
The Japanese Imperial Army managed to take Wuhan but found it difficult to keep up their previous momentum as Chinese defensive efforts and...
The War with China, Part 1
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident which sparked the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy would press on to take...
The Imperial Way
Competing ideas about the Emperor's identity and proper place in the Japanese political order would become especially heated during the...
The International Realignment, Part 2
The Empire of Japan's decision to break with liberal democracies in favor of rising fascist powers was driven, in part, by the successe...
The International Realignment, Part 1
After alienating the western liberal democracies with whom they had previously enjoyed friendly relations, the Empire of Japan began explori...
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