Episode 214-Betrayal, the Burma Road and The Battle of Nomonhan
Chiang Kai-Shek starts over, again, in Chongqing, as the Japanese military seek to deny him the east coast. First Canton will fall, then oth...
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The History of WWII Podcast - by Ray Harris Jr
A biweekly podcast covering the last great war. Join Ray Harris Jr as he explores World War Two in intimate detail.
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Episode 213-The 2nd Sino-Japanese War: The Fall of Wuhan
Chiang Kai-Shek is staking everything on his defense of Wuhan. As such, the various Japanese forces attempt to encircle the city. Chiang thr...
Episode 212-The Massacre of Nanjing
As Chiang Kai-Shek moves his capital and military Head Quarters west and Hideki Tojo becomes directly involved in the war to the north, the...
Episode 211-The End of the Battle of Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek's forces are barely holding out. But when a second enemy Expeditionary Force lands, it spells the end of Shanghai's freedom....
Episode 210-China's Lost Battalion
The Japanese Expeditionary Force continues to push south to gain access to Shanghai. Meanwhile, Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist troops continu...
Episode 209-Dark Days for Chiang Kai-Shek
The Chinese Nationalists are loosing the battle of Shanghai. Yet, Chiang has to hold on as the League of Nations will soon be discussing the...
Episode 208-The Battle of Shanghai: Japanese Reinforcements
The Japanese Expeditionary forces set the stage for a much larger attack, once their reinforcements arrive. The plan is to cut Shanghai off...
Episode 207-Shanghai Becomes Chiang Kai-Shek's Stalingrad
The Chinese Nationalist forces have pulled back from the coast, yet are determined to establish their own Maginot Line. But as both sides ha...
Episode 206-Interview with Dr. Lyuba Vinogradova about her book Avenging Angels: The Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps
Dr. Lyuba Vinogradova discusses her research and the resulting book that covers the young women of Stalin's USSR, who are conscripted to the...
Episode 205-Chiang Kai-Shek's Pyrrhic Victory
Chiang Kai Shek and his ordinary soldiers are more determined than ever to defend Shanghai in 1937. However, the officers in the middle, due...
Episode 204-The Japanese Empire Doubles Down in Shanghai
The Japanese invasion of Shanghai, nor their desire to teach the Chinese a lesson, is moving forward fast enough for Tokyo. So when the Expe...
Episode 203-Shanghai: The Dominance of Japanese Air and Sea Power
The Japanese are unloading men and material at a frustratingly slow rate, due to the tides. Until they are ready to launch their assault, th...
Episode 202-The Battle of Shanghai Part 2
The Japanese bring reinforcements to Shanghai as their marines are bogged down by Chiang Kai-Shek's best troops. Meanwhile, retired US Army...
Episode 201-The Battle of Shanghai, Part 1
Chiang Kai-Shek decides that the time has come to openly fight back against Japan. His chosen site is the port city of Shanghai. Both sides...
Episode 200-The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: Total War Comes to China
After the clash at the Marco Polo bridge, the Japanese Military decides to occupy northern China. Defying them are the forces of Chiang Kai-...
Episode 199-The Pacific Theatre-Prologue Sino-Japanese Relations
As we officially begin the Pacific Theatre, this episode covers the building tension between The Japanese Empire, dominated by the military...
Episode 198-The Beginning of the Big Three
President Roosevelt sends Harry Hopkins, again to London, to set up a meeting between himself and Churchill. The U.S. still seems far from e...
Episode 197-The Beginning of the Final Solution
Nazi Germany launches its war against the USSR. As such, FDR hopes Germany's attention will slacken on the Atlantic. Yet, if Soviet Russia c...
Episode 196-Stalin: Lenin's Protege
The Great War is over, but the Allies don't know what to do with Russia. So, the german troops in Russian territory are ordered to remain wh...
Episode 195-The Beginnings of Pearl Harbor
As Hitler tries to lower the tension between the U.S. and Nazi Germany, the opposite is happening between the Japanese Empire and the U.S. A...