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The Countdown to War

Photo: Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941: A Japanese aircraft captures battleships around Ford Island under torpedo attack, with visible fires and damage. (U.S. Navy photo NH 50930, Public Domain)

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Goalhanger

20 Jul, 2022

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

1 hr

Japan at War

1941

Leadership

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)

War in the Pacific

Politics

Why did Japan join the war? And what made the Japanese Admirals think attacking Pearl Harbor was a good idea? Erri Hotta, author of the award-winning ‘Japan 1941’, unearths the motivations and the socio-political context behind Japan's inscrutable actions.

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James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

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Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on

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