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Episode 80 - The Great Gamble
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38 minutes
Released:
Dec 6, 2014
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This week -- and if you're getting this on release day, 72 years and 364 days later -- we're going to discuss the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as well as its architect, the iconoclastic Japanese admiral Yamamoto Isoroku. Who was this man who came up with a bold plan to disable the entire US Navy in one shot? What was he thinking when he put this plan together? And why, in the end, did he have no prospect of victory?
Released:
Dec 6, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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