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The B-29 bomber is the Allies’ best chance to strike Japan, and they turn to China as a potential air base. But Japan launches its largest land offensive of the war to gain control of Asia, leading to brutal fighting in the jungles and plains of South Asia. All the while, the U.S. Navy is speeding through the Pacific towards the Mariana Islands, another potential future B-29 base.
This episode features interviews with (in order of appearance):
- Colonel Douglas Douds, professor, US Army War College
- Dr. Rebecca Grant, national security analyst
- A.J. Baime, journalist and author
- Robert Citino, senior historian, National WWII Museum
- Dan Carlin, podcaster, Hardcore History
- Geoffrey Wawro, professor, University of North Texas
- James Holland, military historian and author
- Dan Snow, historian and broadcaster
- Sarada Peri, presidential speechwriter and political analyst
- Jon Meacham, presidential historian
- Jonathan Parshall, military historian, US Naval War College
- Christopher Harding, cultural historian, University of Edinburgh
- Noriko Kawamura, professor, Washington State University
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