Part two of a multi part series on the wars in asia and the pacific, involving the imperial japanese empire and many other countries and powers. If you enjoy context, please feel free to listen to part one and catch up. To days show is sponsored by audible. Get your first audio book free when you start a 30 day trial. Just visit audible dot com, slash carlin or text carlin to 505 hundred to get started and listen for a change.
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...