Conflicted: A History Podcast

Kill Yamamoto: The Mission to Avenge Pearl Harbor - Part 2

May 12, 2021

01:46:49

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The Code Breakers of Station Hypo

01:40

The P 38, a High Altitude Twin Engine Fighter, Has a Design Flaw That Makes It More Dangerous

05:20

The Secret Mission to Kill Yamamoto

02:09

Introduction

2min

Kill Yama Moto, the Mission to Avenge Pearl Harbor, Part Two

3min

The Battle of Midway

4min

Yama Moto and Chioko

3min

Yamamoto's Battle of Midway

3min

A Memoir of a Pilot's Life

6min

John Mitch Mitchell

4min

A Christmas Present From the Air Force

6min

The Legend of Tom Landfear

2min

10.

The Code Breakers of Station Hypo

2min

11.

Do We Try and Get Him for Nimets?

4min

12.

The Secret of the Broken Japanese Code

5min

13.

YAMA MOTA's Plan of Attack

5min

14.

I Love You So Much That Even Dreaming About You Every Night Is Not Enough

3min

15.

The Machine That Chosen to Kill Yamamoto

4min

16.

Mitch and the Japanese Air Force - A Two Hour Commercial Flight

2min

17.

The P 38, a High Altitude Twin Engine Fighter, Has a Design Flaw That Makes It More Dangerous

5min

18.

What Happened to the American Pilots and Zero Lets?

3min

19.

The Bomber - Part Two

4min

20.

Tom Lanfear's Premature Celebrations

6min

21.

Japanese Search Party in Search of Yama Moto's Plane

2min

22.

The Death of Yamomoto

4min

23.

The Secret Mission to Kill Yamamoto

2min

24.

The Navy Cross and the Army Air Force - The Story of the Yamamoto Mission

4min

25.

Tom Landfear - The Man Who Shot Down Admiral YAMA Moto

5min

26.

Rex Barber Was the Man Who Killed Yamamoto

5min

27.

The Death of Yama Moto

2min

After the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy is in tatters and Yamamoto’s hopes of a quick victory against the United States have evaporated. He has no choice but to fight a war he knows Japan will lose. Tom Lanphier, Rex Barber, and the pilots of the 70th earn their stripes at Guadalcanal. The U.S. codebreakers at Hypo Station uncover the secret to intercepting the hated Yamamoto. John “Mitch” Mitchell plans and executes a borderline miraculous operation. Tom and Rex learn that victory builds careers, but destroys friendships. (Part 2 of 2)

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