Seth Paridon, William Toti

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

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The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast is the creation of Seth Paridon and Bill Toti. Seth is a World War II historian with over 20 years experience who's many roles also was serving as a chief historian for The National WWII Museum for 15 years. Bill is not a historian, but is a retired submarine commodore and military planner with a special interest in the Pacific War. Bill has a unique perspective to offer as one who spent more than a decade sailing those same waters where the action in “The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War” took place. Each week, Bill and Seth dive deep...

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Seth Paridon, William Toti

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Fall of the Philippines and Japanese Blitzkrieg 06.09.2022 53:22

Why did the Japanese invade the Philippines in the first place? Why after so much warning, especially after the attack on Pearl Harbor, were the American forces so unprepared to meet a Japanese attack? Why were the aircraft not dispersed? Why was there so little American air defense? Mac’s belief that Japanese suffered a defeat at Pearl? Excuse for not acting more aggressively? -We’ve...

Pearl Harbor: Inevitable or Preventable? 30.08.2022 56:46

-Historians often cite Japanese expansionism, imperialism, what have you, for their desire to attack Pearl Harbor. Others say it the United States’ embargos that led to the attack. Which was it? And could there have been another alternative to Kido Butai flinging airplanes at the sleeping American Pacific fleet? -There were many warnings about the impending attack before the first...

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War (Trailer 1) 23.08.2022 2:16

This is just the trailer.