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The American History Podcast, season 4, episode 10, The Road to War, part one.

This is Tokyo Road. Are you listening? All you find boys in your comfortable foxhole? Listen to me. The The Okay, welcome back to the show. Today we finally get into the American history part of the story.

So for those who were starting to think, maybe I turned this into the Japanese or Chinese history podcast, thanks for sticking around.

And we finally made it. Now last time we looked at the Japanese attack on China and the rape of Nanking.

Now let's backtrack it a little bit and see what was going on with the United States.

This episode will explore the steps to war and it will include some aspects of the European theater as well.

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