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History Unplugged Podcast

Does Waging War Viciously Actually Save Lives? A Look at the WW2 Decisions to Firebomb Tokyo and Drop Atomic Bombs

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.24K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This is a special episode, in which the microphone is turned around and Scott is interview. He was recently on Ray Harris’ History of World War Two Podcast. We discuss some of the biggest moral quandaries of the war. They include the Fire Bombing of...

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0:00.0

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1:06.8

History isn't just a bunch of names and dates and facts

1:10.0

It's the collection of all the stories throughout human history that explain

1:13.2

how and why we got here

1:15.4

Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast where we look at the forgotten, neglected,

1:19.8

strange and even counterfactual stories that made our world what it is

1:24.7

I'm your host, Scott Rank

1:38.9

Everyone, Scott here quick note before we get started

1:41.2

What you're about to hear is an episode from the World War Two podcast, hosted by Ray Harris

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