Episode 616-Midway: First Blood
The History of WWII Podcast
Ray Harris Jr
4.4 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Now, are all the traitors present? |
| 0:02.5 | Let's get started, shall we? |
| 0:04.5 | From rags to riches. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm so sick of this. |
| 0:07.0 | Working like a dog and being treated worse. |
| 0:09.1 | Yorkshire to New York. |
| 0:10.7 | Or climbers, you and me. |
| 0:12.4 | A life dedicated to revenge. |
| 0:14.4 | Let's make this an occasion to remember. |
| 0:16.9 | A woman of substance on Channel 4. |
| 0:18.9 | Stream now. |
| 0:20.3 | In January of 1915, Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, became encased in the ice in the Weddle Sea. |
| 0:26.9 | Through determination, grit, and savvy, Shackleton would lead his men through a brutal winter, |
| 0:31.4 | then over hundreds of miles of Antarctic ice, followed by 800 miles across some of the roughest waters in the world. |
| 0:37.7 | It is one of the most extraordinary and inspirational journeys in the history of exploration. |
| 0:42.4 | Find this story and many others at the Explorers Podcast, available wherever you get your |
| 0:46.9 | podcasts or at Explorerspodcast.com. |
| 0:49.8 | Music Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast, episode 616, Midway, First Blood. |
| 1:09.1 | Last time, with the stage set, Admiral Nimitz, knowing what he knew, now just had to wait. |
| 1:15.7 | If all went well, it would be the Americans using Japan's aggressiveness against them. |
| 1:21.3 | If not, well, it would be time to tuck tail and head back to the West Coast. |
| 1:27.2 | As for the attackers, again, |
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