Japan's Decision to Surrender with Jon Parshall - Episode 440

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth, Bill and amigo Jon Parshall take a deep dive into Japan's decision to surrender and all the intrigue that goes with it. You probably think that after the atomic bomb on Nagasaki Japan just threw in the towel and it was over right? Wrong. It was NOT that easy--no way. You will not want to miss this absolutely fascinating episode as the guys go over the ins and outs of the internal deliberations going on within the Japanese government from August 9 through August 14, 1945 including Japanese proposals to continue the war, a coup d`état, assassinations, political intrigue---like an episode of a daytime soap opera, but with potentially tragic results. Check this one out. You will not be disappointed.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 440 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:19.9	My name is Seth Barron, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum and with me as
0:24.5	always is my esteemed co-host retired Navy Captain Bill Todi former skipper of the
0:28.1	fast attack submarine USS Indianaapolis commoner submarine squadron 3 in Pearl Harbor
0:31.7	and many others how are you this March the 4th bill I'm staggered by the fact we
0:36.8	have 40 episodes in season four
0:39.8	that's 42 hours that's 80 hours of content in season four you people are getting for free
0:47.3	so it's not free to us i'll tell that. You people are having inflicted on you.
0:56.6	That's right.
0:57.2	A lot of work goes into these 80 hours of season four content.
1:01.5	My goodness.
1:02.2	Season four.
1:03.2	I think it's more than 80 because I mean, some of these episodes have been marathons.
1:06.9	Yeah, that's true.
1:07.9	We just don't know how to shut up anyway.
1:11.6	No.
1:12.6	And obviously the third member of our crew is with us today as well, and we're always glad to have John Partial.
1:18.6	How are you today, John?
1:20.6	I'm just peachy.
1:22.6	I mean, the weather is cold and gray like my soul, and I'm happy to be here with my friends recording an
1:27.9	episode.
1:29.8	Did I say that?
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