Japanese War Atrocities with Jenny Chan
Key Battles of American History
Key Battles of American History
4.6 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Key Battles of American History, James speaks with Jenny Chan, director of Pacific Atrocities Education, about the often-overlooked human dimension of the Pacific War. We explore how events like the Nanjing Massacre, the Bataan Death March, and atrocities in the Philippines and Okinawa complicate traditional narratives of American military victory by highlighting their humanitarian consequences. We discuss the challenges of combating denialism and how her organization uses education and digital archives to preserve these histories. Finally, Chan makes the case that the most urgent “battle” today is educational: ensuring these stories are remembered and understood in a way that informs present-day global tensions.
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| 0:00.0 | War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding |
| 0:10.7 | right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, |
| 0:17.1 | and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history. |
| 0:24.1 | Welcome to Key Battles of American History, |
| 0:26.7 | a podcast in which we discuss American history |
| 0:28.9 | through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars. |
| 0:32.7 | Here is your host, James Early. |
| 0:43.4 | Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome to a special episode of Key Battles of American History. |
| 0:47.5 | I'm your host, James Early. |
| 0:49.3 | As always. |
| 0:50.9 | Well, I've finished my World War I series with Sean McIver, and for the next few weeks, |
| 0:55.6 | I'm going to be doing individual topical episodes with authors of books or other interesting people. |
| 1:02.2 | And today I have a special guest, one of the interesting people I was talking about a minute ago. |
| 1:07.9 | My guest today is Jenny Chan. Jenny is the director of Pacific |
| 1:12.1 | Atrocities Education, or PAE, for short, which is a nonprofit that researches World |
| 1:17.9 | War II atrocities in the Asia Pacific region, such as the invasion of Manchuria, the Nanjing |
| 1:23.2 | Massacre, Unit 731, and the Comfort Women's System through books, videos, and digitized |
| 1:29.5 | archives, engaging over 800,000 online visitors annually. Under her leadership, PAE's internship program, |
| 1:38.6 | offering opportunities in research, community outreach, digital archiving, and oral history, |
| 1:43.6 | has profoundly shaped |
| 1:45.3 | participants' careers with several former interns advancing to become professors and scholars. |
| 1:51.7 | So, Jenny, welcome to Key Battles of American History. |
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