Midway (2019 – With Sean McIver) (ENCORE)

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 17 February 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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On June 4, 1942, a Japanese naval task force launched an attack on the American naval and air base at Midway Island. The task force then encountered an American carrier fleet, leading to an epic naval battle that helped change the course of the war in...

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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
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.4	Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to another episode of World War II Pacific Theater on film.
0:48.9	This is your host, James.
0:50.1	As always, that I'm joined with Sean.
0:52.3	As always, Sean, how you doing tonight?
0:54.6	Doing well.
0:55.4	Great.
0:55.9	Well, we are excited.
0:58.4	Swell, we're doing swell.
1:00.3	Sean, what's the dope on this movie?
1:03.6	No joke.
1:04.4	Hold off on the dope.
1:06.3	Off on the dope there.
1:07.8	Yeah, so our last two movies were from the 40s, and they said swell about 20 times in each
1:13.8	one of them.
1:14.7	They kept talking about the dope.
1:16.7	But tonight we have a much more recent movie for you.
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