Midway (2019)

Key Battles of American History

History

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 100 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 changed the course of the war in the...

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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.
1:00.5	Sean, what's the dope on this movie?
1:03.7	No joke.
1:04.4	Hold off on the dope.
1:06.3	Yeah, so our last two movies were from the 40s and they said swell about
1:12.5	20 times in each one of them. They kept talking about the dope. But tonight we have a much more recent
1:19.6	movie for you. And I'm really excited about this one. I have to confess up front, this is one of
1:24.4	my favorites in the entire series that we're going to be doing.
1:36.9	It's not perfect, but it is a lot of fun. And it is the 2019 movie Midway starring Ed's screen or is scrimed. You know how to say that? That's close enough. All right. Patrick
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