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🗓️ 15 November 2025
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Ten Years before Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, a powerful and increasingly autonomous military force had already pushed Japan down the path to war. That force was the Kwantung Army. In this episode, James interviews author Quin Cho about his new book The Rise of the Kwantung Army: Japan's Empire in Manchuria to 1932. In this excellent work, Cho provides in-depth insights into the motivations, strategies, and often rogue actions of the force that propelled Japan down its disastrous path toward Pearl Harbor.
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| 1:00.8 | of the most important battles of America's wars. Here is your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to a special episode of Key Battles of American History. |
| 1:18.7 | This is your host, James Early, as always. |
| 1:22.0 | And today I'm going to be speaking with an author named Quinn Cho about his book that has just come out, and it is called |
| 1:29.6 | Rise of the Quantung Army, Japan's Empire in Manchuria to 1932. Very much related to the World War II |
| 1:38.1 | series in the Pacific that I did a few years ago and the topic that I always find fascinating. |
| 1:43.3 | So let's talk about it. Ten years before Japan |
| 1:46.4 | attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, a powerful and increasingly autonomous military force |
| 1:51.5 | had already put Japan down the warpath. The Quantung Army, drawing from both primary and secondary |
| 1:57.9 | sources, the rise of the Quintung Army, Japan's Empire and |
| 2:01.5 | Manchuri to 1932, provides essential insights into the motivations, strategies, and often rogue |
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