The War in China 1937-1940 - Episode 506

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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This week Seth Paridon and co-host Jon Parshall take a look at the war in China from 1937-1940. Major clashes occurred in 1937, most notably at Nanking, where the guys get into both the battle and the Rape of Nanking, both catastrophes that grabbed the world's attention with both hands. Following that, we get into the negotiations, such as they were, between Chiang Kai Shek's China and Imperial Japan, looking to bring an end to the war that would have no clear end for several years. Next, the guys get into the largely unknown (because that's what we do) Battle of Wuhan in which hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Japanese met in a pitch battle that lasted weeks on end and cost the lives of over half a million Chinese. Tune in and get the low-down on this vastly underrepresented portion of WWII history. #wwiihistory #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood #nanking

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The The
0:23.6	The Hello and welcome to episode 506 of the Unauthorized History of the Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth Peridon,
0:49.7	historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. And with me, as always,
0:53.8	is my co-host,
0:54.8	esteemed author and historian and good buddy, John Partial. How are you this fine May Day, John
1:00.0	partial? Yeah, like I told you, it's gray and rainy up here like my soul. So yeah, let's go
1:06.4	and have a good time doing some history. We have some really interesting stuff here today that again, I used to say this all the time,
1:14.0	and I still do file this in the category of, I bet you didn't know this happened kind of stuff.
1:18.9	So before we do get started, I do want to give a shout out to some dudes who squired my sorry
1:25.5	butt all over, you know, central northxas david king and george alexander those
1:31.9	these guys are with the war war two roundtable in greenville texas i went up there this past weekend
1:36.6	and and i subjected these poor people to me blathering on for 30 to 45 minutes of Mount Nimitz's island hopping campaign through the
1:48.3	Central Pacific and how that won the war essentially in World War II and the Pacific.
1:54.0	And I also want to give big thanks to the Audie Murphy Museum in Greenville, Texas.
1:57.7	And John, I know you're going to go up there this fall.
2:00.2	Yeah, I'll be there.
2:01.5	I believe in September.
2:04.6	Yeah, and I'm looking forward to seeing the museum myself and blathering to the same audience at the same roundtable.
2:12.1	I think it's going to be a good time.
2:14.0	It absolutely was.
2:15.7	They're great people.
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