True Spies Classic: The Mouse at Pearl Harbor | WW2

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

A single spy can change the course of history - for better, or for worse. In this Classic episode of True Spies, you'll meet one of them - Takeo Yoshikawa. Stationed in Honolulu, Yoshikawa's intelligence was used by the Japanese to launch a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The massacre brought the USA in to WW2, and ultimately led to Japan's crushing defeat. He shares his unsettling story with Vanessa Kirby. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Takeo Yoshikawa is voiced by Eiji Mihara. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Morgan Childs. Music by Nick Ryan.

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.5	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.2	Stream now.
0:26.5	Hello, true spies listeners.
0:28.1	Welcome back.
0:34.8	You're joining us as we venture into the vaults to revisit some of your favorite episodes from our collection.
0:40.5	We hope you enjoy this classic true spies rendezvous. We think it's well worth catching up with. This is True Spies, the classics, from Spyscape Studios.
0:50.2	Incoming transmission. Welcome. Welcome.
0:55.0	Welcome to true spies.
0:58.0	Week by week, mission by mission, you'll hear the true stories behind the world's greatest espionage operations.
1:08.0	You'll meet the people who navigate this secret world. What do they know? What are their
1:16.5	skills? And what would you do in their position? This is true spies. I reached out and shook his hand.
1:31.3	Tears were streaming from my eyes and then we went to work, shredding the code books and then throwing them into bonfire.
1:35.3	What we didn't realize was that smoke from the fire
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