The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast
1) Questions and Answers on the PTO Round 5 – Episode 540
This week Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall and Shawn Bergstrom get into more of your listener questions as we take one more dive into the email inbox. Topics range all over the map and are frankly too nume...Show More
2) Questions and Answers on the Pacific War Round 4 - Episode 539
This week Seth Paridon, Jon Parshall and Shawn Bergstrom tackle more of your listener questions as we wade through round four of the Q&A episodes. Questions dealing with POWs, brutality in the PTO, w...Show More
3) The Battles of Hong Kong and Changsha – Episode 538
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall take a step to the east and look at the Battle of Hong Kong and the subsequent third Battle of Changsha. In the late 1930’s, Great Britain felt that defending ...Show More
4) Battle of Eastern Solomons and Battle of Santa Cruz Archival Footage – Episode 537
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall dig into some incredible archival footage from the final two carrier battles of 1942. The Battle of Eastern Solomons, fought on August 24, 1942, was the first ...Show More
5) Q&A Session Round 3 with Special Guest John McManus – Episode 536
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome their mutual pal, historian and author John McManus back to the show for another Q&A round with emcee US Army retired Major Shawn Bergstrom. This sessi...Show More
6) Guadalcanal's Longest Fight with guest Dave Holland - Episode 535
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall talk with their good buddy, Guadalcanal historian, Dave Holland. The guys get Dave to dig into his new book, Guadalcanal's Longest Fight: The Pivotal Battles o...Show More
7) The Fall of Singapore – Episode 534
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall take a look at the fall of Singapore in February 1942. After having swept the battlefields from Singora to Muar of British, Australian, Indian, and Malaysian tr...Show More
8) Q&A on the Pacific War Round 2 with special guest Bill Toti - Episode 533
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome back their buddy Captain Bill Toti to the show for another round of Pacific War Q&A with emcee Shawn Bergstrom. The guys get into the weeds on a variet...Show More
Q&A on the Pacific War Round 2 with special guest Bill Toti - Episode 533
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9) Pacific War Q&A Round 1 with special guest Bill Toti - Episode 532
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall welcome back the OG, Captain Bill Toti to the show for our first of several Q&A episodes. As always, our emcee, retired US Army Major Shawn Bergstrom is with u...Show More
10) The Invasion of Malaya - Episode 531
This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall dig into the morass that is the British “problem” in Malaya following the Japanese invasion. Just before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched the ...Show More