History Fix
History Fix
Shea LaFountaine
Ep. 142 Pearl Harbor: Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor, Seemingly Out of Left Field, and Involved Itself in World War II
48 minutes Posted Dec 7, 2025 at 10:00 am.
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I feel pretty well versed when it comes to World War II. I understand fairly well what was happening in Europe at least with Germany and whatnot. I know that the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (84 years ago today) was the event that drew the United States into the war. But Pearl Harbor wasn't bombed by Germany. It was bombed by Japan. Wait, what? Japan? What does Japan have to do with Nazi Germany and World War II? This week I sit down with Quin Cho, an expert on the Pacific Theat...