All Times Eastern Standard
@ 0900 repeats @ 1500 Sworn to Secrecy
Hirohito's War
Japanese tradition made him a god, but Japanese law made him Commander in Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Never tried for war crimes, or even interrogated, Hirohito remained an enigmatic figure. We'll look at the life of the emperor and uncover his wartime role--from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to his secret role in the surrender of Japan.
@ 1000 repeats @ 1600 Great Blunders in History
Japan's Mistakes at Midway
A look at the Imperial Japanese Navy's greatest blunder after Pearl Harbor itself. At Midway, everything went wrong--the wrong aircraft were armed first, torpedoes were fitted incorrectly, and the wrong planes were sent up at the wrong time! TV G
@ 2300 repeats @ 0300 Navajo Code Talkers
Meet the Navajo Code Talkers--young men from government-run reservations called upon to fight for the nation that had killed many of their grandparents. First-person accounts relate how a handful of WWII marines devised the only unbreakable code in modern military history, which remained classified until the Vietnam War's end. TV G
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Kencelot
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Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 05:16 PM UTC
sourkraut
Indiana, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 05:27 PM UTC
Quoted Text
All Times Eastern Standard
@ 0900 repeats @ 1500 Sworn to Secrecy
Hirohito's War
Japanese tradition made him a god, but Japanese law made him Commander in Chief of the Japanese Armed Forces. Never tried for war crimes, or even interrogated, Hirohito remained an enigmatic figure. We'll look at the life of the emperor and uncover his wartime role--from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to his secret role in the surrender of Japan.
@ 1000 repeats @ 1600 Great Blunders in History
Japan's Mistakes at Midway
A look at the Imperial Japanese Navy's greatest blunder after Pearl Harbor itself. At Midway, everything went wrong--the wrong aircraft were armed first, torpedoes were fitted incorrectly, and the wrong planes were sent up at the wrong time! TV G
@ 2300 repeats @ 0300 Navajo Code Talkers
Meet the Navajo Code Talkers--young men from government-run reservations called upon to fight for the nation that had killed many of their grandparents. First-person accounts relate how a handful of WWII marines devised the only unbreakable code in modern military history, which remained classified until the Vietnam War's end. TV G
sounds like good stuff on today :-)
ladymodelbuilder
Virginia, United States
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Member Since: February 26, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 09:53 AM UTC
I've seen the one about Midway, and it was very interesting to learn how the Japs screwed up......