THE PANAY INCIDENT

USS Panay

SEASON 1/EPISODE 2 – In which the Japanese sink a US Navy gunboat on the Yangtze River in China in December 1937. The Panay Incident is, in many ways, the first step on the long road to war between America & Japan.

  • The book recommendation for this episode is “The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945” by John Toland.

INTRODUCTION

USS Ward after being hit by a kamikaze on December 7, 1944

Season 1/Episode 1 – In which there’s an introduction to the podcast, and a story with a Civil War/World War 2 connection.

  • The book recommendation for this episode is the classic World War II series of books by Time-Life Books.