The second episode of Bill Whittle’s epic podcast series “The Cold War: What We Saw.” We’ll keep post these here as they roll out, but you can learn how to subscribe to the audio series on your favorite podcast app here.
The YouTube embed here has no video, since the series is, in effect, a radio production.
9 replies on “The Cold War: What We Saw | Two Bombs – Episode 2”
Great work!
Bill, Your wonderful broadcast brought back so many memories. My father was stationed in Hawaii and knew he was going to ship out in two weeks. He knew he would probably be killed since he was the one who calculated trajectories on tanks and those were the first to be targeted. I was just under a year old and would have grown up without a father. The bombs saved his life and gave me a sister and brother.
My husband and I were stationed in Okinawa from ’79 – ’83. It is a beautiful place and we loved the Japanese we met. What a difference 34 years can make.
The USSR is no more, and Russia today is a nation with a population less than half that of the USA – and shrinking. The world has indeed changed a great deal in the last 30 years.
Very detailed discussion Bill, much appreciated! For those who might enjoy further study into the reasons for Japan’s defiance and all their preparations for the American invasion, I’d like to note the book: Hell to Pay, by D. M. Giangreco. The author reveals the scary depths of the Japanese military’s resolve before the bomb blasts.
Very, very good. You have the sound effects, but adding the pictures that must go with them would add immensely to this. Loved it.
Great of course. Here is an interesting story of the only WW2 ace to be credited with shooting down, German, Japanese, Italian and one “American” plane! Really interesting.
Riveting, Bill. I was surprised that 37 minutes went by so quickly.
I think you really need an audio chime to signal the ad breaks (start AND finish.) As it is the only thing to know one’s coming is a longer pause. In Apollo the transitions were obvious signaled with a camera angle change and were not jarring like these audio only ones are
Very cool – this is the kind of content I’ve been lobbying for as great weekend release material! Thank you!