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The Pacific Story · September 19, 1943 · 29 min · 4,208 words
The transcript of “WWI in the Pacific”, an episode of The Pacific Story first broadcast September 19, 1943. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Pacific Story plays The Pacific Story free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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This is the story of the Pacific and its people, of the peaceful sea and the lands and lives it touches and their meaning to us and to the generations to come. The Pacific story, presented by the National Broadcasting Company as a public service and dedicated to a full understanding of the vast Pacific basin.
This broadcast series comes to you as another feature of the NBC Inter-American University of the air, with drama of the past and present and commentary by Owen Latimore, a party on the Pacific and director of the School of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University.
World War I in the Pacific. World War I gave Japan its great opportunity. While Britain and France were engaged with Germany and Europe, Japan seized the opportunity to expand its empire. For nearly a month after the assassination at Salahable, Tokyo and London debated the terms on which Japan should join me alive. Then, late in August, 1914,
Japanese forces have landed 100 miles north of Singdao in London, Parliament China in a move to occupy the Germany territory. Although China has declared it to Malachi, the Japanese are taking a recent far more extent than the German ethos. The Japanese troops are swinging around to the rear of Singdao and Japanese admirals take over a double roll. In sweeping up lines, it means
...the painting at tight block, and on the bottom of my harbor, of the sea now. With overpowering Mike, the Japanese broke through the defenses of the stronghold, and in November, after two months of campaigning, triumphantly paraded into the city of Tindau.
By the serio's deputies, American agrees, Admiral Thomas Aburo. If you go great and victory for the Allies, I don't know about the Allies, Admiral. We have driven the Germans out of Tindau, and save you, British, from coming out here to the far east to do it.
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