Remembering the 80th Anniversary of Japan’s Surrender
Jul 12, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Episode description
Our speaker is Richard Overy who is the leading WW2 air force historian. Richard is the author of a new book entitled Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan. I want to discuss with Richard the moral and military issues related to dropping the nuclear bomb and firebombing Tokyo.
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