The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Seth Paridon, William Toti

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast is the creation of Seth Paridon and Bill Toti. Seth is a World War II historian with over 20 years experience who's many roles also was serving as a chief historian for The National WWII Museum for 15 years. Bill is not a historian, but is a retired submarine commodore and military planner with a special interest in the Pacific War. Bill has a unique perspective to offer as one who spent more than a decade sailing those same waters where the action in “The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War” took place. Each week...

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The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Episodes (228)

Tue Jul 7th Japanese Archival Footage from the Philippines 1942 – Episode 607
Jun 30th Holding the Door Open: The Battles Towards Bataan – Episode 606
Jun 23rd The Withdrawal to Bataan with John McManus – Episode 605

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Jul 7, 2026
1¼ hours
63 MB

This week Seth Paridon and Jon Parshall take a look at some fairly rare and very important archival footage from 1942. While scenes of the Fil-American disaster on Luzon are few and far between, there are some shots of the campaign, and as one would suspect, they are from the Japanese point of view. This week we look at footage from the final Japanese assault on Bataan in April 1942, as well as some eerie footage of the Bataan Death March as it began near Mariveles and made its way through the plains of Luzon towards Camp O’Donnell. The footage of...

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Japanese Archival Footage from the Philippines 1942 – Episode 607

Seth Paridon, William Toti

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