{"id":8089,"date":"2021-12-01T13:38:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=193843"},"modified":"2021-12-02T19:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:01:09","slug":"pearl-harbor-episode-1-a-gathering-storm-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/pearl-harbor-episode-1-a-gathering-storm-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Harbor episode 1: A gathering storm in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>In the first episode in our new series on the raid on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/second-world-war\/pearl-harbor-facts-date-live-infamy-franklin-roosevelt-japan-surprise-attack-americans\/&quot;\">Pearl Harbor<\/a>, Chris Harding speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about Japan in the years running up to December 1941. They discuss the long-running historical factors that edged the country ever closer to war with the United States, and ask: what led Japan to embark on such a risky gamble?<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-193843-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_PearlHarbour_E1-4660844.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_PearlHarbour_E1-4660844.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2021\/12\/HistoryExtra_PearlHarbour_E1-4660844.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.acast.com\/historyextra\/pearlharborepisode1-agatheringstorminjapan\/media.mp3&quot;\"><strong>Download as MP3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;highlight\"><div class=\"&quot;highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> <p>Want to hear more? Browse the rest of the episodes in our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/podcast-series\/pearl-harbor-history-podcast-series\/&quot;\"><strong>podcast series on Pearl Harbor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p><\/div> <\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am In the first episode in our new series on the raid on Pearl Harbor, Chris Harding speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about Japan in the years running up to December 1941. 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