Episode 650-Interview w/ Peter Zablocki: 8 Days in August
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Episode 650-Interview w/ Peter Zablocki: 8 Days in August

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Historian Peter Zablocki comes on to talk about his book. 8 Days in August: The Countdown to the Collapse of Japan and the End of WWII. This episode is sponsored by Coveron. One scam can cost you everything. Protect yourself now. The first 100 users get 20% off with code thehistory20 at coveron.com/thehistory20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello, and thank you for listening to the History of World War II podcast. I'm your host, Ray Harris, and with me today is historian Peter Zablocki to discuss his new book, Eight Days in August, the Countdown to the Collapse of Japan and the End of World War II.

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Professor of World History at Caldwell University, some of Mr. Zablocki's previous books, include the death of General Siskorski, the Polish leader's last flight in 1943, and the tangled web of Poland, the Allies and the Soviets, dispatches from Warsaw, the story of the men and women who warned the world about Nazi and Soviet atrocities, and Mr. Zabowski has

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been published in the Military History Quarterly, Military History Magazine, and the World War II Quarterly Journal. Peter, thank you very much for being with us today. Great.

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