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History That Doesn't Suck · Jan 19, 2026
197: The Doolittle Raid & the Bataan Death March (Spring 1942)
“Ordered the Doolittle Raid for morale boost and MacArthur's evacuation for propaganda purposes; declared war on Axis powers”
Doolittle Raid on Tokyo (April 1942)Bataan Peninsula Defense and RetreatBataan Death March (April 1942)
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Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order · Dec 8, 2025
Episode 3: One Drop
“Signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, authorizing mass incarceration of Japanese Americans”
Japanese American Internment and Mass IncarcerationConstitutional Rights Suspension During WartimeRacial Classification and Citizenship Revocation
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193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)
“Authorized economic sanctions and oil embargo against Japan in 1941; sensed war was coming before Pearl Harbor.”
Japanese Meiji Restoration and modernization (1868–1890)Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition and Treaty of Kanagawa (1853–1854)Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) and Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
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