Based on a True Story

Tora! Tora! Tora! with Jon Parshall

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BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 355) — Today is the 83rd anniversary of the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that was depicted in the 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora! Often praised for its accuracy, Tora! Tora! Tora! has also perpetrated some myths about what really happened.

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To help us separate fact from fiction, we'll be joined by Jon Parshall, an award-winning author who has worked as a historical consultant on numerous TV shows, and as a frequent lecturer at the U.S. Naval War College, the National World War II Museum, the Nimitz Museum, just to name a few.

Get updates on Jon's new book at 1942book.com

  

Also mentioned in this episode
  • Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully's Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
  • Day of Infamy, 60th Anniversary: The Classic Account of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor by Walter Lord
  • At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon Prange with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon
  • Tora! Tora! Tora!: Pearl Harbor 1941 by Mark Stille
  • Pearl Harbor by H.P. Willmott
  • No One Avoided Danger: NAS Kaneohe Bay and the Japanese Attack of 7 December 1941 by J. Michael Wenger, Robert J. Cressman, and John F. Di Virgilio


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