What did military planners in Japan think was the best way to attack The United States? How did the war in Europe influence policy in both America and Japan? When did both sides realise peaceful negotiations were over in favour of war?

Join Al Murray and James Holland for Part 4 of this new series as they explore the warhawks and shifting geopolitics which brought an unwinnable war to the shores of Japan.

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