Name: World War Two
Genre: Documentary

World War Two Episode 4.17 Week 139 - Allied Intelligence cracks Japanese codes! - WW2 - April 25, 1942

World War Two Episode 4.17 Week 139 - Allied Intelligence cracks Japanese codes! - WW2 - April 25, 1942

Episode Premiere

April 24, 2021

Genre

Documentary

Official Site

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ

Information

Episode Premiere

April 24, 2021

Genre

Documentary

Period

2018 -

Production Co

Distributor

YouTube

Official Site

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Indy Neidell

Synopsis

After last week's Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, pretty much the entire Japanese fleet is sent out looking for American ships. They do not find them, but the enormous amount of radio traffic they generate is a treasure trove for Allied codebreakers to work on. The Allies ship 46 British Spitfire planes to Malta... and all of them are destroyed by the Axis within 48 hours. Germany begins bombing tourist and cultural destinations in Britain, and to make things even worse for the British this week, they realize they can't hold Burma and are now making tracks for India, with the Japanese Army in hot pursuit.