The Five Minute Miracle: The Midway Marvel Alters Everything

08/20/24 • 54 min

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The American Miracle with Michael Medved

Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy rules the Pacific, before a combination of good fortune and brilliant intelligence work come together in a fateful, five minute interlude that alters the tide of war and ends the grandiose dreams of Japanese empire.

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