Decisive Moments in History: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

ISBN: 9781548278731
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*Includes over 20 pictures of important people, places, and events, including famous photos of Battleship Row, the USS Arizona and the USS Oklahoma.
*Examines the history that led up to the attack, the origins of the Japanese plot, and the communications between the U.S. and Japan just before the attacks.
*Analyzes the controversies and conspiracy theories surrounding the attack, as well as what went right and what went wrong for each side.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
*Includes a Table of Contents.

“We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor and thereby lost the war." – Admiral Hara Tadaichi

All Americans are familiar with the “day that will live in infamy.” At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, the advanced base of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet, was ablaze. It had been smashed by aircraft launched by the carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. All eight battleships had been sunk or badly damaged, 350 aircraft had been knocked out, and over 2,000 Americans lay dead. Indelible images of the USS Arizona exploding and the USS Oklahoma capsizing and floating upside down have been ingrained in the American conscience ever since. In less than an hour and a half the Japanese had almost wiped out America’s entire naval presence in the Pacific.
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