Pearl Harbor 1941

The day of infamy

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Description

A revised edition of this highly illustrated account of the day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared, that would "live in infamy".

December 7, 1941 was one of the single most decisive days of World War II - the day that brought the USA into the fight. Six Japanese aircraft carriers disgorged their full complements in two waves on the superior US Pacific Fleet as it lay slumbering in Pearl Harbor. Depending on opposing viewpoints, the attack was either a brilliant maneuver of audacious strategy, or a piece of unparalleled villainy and deception by a supposedly friendly power.

This revised edition, containing the latest research on the events of December 7, 1941, reveals several previously unknown aspects of the attack and dispels key myths that have been built up around the fateful day.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Opposing Commanders
Chronology
The Japanese Plan
The First Wave
The Second Wave
Aftermath
Further Reading
Visiting Pearl Harbor

Appendices
Index

Product details

Published 20 Oct 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782005001
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 84 b/w; 25 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 62
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Carl Smith

Carl Smith has had a life long fascination with ma…

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Jim Laurier

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