Pearl Harbor was a generation-defining moment that launched the Second World War. Click here for a comprehensive guide to Pearl Harbor or scroll down to see more posts.
Pearl Harbor was a generation-defining moment that launched the Second World War. Click here for a comprehensive guide to Pearl Harbor or scroll down to see more posts.
Hideki Tojo was a well-known military general who would go on to serve as the Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944. Additionally, he was also president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and played a more than insignificant role in Japan's military expansion during World War II. Let's…
The attack on Pearl Harbor ranks as the most successful military surprise attack in the early years of combined naval/aerial combat. On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service struck the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The attack directly led to the United States'…
The following article on Japanese strategy in Pearl Harbor is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Japanese strategy in Pearl Harbor was based on relying on naval airpower over land-based planes.…
The following is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the Pearl Harbor attack. It is available to…
The following is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the Pearl Harbor attack. It is available to…
The following article on Japanese diplomacy before Pearl Harbor is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the…
The following article on Dusko Popov is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the Pearl Harbor attack.…
The following article on what happened after the attack of Pearl Harbor is an excerpt from Bill Yenne’s Panic on the Pacific. It is available to order now from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. December 7, 1941, arrived as a quiet Sunday morning on the West Coast. It didn’t stay that way for…
The attack of December 7, 1941 is one of the best-studied events of the 20th century. Yet there are many Pearl Harbor facts that remain largely unknown. Below is listed seven Pearl Harbor facts that you likely didn't know. The White House decoded a Japanese war declaration the day before…
The following article on who attacked Pearl Harbor and why is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of…
