Pearl Harbor av Professor Andrew (University Distinguished Professor of History The University of Southern Mississippi) Wiest

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<p>¿A date which will live in infamy.¿¿US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt <br>Sunday, December 7, 1941, was supposed to be a day of rest for the military personnel at Hawaii¿s Pearl Harbor naval base on the island of Oahu. But at 7:55 a.m., Japanese carrier-based planes launched a surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet moored in the harbour. Thousands of lives were lost that day, drawing the United States into World War II and beginning a new phase of the war in East Asia. <br>In <i>Pearl Harbor,</i> our expert author offers a concise photographic guide to this key turning point in World War II. The book is divided into chapters covering the origins and military strength of the naval station; Japanese plans and dispositions; the attack itself; the damage caused; the clean-up operation and aftermath; and the life of the base today. See rare photographs of Japanese airplanes taking off to launch the attack; aerial views of the US naval base before and during the air attack; the dest