"A date which will live in infamy."-US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 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. In Pearl Harbor, 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 destruction wrought; the key figures involved on both sides; and the memorials that have been erected, especially to the sunken battleship USS Arizona. Pearl Harbor provides a photographic exploration of this momentous event and its aftermath in 160 dramatic photos.
| ISBN: | 9781838862640 |
| Publication date: | 14th May 2023 |
| Author: | Andrew A Wiest |
| Publisher: | Amber Books an imprint of Amber Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | History in Photographs |
| Genres: |
History: specific events and topics Military history Cultural and media studies International relations Theory of warfare and military science |