Carl Smith

Pearl Harbor 1941 (eBook, ePUB)

The day of infamy
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782005001
• Artikelnr.: 44626527

Autorenporträt

Carl Smith has had a life long fascination with many aspects of the military history of the United States. A specialist writer of many years experience, Carl has worked for several popular military magazines, and has written several volumes on the key battles of the Civil War in the Osprey Campaign series. Carl lives and works in Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

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