pearl harbor

The world changed for average Americans that day in 1941.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions by Alan Zimm Anybody else read this? I'm about finished with it and will be posting my notes when done. For now I can say that it's for hardcore folks, the faint of heart need not apply. :cool:

This may be as good a place as any to ask. Some recent interest has appeared in a book titled Operation SNOW: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor (2012). The author, John Koster, more usually writes on the American Old West (i.e., one of his other books is The Road to...

I've been thinking... what if they decided to hit Pearl Harbour instead, because of its historical significance as America's last surprise attack victim? What vessels were present there and what was the readiness at the time? I guess what I'm asking is, could the terrorists have hijacked...

I came across this while researching other matters. Each of the highlighted links takes you to sections of the orginal board of enquiry conducted after the attack. One section made me smile - the questioning of the two RADAR operators on duty that morning. Aside from the unusal RADAR contact...