This new special edition explores the dramatic events of 7 December 1941, which propelled the US into the war. Inside: - How Japan and the US became enemies - Life on the base prior to the raid - An hour-by-hour account of the attack itself - Real-life stories from those who were there - The US's devastating revenge on Japan - Pearl Harbor's enduring legacy
PEARL HARBOR • THE FULL STORY OF THE SHOCK WORLD WAR TWO RAID
It was like being engulfed in a tornado • When a fleet of Japanese aircraft swooped out of the skies above Pearl Harbor in December 1941, they unleashed a firestorm. This is the story of a strike that changed the world
THE BUILD-UP • The key incidents as Japan’s dark lliances and imperial ambitions put it on a collision course with the US
The GATHERING STORM • Japan’s relentless empire-building in the 1930s put the US on red alert – but could Roosevelt convince a reluctant public to stand against the Rising Sun?
THE ROAD TO PEARL HARBOR • The crucial Second World War events in the lead-up to Japan’s surprise attack
Life on Pearl Harbor • The US’s Pacific stronghold was a serviceman’s paradise of golden sands, clear skies and canoe races. Few had any clue what was coming next
THE ATTACK • A detailed anatomy of the attack – from the first Japanese plans for a surprise raid to Roosevelt’s grave declaration of war
PREPARATION
Shigeru Fukudome • The naval supremo
DAY OF THE ATTACK
Iyozo Fujita • The fighter pilot
THE RAID BEGINS
Lauren Bruner • The injured crewman
Myrtle Watson • The quick-thinking nurse
A HEAVY RECKONING
Franklin D Roosevelt • The embattled president
THE AFTERMATH • How the Pearl Harbor attack led to brutal reprisals for Japan, and changed the United States – and the world – for good
FALLOUT from the ATTACK • How public fury at Japan’s ‘sneak’ strike put an end to American isolationism and cranked the fearsome US war machine into action
THE INJUSTICE OF INTERNMENT
Caught off-guard • Why didn’t Washington see the deadly strike on Pearl Harbor coming? The attack remained veiled in secrecy due to US hubris and inch-perfect Japanese planning
Waking the giant • Within four years of Pearl Harbor, Japan’s empire lay in ruins. Why did it choose to provoke the world’s most powerful nation? Plus, we chart how the Pacific War played out after the attack
TIMELINE After Pearl Harbor • How the Allies and Japan fought a bitter war to control the Pacific
The attack’s lasting legacy • In 1940, the US was an inward-looking nation with a modest army. In recent times it has been the ‘global policeman’, with troops in all corners of the world. Could this transition from isolationism to internationalism have happened without Pearl Harbor?
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