Pearl Harbor: Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II
I. The background -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- The crisis intensifies -- Japan's proposals for resolving the conflict -- The Hull Note -- II. The Japanese war plan -- Admiral Yamamoto and Operation Hawaii -- The plan of attack -- The Kidō Butai sets sail -- Japanese spies in Hawaii -- The fi...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English German |
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Cambridge, UK Medford, MA, USA
Polity
[2021]
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| Edition: | English edition |
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| Online Access: | Cover: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1694230171cov.jpg Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://d-nb.info/1225707625/04 
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| Author Notes: | Takuma Melber ; translated by Nick Somers |
| Summary: | I. The background -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- The crisis intensifies -- Japan's proposals for resolving the conflict -- The Hull Note -- II. The Japanese war plan -- Admiral Yamamoto and Operation Hawaii -- The plan of attack -- The Kidō Butai sets sail -- Japanese spies in Hawaii -- The first encounter -- III. The attack -- The first wave -- 'Tora Tora Tora' -- Battleship Row in crossfire -- The second attack wave -- Egusa's dive bombers -- IV. Consequences -- The aftermath -- The USA enters the war -- The first prisoner-of-war -- The Japanese-born victims of Pearl Harbor -- Could Pearl Harbor have been prevented? -- Conspiracy theories -- Operation K. "A new account of one of the key battles of World War II told from the Japanese perspective."-- |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in German as Pearl Harbor: Japans Angriff und der Kriegseintritt der USA by Takuma Melber ©Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2016." Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781509537204 |