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Pearl Harbor : Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II / Takuma Melber ; translated by Nick Somers.
Van Pelt Library D767.92 .M4513 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melber, Takuma, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Pearl Harbor. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Naval history.
- History, Military.
- United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Japan.
- Japan--Foreign relations--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--History, Military.
- Pacific Area.
- Pacific Area--History, Naval.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Military campaigns.
- Hawaii.
- Genre:
- Military history.
- Naval history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Other Title:
- Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II
- Japan's attack and America's entry into World War 2
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A new account of one of the key battles of World War II told from the Japanese perspective."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Background
- The road to Pearl Harbor
- The crisis intensifies
- Japan's proposals for resolving the conflict
- The Hull Note
- 2. The Japanese War Plan
- Admiral Yamamoto and Operation Hawaii
- The plan of attack
- The Kido Butai sets sail
- Japanese spies in Hawaii
- The first encounter
- 3. The Attack
- The first wave
- "Tora Tora Tora"
- Battleship Row in crossfire
- The second attack wave
- Egusa's dive bombers
- 4. Consequences
- The aftermath
- The USA enters the war
- The first prisoner-of-war
- The Japanese-American victims of Pearl Harbor
- Could Pearl Harbor have been prevented?
- Conspiracy theories
- Operation K.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in German as Pearl Harbor: Japans Angriff und der Kriegseintritt der USA by Takuma Melber ©Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2016."
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Melber, Takuma, Pearl Harbor
- ISBN:
- 9781509537204
- 1509537201
- OCLC:
- 1149219193
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