Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of HistoryThe provocative sequel to At Dawn We Slept that continues Prange's masterful analysis of the attack on Pearl Harbor, delving further to examine the underlying causes and to ask whether the event that plunged America into World War II was really a surprise to President Roosevelt. |
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... aircraft carriers . Upon reaching a point some 220 miles north of the island , they launched two successive waves totaling 350 aircraft - 40 torpedo bombers , 78 fighter aircraft , 103 high - level bombers , and 129 dive bombers . Their ...
... aircraft carriers . Upon reaching a point some 220 miles north of the island , they launched two successive waves totaling 350 aircraft - 40 torpedo bombers , 78 fighter aircraft , 103 high - level bombers , and 129 dive bombers . Their ...
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... aircraft . . . . No aircraft ap- proach lane system had been planned . . . . No system for identifying aircraft approaching Oahu by reports from parent aviation activities had been organized . " Taylor reported these appalling facts to ...
... aircraft . . . . No aircraft ap- proach lane system had been planned . . . . No system for identifying aircraft approaching Oahu by reports from parent aviation activities had been organized . " Taylor reported these appalling facts to ...
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... aircraft necessary for a potent air force , and to send more aid to the Allies . Because Americans wanted and needed ... aircraft had left even the highway behind . In Bellinger's words , “ Any island that is on the defensive where there ...
... aircraft necessary for a potent air force , and to send more aid to the Allies . Because Americans wanted and needed ... aircraft had left even the highway behind . In Bellinger's words , “ Any island that is on the defensive where there ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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