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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... carriers . On December 2 , Z took cross - bearings and informed his chief , Lieutenant Ellsworth A. Hosner , that some ' queer signals " they had been receiving " could possibly be the miss- ing carriers . " Hosner told the chief of ...
... carriers . On December 2 , Z took cross - bearings and informed his chief , Lieutenant Ellsworth A. Hosner , that some ' queer signals " they had been receiving " could possibly be the miss- ing carriers . " Hosner told the chief of ...
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... carriers is puzzling . The task force included six carriers plus their escort vessels . What had happened to the rest of Nagumo's fleet ? And why should this type of information be given to a foreign officer who had no need to know ...
... carriers is puzzling . The task force included six carriers plus their escort vessels . What had happened to the rest of Nagumo's fleet ? And why should this type of information be given to a foreign officer who had no need to know ...
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... carriers into position from which they could attack the Island without the Navy either knowing where they were or getting enough information to know that they were some- where in the vicinity ; and with the Navy away , why , I realized ...
... carriers into position from which they could attack the Island without the Navy either knowing where they were or getting enough information to know that they were some- where in the vicinity ; and with the Navy away , why , I realized ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
Copyright | |
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