Attack on Pearl Harbor
Briefing
On the morning of 7 December 1941, 353 Japanese carrier aircraft struck the US Pacific Fleet at anchor in two waves, killing 2,403 Americans and sinking or damaging eight battleships — though the American aircraft carriers were at sea and escaped. The United States declared war the next day, and Hitler declared war on America four days later, turning two regional wars into a single global one.
Books Covering This Event (10)
Popular History
Pearl Harbor reconstructed hour by hour through the eyes of hundreds of people who were there.
The most comprehensive account of Pearl Harbor ever written — planning, attack, and aftermath from both sides.
The classic single-volume history of the American war against Japan.
A single-volume history of the entire war by the most influential military historian of the 20th century.
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the American home front, from the fall of France to victory.
From Pearl Harbor through Midway — the first volume of Toll's Pacific War Trilogy.
The 120 million paperback Armed Services Editions shipped to GIs — the books that fought the Nazi book burnings.
Historical Fiction
Life in an Army infantry company in Hawaii in the months before Pearl Harbor.
An American naval officer and his family are swept up in the opening years of the war, from Hitler's invasion.
