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Pearl Harbor : Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II / Takuma Melber ; translated by Nick Somers.

"A new account of one of the key battles of World War II told from the Japanese perspective."--

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C9009256713 940.54 MEL
Adult nonfiction   City Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781509537204
1509537201
Dewey 940.54
Author Melber, Takuma author.
Title Pearl Harbor : Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II / Takuma Melber ; translated by Nick Somers.
Edition English edition.
Published [2021]
Medford, MA :
Physical description viii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
General note "Originally published in German as Pearl Harbor: Japans Angriff und der Kriegseintritt der USA by Takuma Melber ©Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2016."
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note 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.
Summary "A new account of one of the key battles of World War II told from the Japanese perspective."--
Subject Diplomatic relations
Military campaigns
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Military history
Naval history
Hawaii
Japan
Pacific Area
United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
Pacific Area -- History, Military
Pacific Area -- History, Naval
Additional author Somers, Nick translator.
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