Yamamoto Rolls the Dice
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 inflicted great damage on the American Pacific Fleet, but it left one group of American ships untouched: the aircraft carriers. In early 1942, J...
16 Juni 202147min
The Coral Sea (Key Battle 2)
Following up on their stunning military successes of late 1941 and early 1942, Japan’s leaders decided to capture the key Allied port of Port Moresby on the southern coast of New Guinea. They also hop...
9 Juni 202146min
The Japanese Blitzkrieg
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they were just getting started. Over the next 5 months, Japan rapidly and overwhelmingly conquered several European and colonial possessions in so...
2 Juni 202150min
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29 Maj 20215min
America Gears Up for War
Between 1939 and 1941, the United States began increasing the size of its military forces while it ramped up war production. After Pearl Harbor, these processes went into overdrive, with the result th...
26 Maj 202156min
Pearl Harbor (Key Battle 1)
On December 7, 1941, Japanese air and naval forces launched a surprise attack on the American naval and air base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killing 2400 Americans and heavily damaging the US Pacific Fle...
19 Maj 202142min
The Road to Pearl Harbor
Japan’s complicated relationship with the United States stretches back much further than 1940. The relationship, which began nearly a century prior to World War II, was often fraught with tension. Thi...
12 Maj 202141min
Japan’s Strategy; Relations with the US
In order to meet the needs of its expanding population and empire, Japan’s leaders began looking hungrily to the south and east. Three years after invading China, Japanese military forces occupied Fre...
5 Maj 202147min
