A Day That Will Live in Infamy: The History and Legacy of Japan’s Initial Attacks against the United States at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and the Philippines on December 7, 1941

All Americans are familiar with the “day that will live in infamy.” At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, the advanced base of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet, was ablaze. It had been smashed by aircraft launched by the...