Pearl Harbor Air Raid (eBook)

The Japanese Attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet, December 7, 1941

Nicholas Veronico, Nicholas A. Veronico (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
208 Seiten
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-6549-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Just in time for 75th anniversary commemorations of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this latest addition offers a complete visual history of the attack, its aftermath, and the salvage efforts that followed. Over 300 photos, with detailed captionscomplete with information such as aircraft serial numbersdocument aircraft, ships, submarines, and key locations. Text sidebars highlight President Roosevelt's famous speech, the little known failed Japanese attack that followed in March 1942, and more.

Autor

Nicholas A. Veronico is public affairs officer for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and its SOFIA program (NASA's airborne observatory). He previously worked as an aviation journalist for almost thirty years and has numerous aviation titles to his credit, including The Blue Angels and Boneyard Nose Art. He lives near San Francisco.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.11.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Stackpole Military Photo Series
• Zusatzinfo: 300 Illustrations including: - 300 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Aircraft • December 7, 1941 • FDR • Hawaii • Japanese attack • Pearl Harbor • Pearl Harbor anniversary • President Roosevelt • Ships • submarines • U.S. entry to WWII • U.S. Pacific Fleet • War in the Pacific • World War II
• ISBN-10: 0-8117-6549-0 / 0811765490
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-6549-7 / 9780811765497