by Mark LoProto | Feb 1, 2019 | After The Attack, Attack of Pearl Harbor, Pacific Theater, Ships
In the wake of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, more than 2,400 American lives were lost and the US Navy suffered a terrible blow to its Pacific Fleet. Nineteen vessels suffered damage, nearly half of which were sunk or partially sunk. While USS Arizona...
by Mark LoProto | Dec 18, 2018 | After The Attack, Allied Forces, Axis Leaders, History, World War II
On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, launching the Second World War in Europe. Across the Atlantic, the United States showed no appetite for getting involved in the European conflict. For two years, the United States maintained its policy of non-intervention,...
by Mark LoProto | Nov 13, 2018 | After The Attack, Allied Forces, History, Japanese Forces, Pacific Theater, World War II
Today, you don’t hear much about the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. They’re a popular tourist destination, but otherwise they aren’t at the top of most people’s minds. During the early 1940s, though, the situation was very different. The Solomon...
by Mark LoProto | Oct 3, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor News, Pearl Harbor Photos, USS Arizona Memorial
Since the morning of December 7, 1941, they’ve been slowly leaking from the cracked hull of USS Arizona (BB-39), rising to create pools that float on the surface of Pearl Harbor. From the USS Arizona Memorial, visitors can see the so-called Black Tears of USS Arizona...
by Mark LoProto | Aug 10, 2018 | After The Attack, WWII in America
All across the United States, reactions to Pearl Harbor varied from one individual to the next. There were those terrified by it and worried that it foreshadowed a possible attack on the mainland. Some wondered whether the United States had known about the attack...
by Mark LoProto | Jun 2, 2018 | After The Attack, Civilians, WWII in America
The worst case scenario wasn’t an impossible one: in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan would invade Hawaii, overrun it, and use it as a launching point for an attack on the US mainland. As much as the United States was preparing itself to repel such an...
