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...
by Mark LoProto | May 22, 2018 | After The Attack, Japanese Leaders, World War II
Causing the deaths of 2,403 individuals would in most cases be considered illegal without question. In times of war, however, the rules can be a bit murkier. In the Pacific Theater, over 100,000 Americans died in battle, but these deaths weren’t war crimes. They were...
by Jerry Peterson | May 14, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, U.S. Leaders, WWII in America
Almost from the moment the Japanese planes returned to their ships after their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, there were all kinds of conspiracy theories about how they could have pulled off such a large operation that took the United States by complete...
by Mark LoProto | May 9, 2018 | After The Attack, Learning Pearl Harbor, Literature of Pearl Harbor
To get a true sense of the amount of damage done when Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, it’s best to rely on the recollections of those who lived through it. They may have been caught up in the chaos of the events as they unfolded, but many of...
by Jerry Peterson | Apr 5, 2018 | After The Attack, WWII in America
The shock and trauma of Pearl Harbor wasn’t only felt by adults. As news of the December 7, 1941 surprise Japanese attack spread across the United States, kids and adults alike all waited with racing hearts to hear what had happened, what the cause was, and if...
