Steven Terjeson | April 20, 2009
President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech delivered December 8, 1941.
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives:
Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy— the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United [...]
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Steven Terjeson | January 27, 2009
Today in WWII History
World War II History for January 27
27 JAN 1941 – Ambassador Grew advised Washington of reports circulating in Tokyo of a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor being planned by the Japanese military in case of “trouble” with the US. Grew wrote that “the attack would involve the use of all the [...]
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Steven Terjeson | November 17, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 17
1887 – Bernard Law Montgomery was born in London, England.
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery at El Alamein
1941 – Joseph C. Grew, U.S. ambassador to Japan, cabled the U.S. State Department that he had heard that Japan had prepared a plan to attempt a surprise attack at Pearl [...]
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Steven Terjeson | November 3, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 3
1941 – Japanese Ambassador John Grew warned that the Japanese may be planning a sudden attack on the U.S.
1941 – The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor
On this day in 1941, the Combine Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time, [...]
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Steven Terjeson | October 20, 2008
“I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
While this quotation may never have been stated by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, it defines the ending of the 1970 film Tora, Tora, Tora!
Some of the other quotes in this movie did happen, including the codes phrases used by [...]
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Steven Terjeson | September 24, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 24
1941 – The Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to divide Pearl Harbor into five zones and calculate the number of battleships in each zone.
Relations between the United States and Japan had been deteriorating quickly since Japan’s occupation of Indo-China and the implicit menacing of [...]
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Steven Terjeson | July 22, 2008
Watch the full episode of “Hero Ships: USS Arizona” the tale of the beginning of World War II for the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. USS Arizona only lasted about 10 minutes into WW II but remains one of the wars most historic monuments. 1,177 men died on the [...]
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Steven Terjeson | June 12, 2008
The Second World War
The Pacific Theater
1941-1945
First Phase
From 7 December 1941, until June 1942, the Japanese successfully attacked the Pacific Fleet’s base at Pearl Harbor, took Wake Island and Guam, invaded and conquered the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, and seized the British base of Singapore. They conquered Burma thereby cutting off China from all overland routes [...]
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