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Publié par | Everest Media LLC |
Date de parution | 13 octobre 2022 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9798350031201 |
Langue | English |
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Insights on John Winton's War in the Pacific
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12
Insights from Chapter 1
#1
The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.
#2
Pearl Harbor was a disaster for the Americans, but politically it came as a relief. The attack was a victory which ensured their defeat. The Americans abhorred war, and their politicians avoided it by every possible means.
#3
The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.
#4
The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.
#5
The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.
#6
On 7 December 1941, Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The Americans abhorred war, and their politicians avoided it by every possible means. The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.
#7
Pearl Harbor was a disaster for the Americans, but politically it came as a relief. The Americans abhorred war, and their politicians avoided it by every possible means. The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.
#8
Pearl Harbor was a disaster for the Americans, but politically it came as a relief. The Americans abhorred war, and their politicians avoided it by every possible means. The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C.