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Introduction: December 7, 1941: The Day of Infamy

A Long-Standing Contempt for America

Japanese Concerns About the Plan

Like Sitting Ducks

Warning Signs Ignored

"This Is No Drill!"

Assault on Battleship Row

The Airfields Under Fire

A Lethal Second Wave

Joy Versus Outrage

War Declared

Japan's Grave Miscalculation

Chapter 1 Prologue to Infamy

Chapter Preface

Advocating a Strategy of Ambush

Planning the Attack

A Fateful Warning Ignored

A Suspicious Telephone Call

LastMinute Messages Fail to Avert War

Closing In on the Target

Chapter 2 Attack on Battleship Row

Chapter Preface

The Whistle of Falling Bombs

Inside the Danger Zone

The View from the Arizona's Crow's Nest

Abandoning the Arizona

Chaos Below Decks

Fire on the Waters

Caught in the Second Wave of Attackers

Chapter 3 Land Targets and Installations

Chapter Preface

The Devastation at Hickam Field

A Hickam Airman Runs for His

Assaults on Living Quarters

The Fight to Save the Injured

Defending the Beaches

Chapter 4 The Immediate Aftermath

Chapter Preface

Escape from the Capsized Oklahoma

The Verbal and Official War Declarations

Shipping the Wounded Home

Salvaging Damaged Ships

Congress's Investigation of the Attack

Chronology

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Pearl Harbor Research Article from History Firsthand

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