As morning broke in Hawaii on 7 December 1941, the water was calm. The US Navy’s ships stood proud in the harbour, and their crews were looking forward to a Sunday off. But these would be the last moments of calm before the United States was dragged into a war that was consuming the world. In The Story of Pearl Harbor, uncover what really happened that fateful December day and explore the extensive Japanese planning in the months leading up

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech on December 8, 1941, lasted a mere six and half minutes. But his words and tone-in a monologue that would later be named the Infamy Speech-sent ripples into a nation and a world that continue even today. The historical implications that emerged from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were unprecedented, launching America not only into the depths of a dangerous war, but forever altering the safety and comfort...