The Battle of Pearl Harbor was one of the most important events in United States – and human – history. It unleashed the most powerful nation the world has ever seen into mankind’s greatest war. This is the story of that battle. It’s all here and it’s all free on Battlecast – the world’s foremost podcast on war and its sociopolitical impact.

This is part two of a two part series. You can find part one here: Pearl Harbor part one.

Download episode 104 here: download link

Extensive maps and images are posted to the Historical Atlas of The Battle of Pearl Harbor located here

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Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific by R.V. Burgin and Bill Marvel 

Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Twomey

Day of Infamy by Walter Lord 

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordan Prange

Pearl Harbor Betrayed by Michael Gannon

Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruit of Infamy edited by Percy L. Greaves Jr. 

I saw Tokyo burning: An eyewitness narrative from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima by Robert Guillain

Tora! Tora! Tora! Pearl Harbor 1941 by Mark Stille

For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor translated by Douglas Shinsato and Tadanori Urabe.

Pearl Harbor 1941: The Day of Infamy by Carl Smith. 2001. Osprey Publishing.

Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu by G. Willford and T. McGovern

The Pearl Harbor Controversy, 1941-1946 by Martin Victor Melosi. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of Texas at Autin. 1975. 

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and

Women edited by Robert S. La Forte and Ronald E. Marcello

Pearl Harbor Medal of Honor citations by various.

Pearl Harbor Survivors: An oral history of 24 servicemen edited by Harry Spiller

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson

Radioman: An eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor by Ray Daves

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions by Alan Zimm

Understanding Preventive Wars: Lessons from Pearl Harbor by Lionel Pierre Faton. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Waseda University. 

Battlefield: The Battle of Pearl Harbor. Television series. 2000. NBC Universal.