For the Ages: A History Podcast

Hitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global War

03.25.2024 - By New-York Historical SocietyPlay

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In December 1941, Nazi Germany controlled much of Europe, Japan was fighting a brutal campaign in China, and the United States had yet to enter into combat on either front. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, however, changed everything. Historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman join moderator David M. Rubenstein to dissect the five crucial days between the attack on Pearl Harbor and Nazi Germany’s declaration of war on the United States, tracing the strategic decisions that would irrevocably change the course of the Second World War.

Recorded on July 31, 2023

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