WWII E100 Pearl Harbor: Marines in the Firestorm

WWII
Written By Robert Estrada

In this episode, we cover the lead-up to one of the most infamous mornings in American history.

We follow the secret build-up to Pearl Harbor, the pilots preparing for the attack, and the Marine detachments stationed across Oahu as everything changed in an instant. 

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References: 

  • Beevor, A. (n.d.). The Second World War. United States: Little, Brown.

  • Clarke, T. (2001). Pearl Harbor Ghosts: December 7, 1941--the Day that Still Haunts the Nation. United Kingdom: Ballantine Books.

  • Commager, H. S., Miller, D. L. (2010). The Story of World War II: Revised, Expanded, and Updated from the Original T. United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster.

  • Cressman, R., Wenger, J. M. (1992). Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. United States: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

  • Denenberg, B. (2002). Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows. United States: Scholastic Incorporated.

  • History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II.: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, by F. O. Hough, V. E. Ludwig and H. I. Shaw, Jr. (1958). United States: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

  • McWilliams, B. (2014). Sunday in Hell: Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute. United States: Open Road Media.

  • Nelson, C. (2016). Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness. United Kingdom: Scribner.

  • Twomey, S. (2017). Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack. United States: Simon & Schuster.

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