352: Climb Mount Niitaka II


Photograph taken by a Japanese pilot during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ford Island, in the center, is in the middle of the harbor. You can make out the four pairs of ships moored on Battleship Row on the far side of the island. The spout of water was made by a torpedo striking USS West Virginia.

The US Army and Navy installations in and around Pearl Harbor were caught completely off guard by the Japanese attack.

This attack was only one in a series of attacks on Malaya, the Philippines, and several US-controlled Pacific Islands.

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Fanfare

Opening War Theme

Symphony No. 3 in E♭ Major
Composed in 1804 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Public domain.
Performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Public domain recording. Source.

Closing War Theme



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2 thoughts on “352: Climb Mount Niitaka II

  1. Three days before the Japanese attack, at a dinner in Washington, the American navy secretary Frank Knox declared that wherever the Japanese will attack we are ready, the American Navy, “The Navy is not going to be caught napping”.
    Well, he was wrong.
    (I thought you’ll mention it in one of the two chapters, but I think you didn’t?)

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