Pearl Harbor Untold: 100 Astonishing, Little-Known facts about the Day That Changed America: unknown 6 x 9 inches 207 pages book gift: 14

On a quiet Sunday morning in December 1941, the United States was still, technically, a nation at peace. Within two hours, that peace was gone. The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 Americans, sank or damaged twenty-one ships, and pulled a deeply divided nation into the largest war in human history almost overnight. It remains one of the most studied events in American history - and yet, more than eight decades later, it still holds details that rarely make it into the standard telling. Pearl Harbor Untold collects 100 astonishing, little-known facts about the attack, the men and women who lived through it, and the decades of consequences that followed. Inside, you'll discover: - Why radar operators spotted the incoming attack nearly an hour early, and were told not to worry about it - How American codebreakers had cracked one Japanese code, but not the one that mattered that morning - The ship's band that kept playing the national anthem as the bombs began to fall - Why the USS Arizona still leaks oil into the harbor today, more than eighty years later - The Japanese admiral who privately doubted the attack from the very beginning - How a single crashed fighter plane handed America a priceless intelligence advantage - The quiet, human stories of survivors who waited decades before they were ready to talk Each fact is written as a short, richly detailed piece - part history, part story - designed to be read in a few minutes or devoured in one sitting. Whether you're a lifelong history reader, a student of World War II, or someone who just loves the kind of fact that makes you stop and say "wait, really?", Pearl Harbor Untold takes you back to the morning that changed everything. Scroll up and grab your copy to discover the story behind the story of December 7, 1941.