Japan’s decision to attack the United States in 1941 is widely regarded as irrational to the point of suicidal. How could Japan hope to survive a war with, mu

Naval history of the United States and Japan in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

A groundbreaking history that considers the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective and is certain to revolutionize how we think of the war in the

For almost 20 years, more than 200 reels of microfilmed Japanese naval records remained in the custody of the U.S. Naval History Division, virtually untouched.

Japan and the United States became close political allies so quickly after the end of World War II, that it seemed as though the two countries had easily forgot