A World at War, December 1941
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Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock from the attack reverberated across the globe. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating the holiday as usual, the stark reality of the just-declared war was on everybody’s mind. United States troops on Wake Island were battling a Japanese landing force. In the Philippines, they were losing the fight to save Luzon. In Japan, the Pearl Harbor strike force returned to Hiroshima Bay and toasted its sweeping success. Across the Atlantic, much of Europe was frozen in grim Nazi occupation.
Just three days before Christmas, Winston Churchill surprised President Roosevelt with an unprecedented trip to Washington, where they jointly lit the White House Christmas tree. As the two Allied leaders met to map out a winning wartime strategy, the most remarkable Christmas of the century played out across the globe.
In Pearl Harbor Christmas, award-winning Stanley Weintraub recounts what is perhaps the most unusual holiday season in 20th-century history—a deeply moving, inspiring and authoritatively researched story about finding strength in one of America’s darkest hours.
Hardcover : 224 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc ( November 01, 2011 )
Item #: 13-446184
ISBN: 9780306820618
Product Dimensions: 6.0 x 9.0 x 0.56inches
Product Weight: 12.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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