Remember Pearl Harbor!
America Taken By Surprise. Bonus Program, The Battle Of Midway. America Strikes Back June 1942.
•Title: Remember Pearl Harbor
•Questar, Inc.
•Format: VHS
•Running Time: 1 Hour
•Includes: Cardboard Slipcase
•UPC: 033937032226
•Condition: New in Factory Sealed Plastic
How could the attack on Pearl Harbor ever happen? America never thought the Japanese could attack its forces at Pearl Harbor - especially without warning. Our leaders downplayed the threat to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, while focusing on the Nazi threat in Europe. President Franklin Roosevelt desperately wanted to fight Hitler. Did he conspire with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to get America into World War II? Even if it meant being attacked by Japan?
This original Questar program answers the enduring question: why was America taken by surprise? The United States had many warnings of Japanese aggression. Yet our defenses at Pearl Harbor remained lax up to the very moment of attack. Even after a Navy gunboat was sunk in the Pacific - and a U.S. destroyer in the Atlantic - the isolationist movement in America remained strong. President Roosevelt struggled to find some way to get us into the war against fascism. Find out how American attitudes and politics got in the way of military wisdom - and doomed U.S. forces in Hawaii.
BONUS PROGRAM: The Battle of Midway.
This wartime documentary, shot on color film, chronicles the dramatic turning point of the Pacific War. Directed by Academy Award winner John Ford.
