bombers on, 234
during Pearl Harbor attack, 70
sinking of, 324–25
Hough, Frank, 323
“housing projects,” 164
Houston, U.S.S., 173–74
Hull, Cordell, 103
denial of Japan’s plan to attack U.S., 50
Kurusu and, 51
negotiations with Japan, 51–52, 65, 82–83
Hyakutake, Harukichi, 325, 338
Ichiki, Kiyono, 283, 301, 307
IG Farben, 36
Ikuta, Torao, 184
incendiary bombs, 166
India, 368
danger of Japanese invasion of, 366
Indochina, 43, 52, 116
Indomitable (aircraft carrier), 115
internment camps, 158–60
Ireland, 123
Ironbottom Sound, 273–75, 308, 329, 334, 410
isolationism, 29, 99
isolationists, 33–35, 404
Italian Americans, 158
Italian bases, 381–82
Italian navy, 37
Italy, 389. See also Mussolini
invasion of, 414–15
Japan. See also specific topics
anticommunist pacts, 25
attack on U.S. See also Pearl Harbor
early warnings about planned, 50
inevitability of, 53
early conflict with U.S., 19–23, 48, 53
proposals A and B, 64
embargo against, 33, 42, 44, 48, 52. See also oil trade, and embargo
imperialistic expansionism, 23, 49
initiation of World War II in Asia, 114
joined Axis, 32
“let Japan strike the first blow,” 95–96, 129
militarism, 48–50
military strength, 49–50
plan to annex American Pacific possessions, 29
prior to World War II, 17–18
racism and, 23, 56, 184
Southward Movement, 46, 144, 198–99
treaties, 23
in U.S. media, 55–56
war plan, 57
Japanese
brutality against captured soldiers, 250–52, 357, 406, 407
brutality against civilians, 43, 121, 177–78, 259
Japanese Americans, 167. See also internment camps
in espionage work, 158
immigration, 23
maltreatment of and discrimination against, 158–60
Japanese codes, 62
Japanese Foreign Ministry, 38
Japanese Fourteenth Army, 135
Japanese Imperial Fleet, 32
Japanese invasion of U.S., fear of, 160
Japanese pilots, 58–59
“Japanese Regulations for Punishment of Enemy Air Crews,” 192
Japanese Seventeenth Army, 281
Java Sea, Battle of the, 173–74
Jenkins, 370
Jenkins, Roy, 389n
Jews, 383
in Germany, 34n, 383
Johnson, Philip, 306
Jones, Albert M., 409–10
Juneau (cruiser), 331
Jurika, Lieutenant Commander, 191
Kaga (aircraft carrier), 242
Kahn, David, 218
Kaiser, Henry, 296
Kapa Kapa, 311
Kasserine Pass, Battle of the, 394
Kawaguchi, Kiyotake, 306–8, 326
Kawaguchi Detachment, 291
Keegan, John, 245n
Kellogg-Briand peace pact of 1928, 11
Kenny, George C., 345, 346
Keyes, Evelyn, 86
Kimmel, Husband E., 70n, 100
firing of, 99, 107
Japanese navy and, 63
MAGIC system and, 90
Pearl Harbor and, 88–91
King, Edward P., 177, 184
King, Ernest J., 217, 245
Kirishima (battleship), 333, 334
Knox, Frank, 82, 401
Knudsen, Mathias, xi
Knudsen Groom, Mrs., xi–xii
Kokoda, 311
Konoe, Fumimaro, 50
Kramer, Alvin D., 67
Kurita, Takeo, 340
Kurusu, Saburo, 52, 103
Kwajalein, 290
Kwantung Army, 26
Lady Lex. See Lexington
Lais, Alberto, 37
Lamon Bay, 135
Laval, Pierre, 247
Lawson, Ted, 190, 192
Layton, Edwin T., 63
League of Nations, 6, 11, 24
Leckie, Robert, 337, 405
Lee, Henry G., 185, 358–59
Lee, Willis (“Ching”), 332–34
Lend-Lease Act, 32–33
Lend-Lease aid, 368, 382
Leslie, Maxwell, 240
Levenberg, Ralph, 178
Lexington, 199–205, 241
Libya, 410
Libyan Desert, 377, 381
“lightning strike,” 57
Lindbergh, Charles A., 404–5
Lingayen Gulf, 136, 361
London, Jack, 265
Long Lance, 174
Longstop Hill, 385
Lord, Walter, 75
Low, Francis “Frog,” 168–69
Luftwaffe, 378, 381
M-l Garand, 326
MacArthur, Arthur IV, 138, 151
MacArthur, Douglas, 309
after the war, 403
appointed commander of U.S. forces in Far East, 45
Australia and, 309
background, 132
Eichelberger and, 341
Formosa and, 129
“I shall return,” 154
island-hopping strategy, 414
Kenny and, 316
military tribunals and, 399
New Guinea and, 300, 309, 313–14, 341
in Philippines, 128–29, 135, 138, 148, 150–55
Solomon Islands and, 261–62
stereotyping of Japanese, 56n
Wainwright and, 176, 213, 407
MAGIC system, 52, 62, 89, 96, 374
Makin, 288–90
malaria, 335, 341
Malaya, 88, 125, 128
Japanese attack on, 121, 126
Tsuji’s scheme to defeat British in, 114–15
Malinta Tunnel, 208
Manchester, William, 139n
Manchuria, 20, 407
“Manchurian incident,” 24
Manila, 129, 140, 399. See also Phillips, Claire
New Year’s Eve in, 142–43
Manila Bay, 209
Marine Battalions, 210
Marine Corps, U.S., 108, 166, 261, 320
First Marine Defense Battalion, 102
First Marine Division, 405
in Guadalcanal, 279–80. See also Guadalcanal, Battle of, U.S. invasion
Marine Raider Battalions, 288
Marshall, George C., 148, 386
Bratton and, 66–68
Doolittle and, 194
MacArthur and, 213
and the need to save Western Pacific, 138–39
on prospect of war with Japan, 64
Short and, 92
Stark and, 93
war warning messages, 87, 93–94
Marshall Islands, 107, 225, 290
Marshall Plan, 396n
Marston mat, 287
Maruyama, Massao, 327
Massello, William (“Wild Bill”), 211–12
Matanikau River, 281, 325, 328
McCain, John Sr., 286, 292
McClusky, Clarence, 238
McMillan, Oden, 75
medical care in prison camps, 362, 365
Mediterranean, 381–84. See also African invasions; Torch
Medjerda River valley, 384, 385
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 3
Memphis Belle, 375
Mendana, 258
Mexico, 29
Michelier, François, 353
Middle East, 347. See also African invasions
Midway Island, 218, 223–24
Japanese attack on, 226–46
&
nbsp; anticipation of, 222
first wave of planes, 228–29
four-pronged assault force, 224–25
Fuchidaand, 231, 238, 246
Yamamoto’s plan, 225–26
Midway operation, Fletcher picked to lead, 220
Midway Striking Force, 225–26
Mikawa, Gunichi, 270, 281
Miles, Sherman, 92
military tribunals. See war-crimes tribunals
Miller, Doris, 78
Miller, Ernest, 138
Milne Bay, 310
Mitchell, Billy, 116
Mobile, Alabama, 214–15
Molotov, V. M., 298
Montgomery, Bernard, 378
Moore, Samuel, 272–73
Morgenthau, Henry, 396n
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 199, 237n, 329
Morocco, 349, 353
Mukden, Battle of, 19
Munich agreement, 13
Murphy, RobertD., 349
Mussolini, Benito, 9, 380
Nagumo, Chuichi
background, 70
Midway Island and, 230–34, 242, 246
Pearl Harbor and, 84
Wake Island and, 101
Nanking, 27. See also Rape of Nanking
Nash, Ogden, 56–57
National Guard, 300, 312
Native Americans, 306
Navajos, 306
Naval Armament Limitation conferences, 23, 39
naval arms-limitation treaties, 22–23
naval warships, 22. See also specific ships
Navy Department, 295
Nazi party, 3–5
Nelson, Horatio, 233n
Neosho (Navy fleet oiler), 201, 233n
Neutrality Act of 29–30, 32
Nevada, U.S.S., 80–81
New Caledonia, 299–300
New Guinea, 269, 309–13, 341. See also Port Moresby
Japanese reinforcement, 346
relics of battles in, 410
New Zealand, 257, 262, 263, 309–10, 379
Nicolson, Harold, 11
Nimitz, Chester W.
after the war, 405
appointed commander of Pacific Fleet, 100
background and overview, 100
Guadalcanal and, 288
Japanese attack anticipated by, 216, 218–20
message to Fletcher and Halsey, 205
Midway operation and, 220, 227, 228n
Operation Watchtower and, 260–61
Yamamoto and, 401
Yorktown and Lexington sent by, 199
9/11, xiii
1942, 413–15
World War II as defined by, x
Nomura, Kichisaburo, 48, 52, 82
North African invasions. See African invasions
North Carolina (battleship), 261
Norway, 35n
Nye, Gerald P., 86–87
Oahu, 80, 94
Obara, Yoshio, 290
O’Donnell. See Camp O’Donnell
oil trade, 161, 295
and embargo, 36, 44, 52, 95
Oka, Akinosuka, 302, 326–27
Oklahoma (battleship), 77
Olaf IV, xi–xii
Opana mobile radar station, 74
operation Torch. See Torch
Operation Watchtower, 260–61
Oran, 350
Ordnance, Bureau of, 400
Outerbridge, William W., 72
Owen Stanley Range, 309–11
P-40s, 131
Pacific Fleet, 77, 139, 245. See also under Pearl Harbor
Pact of Steel, 7
Palestine, 383
Pan American Airways, 102. See also China Clippers
Panay (gunboat), 112
Patch, Alexander, 338
Patterson (destroyer), 271
Patton, George S., 388, 403
Paulus, Friedrich, 396
Peace Ballot, 8
Peacemaking (Nicolson), 11
Pearl Harbor, xiv, 61–84
Pacific Fleet at, 88, 89. See also Pacific Fleet
Japanese plan to destroy, 60
as obstacle to Japan, 42
Yamamoto and, 46, 58, 60
Pacific Fleet moved to, 70n
warships in, before attack, 81
winter weather window for attacking, 48
Pearl Harbor attack, 60
casualties and destruction from, 81–82
ending of, 84
first strike, 77
Fuchida’s argument for continuing the strikes, 83–84
Japanese celebration of, 83
last days and hours leading up to, 92
mistakes made by Japanese, 80
months and weeks leading up to, 90–91. See also specific topics
reconnaissance and, 91
reports that might have alerted U.S. about, 89, 92–94. See also war warning messages
as surprise attack, 47
U.S. reaction to, 85–87
who to blame for, 92–97
Pearl Harbor operation
Japanese intelligence and, 60–62
planning of, 74
Pentagon, xi
Percival, Arthur, 124–27
Perry, Matthew C., 17–18
Pershing, John J., 2
Peru, 29
Petain, Henri-Philippe, 354, 402
Philippines, 67. See also Camp Cabanatuan
geography and history, 134
Japanese invasion of, 88, 128–53. See also specific topics
MacArthur and, 132–33. See also under MacArthur, Douglas
warnings of impending, 128
Phillips, Claire (“High Pockets”), 406
Phillips, John, 360
Phillips, Tom S. V. (“TomThumb”), 117, 119
Phony War, 14
Pockets, Battle of the, 153
Points, Battle of the, 153
Poland, 14
Port Arthur, 46
Port Moresby, 202, 281, 313
Prange, Gordon, 68, 95
prejudice, 158
Prestre, William A., 166–68
Prince of Wales (battleship), 117, 122
prisoners of war (POW) camps
German, 379
Japanese, 181–83, 364–66, 414. See also Camp Cabanatuan
prisoner of war (POWs), 250–52, 356, 406, 407. See also Bataan Death March; Death Marches
from Axis troops, 395
British, 398
freed, 398
Russian, 396
PT boats, 145, 154
Pye, William S., 107–9
Pyle, Ernie, 394–95, 405
Quincy (cruiser), 212–74
Quisling, Vidkun, 35n
Rabaul, 320, 334
Japanese command at, 266, 281, 290, 328, 345
planned American invasion of, 414
racism and racial conflict, 23, 56, 165, 215
radar, 94
radio transmitters, 259–60
RAF bombers, 378–79
Raider Battalions, 288
Ralph Talbot (destroyer), 271, 273–74
Rankin, Jeanette, 99n
Rape of Nanking, 55, 111–12
Red Cross, 214
relics of battles, 410
Rencher, Bessie, 215
Repulse (battle cruiser), 115–18
Rhineland, 12
Richardson, James O., 70n
Riefkohl, Frederick, 270–73
Rigaud, Charles Alfred, 319
Ring, Stanhope, 234
Robinett, Blair, 178
Robinett, Paul M., 386
Rochefort, Joseph John, 197, 216–18
Rock, 149–50, 209
Rommel, Erwin, 348, 395, 397
Romulo, Carlos, 134–35, 151
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 192
accused of plotting Pearl Harbor attack, 94–97
administration, 253–54, 296
alleged desire for war with Japan, 95
atomic energy, atomic bomb, and, 30–31
at Casablanca Conference, 387–91
death, 401
on “defeatists,” 215
demand for unconditional surrender, 391–92, 396–98
executive order 158, 159
Hopkins and, 66, 323–24, 401
incendiary devices carried in bats and, 166
isolationism and, 35, 404
Japan and, 31, 52, 66
Lend-Lease Act and, 32–33
Lindbergh and, 404–5
MacArthur appointed by, 45
MacArthur’s communications with, 175n
“moral embargo” on selling military materials to Japan, 44, 95
moved Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor, 70n
Neutrality Act and, 29–30
on North African invasion, 347
overview, 401
physical appearance, 97
request for declaration of war, 97–99
restraints Congress placed on, 32
on Solomon Islands, 323–24
sons, 389
South America and, 29
Soviet Union, Stalin, and, 298
Stark and, 66
Roosevelt, Theodore (TR), 34, 70n, 82
Roosevelt, Theodore Jr., 382
Ruptured Duck, 190
Russia, 298, 395–97, 404. See also Stalin
German war against, 195
Germany’s invasion of, 16
invasion of Poland, 14
“nonaggression” treaty with Germany, 13
U.S. “lifeline” to, 373
warships, 19
Russo-Japanese War, 27, 49
Saigon, 42
San Francisco (flagship), 330
Saratoga (aircraft carrier), 107, 199, 232, 291
conference on, 263–64
Savo Island, 270, 274, 333
Savo Island, Battle of, 278, 281
Scott, Norman, 330
Seabees, 286–87
Selective Service Act, 29
Sendai (battleship), 333
Sengier, M. Edgar, 30–31
Seventeenth Bombardment Group, 171
Shanghai, 111, 112, 368–70
Shepley, John R., 85
Sherman, Frederick, 205
Sherwood, Robert, 82, 324, 391–92
Shokaku (aircraft carrier), 202–5
Short, Walter, 68, 99, 100
Shoto (Japanese light carrier), 202
Sicilian bases, 381–82
Signal Intelligence Service, 40
Sims (destroyer), 200
Singapore, 115–16, 124–27
Singapore City, 124–26
Smith, Columbus Darwin, 249–52, 402
Solomon Islanders and the Japanese, 259
Solomon Islands, 262, 281, 405. See also Guadalcanal
history, 258–59
Japanese intentions in, 257
Solomon Islands Constabulary, 282
Soryu (aircraft carrier), 237–39
South America, 28–29
South Dakota (battleship), 334
Southward Movement, 46
Soviet Union. See Russia
Spain, 119–20
Speer, Albert, 376
Spruance, Raymond A., 232, 243–45
Stalin, Joseph, 9, 298, 389
confiscation of eastern Europe, 397
Stalingrad, 395
Stanton, 18
Stark, Harold R. (“Betty”), 96, 139
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