1942 crux of war

"The bomb itself was not particularly large-250 kilograms-yet large enough to start a war. Grey as winter twilight, it was clutched under the plane of Lieutenant Sakamoto Akira, the carrier Zuikaku's dive-bomber commander. At precisely 0745, 7 December 1941, Sakamoto led his flock of dark-green sea...

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Main Author: Parshall, Jonathan B., 1962- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
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246 3 0 |a Crux of war 
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520 |a "The bomb itself was not particularly large-250 kilograms-yet large enough to start a war. Grey as winter twilight, it was clutched under the plane of Lieutenant Sakamoto Akira, the carrier Zuikaku's dive-bomber commander. At precisely 0745, 7 December 1941, Sakamoto led his flock of dark-green sea eagles stooping down into their dives on Oahu Island's Wheeler Field. 1 American pilots, mechanics, and administrative personnel stumbled out of their barracks and mess halls into a deafening hell of explosions, screaming aircraft, staccato strafing, and the cries of wounded and dying men. Plenty of U.S. servicemen had suspected war was coming with Japan; none of them expected to be where it started"-- Provided by publisher. 
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