The Battle of Pearl Harbor was one of the most important events in United States &#8211; and human &#8211; history. It unleashed the most powerful nation the world has ever seen into mankind&#8217;s greatest war. This is the story of that battle. It&#8217;s all here and it&#8217;s all free on Battlecast &#8211; the world&#8217;s foremost podcast on war and its sociopolitical impact. 



This is part two of a two part series. You can find part one here: <a href="https://thebattlecast.com/2025/07/19/the-military-history-of-the-battle-of-pearl-harbor-103/">Pearl Harbor part one</a>. 



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Download episode 104 here: <a href="https://archive.org/download/bc-104/BC104.mp3">download link</a>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The Military History of the Battle of Pearl Harbor Maps and Images:</h3>



Extensive maps and images are posted to the Historical Atlas of The Battle of Pearl Harbor located <a href="https://thebattlecast.com/2025/07/19/the-definitive-historical-atlas-of-the-battle-of-pearl-harbor/">here</a>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Music Source:</h3>



Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio /// website: <a href="http://karlcasey.bandcamp.com">karlcasey.bandcamp.com</a>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">References:</h3>



Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific by R.V. Burgin and Bill Marvel&nbsp;



Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Twomey



Day of Infamy by Walter Lord&nbsp;



At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordan Prange



Pearl Harbor Betrayed by Michael Gannon



Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruit of Infamy edited by Percy L. Greaves Jr.&nbsp;



I saw Tokyo burning: An eyewitness narrative from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima by Robert Guillain



Tora! Tora! Tora! Pearl Harbor 1941 by Mark Stille



For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, the Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor translated by Douglas Shinsato and Tadanori Urabe.



Pearl Harbor 1941: The Day of Infamy by Carl Smith. 2001. Osprey Publishing.



Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu by G. Willford and T. McGovern



The Pearl Harbor Controversy, 1941-1946 by Martin Victor Melosi. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of Texas at Autin. 1975.&nbsp;



Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and



Women edited by Robert S. La Forte and Ronald E. Marcello



Pearl Harbor Medal of Honor citations by various.



Pearl Harbor Survivors: An oral history of 24 servicemen edited by Harry Spiller



Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson



Radioman: An eyewitness account of Pearl Harbor by Ray Daves



The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions by Alan Zimm



Understanding Preventive Wars: Lessons from Pearl Harbor by Lionel Pierre Faton. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Waseda University.&nbsp;



Battlefield: The Battle of Pearl Harbor. Television series. 2000. NBC Universal.

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