On December 7, 1941 the American naval base at Pearl Harbor was attacked by naval and air forces from Japan. Japan attacked with 353 aircraft over the course of several hours. The American Navy lost several ships and suffered 2,403 civilian and military casualties. This event brought the ...
More About This Book Blizzard Of Glass: The Halifax Explosion Of 1917 Sally M Walker On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor.With one ship loaded with munitions and one with medical supplies, the resulting blast flattened two towns and killed nearly 2,000 people.With a bli...
The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki appear not to be the result of one large explosion, but rather the result of a fire-bombing campaign comparable in pictures to Tokyo’s fire-bombed remains. Hiroshima and Nagasaki also never experienced anything like the hundreds or thousands of years of...
larger house than before, but it was filled with even more people. Our home was a frenetic place, with relatives perpetually moving in or out depending on whether they had secured a job. I no longer had a
The West Berlin Discotheque was bombed in 1986. Three people were killed and more than 200 were injured at the nightclub, which was a popular destination for U.S. soldiers. The attack was traced back to Libyan terrorists. Nine days later, President Reagan approved a series of Air Force, Ma...
But Abbott's second-in-command Don Landon (Eduard Franz) is convincing that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen. In Harm's Way (1965) More like this >> A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to...
What was the result of the Battle of Midway? What cities were bombed during the Battle of Midway? What was the outcome of the Battle of Pearl Harbor? What war did Pearl Harbor start? What are the main battles of WWII the U.S. participated in? What war was the Battle of Okinawa a ...
1956: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Home Is Bombed Segregationists bomb the Montgomery, Alabama, home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King, who was already becoming one of the most prominent leaders of the American civil rights movement. He had started to build a national reputation during the ...
The fighting lasted a month, and the city was largely destroyed. The Allies gained power and delivered a devastating blow to Nazi Germany when they firebombed the city of Dresden. Continue to the next page for a detailed timeline on this and other important World War II events that occurred...
At the time, most Allied military and political leaders believed they had no other option. Japanese aggression in the regionhad fueledthe start of the war. In a surprise attack, Japanese naval air forces had bombed the U.S. fleet atPearl Harborin 1941, bringing the U.S. into the ...