Angriff auf Pearl Harbor

original title:
Angriff auf Pearl Harbor
other titles:
Das Rätsel um den ersten Schuss
country / year of production:
Germany / 2006
original length:
52 min. , color
premiere:
13 September 2006, Arte
genre:
Documentary
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Florian Hartung , Annette Baumeister
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This documentary deals with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and discusses which side fired the first shot. After the attack in 1941 the Americans joined World War II. To get the support of the population it was important, that they didn't fire the first shot. With the help of an old Japanese submarine this documentary tries to clear up the events on December 7th in 1941.
keywords:
Pearl Harbor , authenticity , submarine , sabotage , media
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
John Craddock. First shot. The untold story of the Japanese minisubs that attacked Pearl Harbor. Camden: McGraw-Hill, 2006.

Peter Herde. Pearl Harbor, 7. Dezember 1941. Der Ausbruch des Krieges zwischen Japan und den Vereinigten Staaten und die Ausweitung des europäischen Krieges zum Zweiten Weltkrieg. Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges., 1980.

Robert B. Stinnett. Day of deceit. The truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor. New York: Touchstone, 2004.

Herbert Feis: The China tangle: The American effort in China from Pearl Harbor to the Marshall mission. Princeton, N.J.: Univ. Pr., 1972. ISBN: 0-691-01064-1
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