Marie Rankart describes the change at General Motors following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when the assembly lines switched from manufacturing civilian automobiles to military aircraft.
WWII leadership lessons from the Museum’s Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
A newly released memo sheds light on Japanese Emperor Hirohito's role in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Bravery—even unto death—was evident everywhere as Imperial Japan’s air and sea forces struck the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, The National WWII Museum will explore the history and locations of this fateful day throughout an exclusive symposium and educational travel program in Hawaii. Taking place December 1-8, 2016, the program will feature esteemed WWII historians including Rob Citino, PhD, Richard Frank, Donald L. Miller, PhD, Allan Millett, PhD and Jonathan Parshall, along with an exclusive four-part symposium discussing the events leading up to the attack.
Join us on November 30th as Senior Curator Tom Czekanski presents Stories of Pearl Harbor.
Join exhibit curator Tom Czekanski as he introduces and explains the process of creating the Museum’s newest special exhibition, Infamy: Pearl Harbor Remembered—on display in the Museum’s Joe W. and Dorothy D. Brown Foundation Special Exhibit Gallery from November 17, 2021 through June 26, 2022.
This lecture rethinks the attack on Pearl Harbor from the perspective of Native Hawaiian history.