128 Page HARDCOVER BOOK AND 2 DVD SPECIAL EDITION In the early hours of 7th December 1941 The Empire of Japan launched a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii without explicit warning which crippled the US Fleet. In all 8 US Battleships were lost and 188 US Aircraft were destroyed. 2403 American citizens were killed by the Japanese. America was not at war with anyone at this time. The attack on Pearl Harbor was the immediate cause of Americas entry into World War II and the Pacific theatre which led to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and which ended with the surrender of The Empire of Japan aboard the USS Missouri on 2nd September 1945 and changed the course of history. This Commemorative Edition Hardback Book and 2 DVD set features rare film Crusades in the Pacific which documents the entire Pacific campaign About the Director Mike Lepine is a Sunday Times No1 best-selling author. He has written some thirty-five books and has been published throughout the world from America to Finland, and from France to Japan. He has also worked extensively in television in programming as diverse as the arts, consumer rights and comedy. For many years the Editor of the Aviation & Military Video Club, Region: Region 2 Release Date: 14 Nov. 2016