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Pearl Harbor

Takeo Yoshikawa: The Japanese Spy at Pearl Harbor

by Nicholas Best

WCAG Heading When the task force slipped out of port on December 5, 1941,…
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Ewa Marine Corps Air Station Seconds Before The Pearl Harbor Attack

WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew WCAG HeadingEwa Marine Corps Air Station Technical Sergeant Henry H. Anglin rose…
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Yamamoto and the Planning for Pearl Harbor

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Mark Stille Japan’s approach in 1941, which consisted of negotiations in parallel…
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December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor Attack in Images

Sailors in a motor launch rescue a survivor
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger Japanese naval aircraft prepare to take off from an aircraft…
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Pearl Harbor

The Hopes of the Future

by Alexander Larman

by Alexandar Larman Princess Elizabeth II was in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, for just…
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Five New History Reads for April 2026

The History Reader Upcoming Books for April 2026
From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…
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The Search for the Madness Pill

Solomon H. Snyder

by Justin Garson

In the 1960s, the field of psychiatry was at a standstill. While some…
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Featured Excerpt: Winning the Earthquake

Jeannette Rankin

by Lorissa Rinehart

“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…
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Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

Clover-Land Magazine [Northern Michigan University Archives]

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

The Escapes of David George Timeline

by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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