Dec. 7, 1941 marks the date when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor ushering the United States into World War II.
As much as this date is cemented into the World War II history of the United States and, hopefully, in the minds and hearts of most Americans, best-selling author Erik Larson takes readers on a compelling and riveting inside look at the political drama focused on a critical period in Great Britain’s history leading up to America’s entry into the conflict.
Britain had declared war on Germany in September 1939 in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland. It was a fearful time knowing that bombing and invasion were now serious retaliatory threats. By the following year, in May 1940, Poland and Czechoslovakia had fallen….