Pearl Harbor : Legacy of Attack

"December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy" President Roosevelt, addressing U.S. Congress the following day. By that evening the United States had entered the Second World War. What was the real chain of events and could the outcome have been different? What really happened on December 7th, 1941, at a sleepy little port in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor - a day when 2,409 U.S. Servicemen lost their lives; 21 U.S. warships were sunk, including eight battleships; 188 aircraft were destroyed and 159 were put out of commission? National Geographic uses its unique resources to bring untold stories of Pearl Harbor to television screens around the world in this relevant, balanced and sensitive treatment of one of WWII's most pivotal attacks. Utilizing cutting-edge underwater technology National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Dr. Robert Ballard searches for a missing Japanese mini-sub on the ocean floor just outside of Pearl Harbor, while fellow National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, historian and best-selling author Stephen Ambrose brings historical perspective to this gripping account.