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The Marines at Wake Island (1941)

Sunday morning 7 December 1941 is a date that is printed in the collective American mind. It was the day the Japanese launched their devastating surprise attack on the American Naval Base in Pearl Harbour on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Not the Americans, nor any of the Colonial Powers in the far East and Pacific were able to adequately respond to the Japanese declaration of war and their subsequent sweeping conquest of the pacific. There was another island, about 3200 kilometres west of Hawaii… it was held by a small American force… and it too came under heavy attack that fateful day. For the next 2 weeks, it would be under heavy siege by the Japanese, attempting to capture Wake Island Consider Supporting HoH: https://www.patreon.com/HouseofHistory Thanks to my new Patrons this week: Zsolt & Ben Bregman! My Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseofHistory1 My videos tend to get arbitrarily demonetized. That is why I decided to open up a Patreon where people can support the channel. If you decide to pledge as little as 1$/month you will gain access to a monthly series exclusive to my Patrons! Time Codes: 1:00 The Japanese Attack 3:56 The Ambush 6:40 The Japanese Return Watch my documentary series: End of Empire - Downfall of the Qing Dynasty playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLazn7eofVtjLnVJY6NyQX8JlVApf40DLs The content of this video covers events, people or concepts via a lecture-style presentation that is educational and historical in nature. Every video is original content by House of History. The events relating to conflict in this video are portrayed in their historical context without either value judgment or an ideological message attached to it. There is no intent to shock, upset or disgust. The goal of my channel is to make interesting lecture-style videos, no more, no less. Thank you for taking the time to check out House of History, I hope you will find the films informative, interesting and enjoyable! If you have any feedback, questions or criticism feel free to leave a comment. Your opinion truly aids me in improving the content of the channel! If you have a question, feel free to leave a comment and I will either write a reply, answer your question in a Q&A video, or make an entire video about it! Sources: Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons #HouseofHistory #History #WW2