When | Monday, August 3, 2020, 6:45 – 8:15 PM |
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Sponsor | Smithsonian Associates |
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Event Location | This program is part of our, Smithsonian Associates Streaming series., , |
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Cost | Click here to view prices |
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Get Tickets/Register | smithsonianassociates.org… |
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Categories | Webcasts & Online |
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| | Details | Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy suffered a stunning and lopsided defeat at the hands of the American Pacific fleet near Midway atoll. Historian Chris Hamner of George Mason University examines why the encounter was not just the most decisive naval battle of the Pacific War, but one of the most consequential in all of history. |
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