Año 1941, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa. Rafe McCawley (Affleck) y Danny Walker (Hartnett) crecieron juntos en una zona rural estadounidense y su larga amistad se mantiene cuando ambos ingresan como pilotos en las fuerzas aéreas. Rafe encontró en Evelyn Johnson (Beckinsale), una valiente enfermera, al amor de su vida, pero pronto tuvieron que separarse, al ser llamado Rafe para servir en la Fuerza Aérea Británica (RAF) contra los alemanes. Mientras tanto, Danny y Evelyn son enviados a la base aérea de Pearl Harbor en Hawai.
Se acerca la Navidad de 1941 y la población de los Estados Unidos afronta la llegada de las festividades sumida en el miedo a nuevos ataques similares al perpetrado por los japoneses en la base naval de Pearl Harbor. La psicosis colectiva alcanza niveles de auténtica paranoia, sobre todo en las zonas costeras, y muy especialmente en el área de Los Ángeles, considerada como el punto estratégicamente ideal para una operación masiva de desembarco de las posibles tropas invasoras. Al mismo tiempo, el fervor patriótico y belicista impregnan a toda la sociedad, pero sin conseguir poner freno a las ganas de divertirse de los más jóvenes, ni a la locura de algunos de los responsables de las fuerzas armadas.
En 1941, Hawái, un soldado es cruelmente castigado por no boxear en el equipo de su unidad, mientras que la esposa de su capitán y el segundo al mando se están enamorando.
En las costas de Hawaii, un moderno y enorme portaviones de la marina americana se ve envuelto en una gigantesca y extraña tormenta que hace desparecer la nave. Pasada la tormenta, el capitán y la tripulación descubren que se han trasladado en el tiempo, concretamente al 7 de diciembre de 1941, el día en que los aviones japoneses bombardearon la base de Pearl Harbor.
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.
Diciembre de 1941. Pormenorizado relato del imprevisto e inesperado ataque japonés a Pearl Harbour, que determinó la entrada de los Estados Unidos en la II Guerra Mundial. Tora! Tora! Tora! era la señal de ataque japonesa.
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but ultimately face trickier terrain: the human heart.
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
Durante la campaña del Pacífico, una heroica compañía americana lucha contra el avance de las fuerzas japonesas en Filipinas, perdiendo cada vez más terreno. Dos oficiales de lanchas torpederas, en contra de la opinión de sus superiores, intentarán frenar el avance utilizando las viejas embarcaciones contra los barcos nipones...
In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life.
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
Naval historians discuss in detail the events leading up to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
William Courtenay's color film of the pacific campaign and Japan's downfall.
The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew public attention to the plight and helped to galvanize efforts to finish the USS Arizona Memorial as it stands today.
Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.