Attack on Pearl Harbor - Minute by Minute

I always thought the Japanese flew their planes from the homeland to attack. I was not aware of the mini subs either.

Unless I missed it there was no mention of the kamikaze pilots or their tactics. There was also a lot of hype about the US and their retaliation but never an outcome. Only the Japanese signing a surrender agreement at Pearl Harbor.

Regina Akers breaks off at one point explaining the racial divide by the Navy at that time. I'm not really sure what race has to do with anything when you're being attacked. I was always told that everyone in the military is the same color... Green.

Overall the documentary was great and it kept my attention through all three episodes. Not mentioning the Kamikaze pilots, Hiroshima or Nagasaki but adding racial divide was somewhat disappointing.

I love studying military history. And I know the story of Pearl Harbor quite well. Even still, I found myself gripped by this well-paced and thoroughly researched series that does justice to this critical event in American history.

Terrible footage was used in this documentary. In some cases they showed footage featuring American dauntless dive bomber when they were describing the Japanese bombers attacking Pearl Harbor. In other cases they were using footage from other battles that had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor. What was even worse was there using footage that look like models from an old Godzilla movie. Very disappointing. I realize there is limited footage but don't use fake stuff or inaccurate footage. I have seen better documentaries about Pearl Harbor. This seems to have been made on a low budget and many other scenes describe was using canned or previously used film footage. In some cases it was shown over and over again in the same chapter.

It's a good documentary on Pearl Harbor. If you are a history buff and like WW II documentaries, you've seen ever clip and heard every story already. It's basically like watching a repeat when you're bored.

If you think you know all about that fateful day, you don't.

This is an excellent and complete account. Very well done. I wish every Netflix documentary was this intelligent and classy.