Headline History

As our countdown to Pearl Harbor continues, talks between the United States and Japan had reached a stalemate.  However, the world had learned that an attempted revolt in Italy, to topple dictator Benito Mussolini, had almost succeeded.  Interestingly, the effort occurred in February of 1940 but had only come to light four days before Pearl Harbor. Meanwhile, tensions heightened in the United States, as it became inevitable the nation was on the verge of entering World War II.