End of the Beginning
Author	Harry Turtledove
Cover artist	Steve Stone
Language	English
Series	Days of Infamy series
Genre(s)	Alternate history
Publisher	New American Library
Preceded by	Days of Infamy

End of the Beginning (NAL, 2005) is the second (and final) book in Harry Turtledove's Days of Infamy series. It picks up six weeks after the end of Days of Infamy. The Japanese have established their hold over the Hawaiian Islands and have installed Stanley Owana Laanui as a puppet king of the occupied islands.

The novel continues to follow the stories of a wide variety of characters.

SynopsisEdit

The story focuses on the Hawaiian occupation under the tyranny of the Japanese armed forces, and the United States' preparation on retaking Hawaii. By mid-1943, the US has amassed its ships and troops to retake Hawaii, and launch another invasion attempt. The Americans quickly gain the upper hand, torpedoing the Japanese carrier Zuikaku with a submarine, and sinking the Akagi and Shokaku in aerial attacks at the loss of only one escort carrier. The Americans, greatly aided by their new F6F Hellcat fighter, quickly gain control of the air, and gradually defeat the Japanese on Oahu. Most of the important Japanese officials and collaborators escape on a submarine as Honolulu falls, but Minoru Genda and the King and Queen of Hawaii choose to commit suicide. Following the American victory, Hawaii becomes the launching pad for the American war effort in the Pacific theater.

v · d · e Days of Infamy Books Days of Infamy • End of the Beginning 1 of 2 Add photo POV Characters Fletch Armitage • Jane Armitage • Joe Crosetti • Les Dillon • Mitsuo Fuchida • Yasuo Furusawa • Minoru Genda • Jim Peterson • Takeo Shimizu • Jiro Takahashi • Kenzo Takahashi • Oscar van der Kirk Secondary Characters Braxton Bradford • Susie Higgins • Sanji Iwabuchi • Charlie Kaapu • Tomeo Kaku • Cynthia Laanui • Stanley Owana Laanui • Yosh Nakayama • Orson Sharp • Elsie Sundberg • Hiroshi Takahashi • Dutch Wenzel • Isoroku Yamamoto • Tomoyuki Yamashita Geography Hawaii