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Histories of the Pearl Harbor attack properly devote much attention to intelligence warnings about the attack—or their absence. But this literature customarily underplays a subset of three immediate tactical warnings of the attack on the morning of December 7, 1941.
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Dec 7, 2021 · The attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 years ago this month, was the worst day in the U.S. Navy’s history and the shock of a lifetime for just about any American who had achieved the age of memory.
Dec 7, 2015 · Yet for all its apparent success, the Pearl Harbor attack failed in its aim of crippling the US Pacific Fleet. Critically, the carrier fleet was at sea and survived unscathed. Given the preeminent role the carrier would play in the Pacific War, this was a critical missed opportunity. The fleet itself was quickly repaired and Pearl Harbor ...
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- The Shallow Waters of Pearl Harbor
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One issue with attacking the ships lined up at Battleship Row was that the water wasn’t deep enough to hinder relief efforts. That meant the Japanese fleet would have to completely destroy the vessels to ensure they wouldn’t be able to return to service. Of the eight battleships attacked on December 7th, only the USS Utah and USS Arizonawere unsalv...
That quiet Sunday morning in December of 1941 was carefully chosen by Japan’s Navy. The surprise attack was effective in that many sailors were on leave. A major flaw with the choice of that date, however, was that some of the highest-value targets—the American aircraft carriers—were absent from the Pearl Harbor. The USS Lexington, USS Enterprise, ...
The battleships were far from the only vital target at Pearl Harbor. While the Japanese planes also targeted nearby airfields, they failed to pay any attention to other important assets. The dry docks in the harbor and the fuel depots were largely ignored by Japan’s assault force and both proved imperative in the relief, rescue, and repair efforts ...
Dec 6, 2016 · Japan erred by attacking Pearl Harbor—then it erred in how its aviators attacked Pearl Harbor. First consider the failure of Japanese strategy as strategy. What did Japanese want in the...
Dec 6, 2016 · But Nimitz believed the Japanese missed an opportunity by striking at the battle fleet but not its logistics. Japanese aviators could have taken out the dry docks that would refit most of the ...
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Mar 18, 2024 · The absence of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor during the December 7, 1941, attack has long intrigued historians. With only the USS Lexington and USS Enterprise in the Pacific but...
