Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of HistoryThe provocative sequel to At Dawn We Slept that continues Prange's masterful analysis of the attack on Pearl Harbor, delving further to examine the underlying causes and to ask whether the event that plunged America into World War II was really a surprise to President Roosevelt. |
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... execute " was no longer important . For on December 3 , " we intercepted a direct order given to the Japanese Ambassador to start burning his codes . That was the purpose of the whole thing . That was it . Any winds execute message we ...
... execute " was no longer important . For on December 3 , " we intercepted a direct order given to the Japanese Ambassador to start burning his codes . That was the purpose of the whole thing . That was it . Any winds execute message we ...
Page 319
... execute " had been inter- cepted " shortly before 7 December 1941. " 31 Seven officers denied any knowledge of a “ winds execute " for the United States having come in . 32 Sadtler's experience had been with the intercept of December 5 ...
... execute " had been inter- cepted " shortly before 7 December 1941. " 31 Seven officers denied any knowledge of a “ winds execute " for the United States having come in . 32 Sadtler's experience had been with the intercept of December 5 ...
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... execute message . . . . It did not follow the pattern specified by the Japanese in setting up the winds execute message . " For one thing , " it was transmitted by a Morse station , and the message was in the voice form , which was ...
... execute message . . . . It did not follow the pattern specified by the Japanese in setting up the winds execute message . " For one thing , " it was transmitted by a Morse station , and the message was in the voice form , which was ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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