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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Page 220
... thought of an attack on Pearl Harbor as a possibility and something which might some day be pulled . Our fleet exercises always contained an exercise of an attack in which ... the attacking force wanted to get in , if it could , and the ...
... thought of an attack on Pearl Harbor as a possibility and something which might some day be pulled . Our fleet exercises always contained an exercise of an attack in which ... the attacking force wanted to get in , if it could , and the ...
Page 320
... thought it was typewritten on teletype paper . He did not see the communication after that , and had no direct knowledge of its dis- position . Later in his testimony he stressed that “ all that Op - 20 - G orga- nization were very much ...
... thought it was typewritten on teletype paper . He did not see the communication after that , and had no direct knowledge of its dis- position . Later in his testimony he stressed that “ all that Op - 20 - G orga- nization were very much ...
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... thought it was going to be sabotage , and we expected the natives to uprise and come in . " No ditches or slit trenches had been dug before the attack because they had not expected one.22 Farthing's comments are particularly astounding ...
... thought it was going to be sabotage , and we expected the natives to uprise and come in . " No ditches or slit trenches had been dug before the attack because they had not expected one.22 Farthing's comments are particularly astounding ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
Copyright | |
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