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Pearl Harbor Attack part 2

Pearl Harbor Attack part 2. US broke Japanese diplomatic code; new attack was coming Where?. Japanese fleet. US intelligence loses track! Japanese fleet avoids shipping lanes ‘radio silence’ US Fleet = tight areas, along with planes Espionage concerns (easier to guard!).

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Pearl Harbor Attack part 2

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  1. Pearl Harbor Attack part 2

  2. US broke Japanese diplomatic code; new attack was coming • Where?

  3. Japanese fleet • US intelligence loses track! • Japanese fleet avoids shipping lanes • ‘radio silence’ • US Fleet = tight areas, along with planes • Espionage concerns (easier to guard!)

  4. Pearl Harbor as seen from cockpit of Japanese plane

  5. Attack- December 7, 1941 • Early am mini-sub attack • Radar operators on Oahu (island where Honolulu and Pearl Harbor are located) locate incoming Japanese planes • Told that it was incoming squadron of B-17 (or could have been birds?)

  6. Attack takes place on Sunday am (why?) • 7:55 am • Torpedoes Japanese used were effective despite submarine nets (planes)

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