SKIP CONTENT SEARCH RESEARCH CATEGORIES EARTH ENVIRONMENT LITERATURE THE ARTS MEDICINE PEOPLE PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION PLANTS AND ANIMALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL SCIENCES THE LAW SPORTS EVERYDAY LIFE REFERENCES UNITED STATES AND CANADA GEOGRAPHY PEARL HARBOR SELECT PRINT ARTICLE TOPIC CITE TOOLS PEARL ATTACK THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY PUBLISHED OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS JAPANESE SURPRISE OAHU THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DECEMBER 1941 THE AMERICAN PACIFIC FLEET THE UNITED STATES WORLD WAR PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WHICH WILL LIVE IN CONGRESS DECLARE WAR JAPAN THE DECISION THE GOVERNMENT PREMIER HIDEKI TOJO ADMINISTRATION CHINA SOUTHEAST ASIA JAPANESE MILITARY CONTINUE SUPPLY TOKYO OIL VITAL PLANNED MAJOR OFFENSIVE BRITISH MALAYA THE DUTCH EAST INDIES NAVAL FORCE THE PACIFIC FORWARD BASE ISOROKU YAMAMOTO COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE COMBINED JAPANESE FLEET SECRET PLAN AIR STRIKE ORDER GIVE JAPAN TIME FORTIFY RISKY NAVAL TASK FORCE NINE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS MILES NORTHERN PACIFIC DISCOVERY THE STRIKE VICE CHUICHI NAGUMO CONVERTED LIGHT NUMBER SUPPORT NAGUMO SHIPS LEFT KURE NAVAL BASE KURILE THE FORCE 26 NOVEMBER STORM FRONT STRICT RADIO SILENCE SIGNALS DECEPTION TRUE LOCATION NAVY MONITORING RADIO TRAFFIC BREAK CODE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE HAD GONE UNITED STATES SECRETLY BROKEN DIPLOMATIC CODES SYSTEM THE FEW AUTHORITIES WASHINGTON UNDERSTOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES REACHED FINAL CRISIS LAST NEGOTIATION DESTROY MACHINES THE PROPOSAL THE SECRETARY STATE AMERICANS SAW NAVAL VESSELS TROOPS SOUTH RECOGNIZING WAR MIGHT BE COMMANDERS WHETHER AMERICAN REAR WALTER SHORT ARMY COMMANDER SABOTAGE POPULATION THREAT FORCE NORTHWEST LAUNCHED CONSISTING OF TORPEDO PLANES FIGHTER AIRCRAFT THIS WAS SECOND WAVE THE FIRST WAVE THE ATTACK STRAFED ARMY AIR CORPS PLANES ATTACKED THE NAVY BATTLESHIP ROW THE WEST VIRGINIA OKLAHOMA CAPSIZED NEVADA DEVELOPED AERIAL TORPEDOES OPERATE WATER BOMBS DECK DISABLED NINETEEN EIGHT LIGHT CRUISERS CASUALTIES PERSONS PLAN WAVE REPAIR THE STORAGE TANKS GALLONS FUEL OIL FEARED COUNTERATTACK TURNED THE SURPRISE ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR SHOCKED ISOLATIONIST YAMAMOTO THE EFFECT PREVIOUSLY DIVIDED EXTRAORDINARY TACTICAL FAILED MILITARY GOAL BATTLESHIPS FAILURE YARDS THE AMERICANS EVENTUALLY RETURN THE EIGHT THE OTHER ACTIVE DUTY WRECKAGE ARIZONA REMAINS TODAY THE FUEL THE REMAINDER SUBMARINE BASE SUBMARINES PLAY ROLE THE PACIFIC WAR NORMALLY LEXINGTON HEAVY CRUISERS MIDWAY WAKE FAR EASTERN ASSAULTS BRITISH HONG KONG THE MALAY PENINSULA CAUGHT ON THE GROUND PEARL HARBOR ATTACK INVESTIGATIONS 22 DECEMBER RESPONSIBILITY FOR 24 JANUARY PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION SUPREME COURT JUSTICE OWEN ROBERTS ATTRIBUTED EFFECTIVENESS THE MILITARY ADMIRAL KIMMEL GENERAL INSTITUTE ADEQUATE DEFENSE GUILTY ROBERTS COMMISSION ENOUGH ADVANCE THE LOCAL BEEN ON ALERT MAINTAINING REPORTS AUGUST 1941 NAVAL AVIATION HAWAII THE POSSIBILITY AIR ATTACK DIRECTION SUNDAY MORNING FILED THE CRISIS MOVING IMMINENT ON THEIR OWN SHOULD DESTROYER WARD JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE TRYING ENTER REPORT SIGHTING SUBMARINE RADAR STATION BLIP CONTROL CENTER FLIGHT OF BOMBER AIRCRAFT MORNING THE MAINLAND EVEN THOUGH ARRIVING THE NORTHEAST COMMAND 17 DECEMBER CHESTER NIMITZ SHORT FORCED INQUIRIES LOCAL DERELICT SIMPLY ERRORS QUESTIONS CONTROVERSY JOINT COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS HOUSES INVESTIGATION 15 NOVEMBER TESTIMONY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION DECIPHERING THE MINORITY THE SERVICE GEORGE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF INTERSERVICE RIVALRY THE MAJORITY BLAMED JUDGMENT RATHER DERELICTION OF DUTY CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY RESOLVE NEVER DIED SOON THE INVESTIGATION LIVED EVIDENCE PARTICULARLY INTELLIGENCE GATHERING THE ALLIES THE CONSPIRACY THESIS WRITERS FOREKNOWLEDGE THE PRESIDENT SUBORDINATES EVER MISCONDUCT SOLID RECENT ALLEGATION BRITISH INTELLIGENCE READING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SCHOLARLY OPINION PERSPECTIVE THE PEARL HARBOR SCHOLARS RELEVANT INFORMATION MASSES NOTE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS CAUSED DOWNGRADED DOUBLE AGENT DUSKO POPOV REPORTED BERLIN ASKED SPIES JAPANESE CONSULATE IN HONOLULU TRANSMITTING SHIP DISTORTION INTERPRETATION OF DATA UNDERESTIMATION OPERATIONAL OVERRIDING BELIEF TARGETS THE WESTERN SOUTHEAST JAPANESE EXPANSIONISM ISOLATIONISM NAVAL OPERATIONS IN CHANGING ROBERT THEOBALD SECRET GWEN BRIDGE TO THE SUN ROBERTA WOHLSTETTER WARNING LADISLAS FARAGO DAVID KAHN THE CODEBREAKERS THE IMPERIAL JOHN TOLAND GORDON DONALD GOLDSTEIN KATHERINE DILLON THE DAY ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR EDWIN ROGER JOHN COSTELLO HILARY HARRY PROLOGUE AT DAWN WE SLEPT THE UNTOLD STORY THE VERDICT HENRY CLAUSEN BRUCE LEE FINAL JUDGMENT EDWARD BEACH DONALD PICK STYLE TEXT YOUR CHICAGO LEARN CITATION STYLES DICTIONARY AMERICAN HISTORY COPYRIGHT THE GALE GROUP THE ISLAND NAVAL BASE FORTS AIRFIELDS STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE LOCATION THE INFAMOUS JAPANESE NAVY THE UNITED MINORU GENDA DEVELOP THE PLAN CONQUER PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ADMIRAL CHUICHI NAGUMO FIRST AIR FLEET SORYU HIRYU SHOKAKU ZUIKAKU CARRYING KATE TORPEDO BOMBERS ZERO THE COMM