Thus, when Wohlsetter discuss of "signals" in this sense she signify "indicators," and is make reference to the lack of intelligence generally, human as well as electronic. In this context, had the United States had any major intelligence possessions focused on Japan and her naval activities the probability of planned surprise and intelligence failure would have been to a great extent reduced (Wohlstetter, 1991)
Halsey Jr., who stated, "Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!" (Dowswell, 2003)
Professor Norma Field writes that Japan became trapped in its own obsession for expansion. Once it launched its imperialistic aggression it "set in motion a logic of perpetual expansion" that made it necessary to occupy Manchuria in 1931 (Field, 1991, p
In other words, the mighty United States was caught asleep at the switch, literally napping while a horrific attack was on its way and nearly 3,000 Americans were about to perish. Part of the reason the attack was a surprise was the secret development of the Japanese "Zero," a fighter plane that author Patricia Leavy claims was able to "outperform all other fighter planes at the time" (Leavy, 2007, 50)
, England and parts of Europe) sharply against Japan. Author Charles Maechling writes in the journal History Today that at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan had "over a million" troops in China, and Japan occupied all the "principal Chinese cities" and yet Japan was "heavily dependent on outside sources for the minerals, petroleum and other raw materials needed to fuel its economy" (Maechling, 2000, 41)
Conclusion Lost in all the statistics related to the Japanese bombing attack on Pearl Harbor was the fact that ten Japanese midget submarines tried to enter Pearl Harbor but failed on December 7, 1041. The only survivor from those ten subs was Kazuo Sakamaki, who was captured and it "was Sakamaki's shame to be known as the first prison of war taken by the United States" (Tanaka, 2001)
Aaron, an Army Nurse Corps representative, Mostly young and new to the Army, the women found themselves bewildered and homesick in a strange country. Wearing uniforms and work dresses ill-adapted to the cold, damp climate, and minimally heated buildings, they suffered a high rate of colds, flu, and pneumonia (Cosmas and Cowdrey, 1992, p
At the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, there were only 7,000 active-duty nurses in the military. Six months later, there were 12,000 (Feller, 1997, p
Cadet Nurse Corps was introduced to Congress by Frances Payne Bolton, a congresswoman from Ohio (Nursing World, 1996) and was in existence from 1943 to 1948. During its lifespan, nearly 180,000 women "enlisted" in the Cadet Corps (Morris, 2002)
The response from America would not surprise any American, but was definitely not what Yamamoto had planned or expected. President Franklin Roosevelt addressed the nation regarding the attack, declaring war on Japan, and rallying the nation to not only join the war but to win, no longer how long it was going to take (Roosevelt, 1941)