despised deceit, and already thought of the Japanese as a sneaky and crafty lot. This was because Yamamoto had lived and studied in the United States, and understood American culture well: he knew that the people of the U.S. Although Japanese military history clearly demonstrates that they had always favored a swift, decisive blow that counted heavily on the element ofsurprise, the Pearl Harbor attack had to be handled a bit more delicately. This Japanese "bad luck" caused not only the cancellation of the second phase of their attack, the invasion and occupation ofHawaii, but also led to their subsequent defeat in the battle of Midway, a turning point in the war in the Pacific.1 But ofequal consequence was the fatefully bad timing of the Pearl Harbor attack. battleships, cruisers and destroyers and 188 airplanes, the Pacific Fleet's aircraft carriers were not in port at the time, and thus were spared. Although the Pearl Harbor attack killed 2,403 people, destroyed or damaged 18 U.S. The admiral knew that mander of the Japanese Navy would not allow himself to be-the only way Japan could succeed in a war with the United come too elated: two vital aspects of this operation hadStates was if the conflict were a short one, won by a swift, 40 I Film & History World War II in Film | Special In-Depth Section decisive crippling ofAmerica's pacific fleet, followed by immediate American capitulation. But the supreme com-tant (and eventually critical) aspects. Although his battle plan was nearly flawlessly exon Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Admiral Isorokuecuted, Yamamoto had not achieved success in two imporYamamoto should have been happier. Considering the success of the surprise Japanese attackfailed. Donald Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Awakening A Sleeping Giant: The Pearl Harbor Attack on Film The Purple Heart(1944): Actor Richard Loo explainsThe Great Design. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:ĭonald | Awakening a Sleeping Giant: The Pearl harbor Attack on Film Ralph R.
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