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The Ships of the Japanese Striking Force

June 03, 2017 ·  
The success of pulling off the attack on the Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 wasn’t a miracle. The Imperial Japanese Navy employed vessels that made up the well-oiled task force that crossed the Pacific to launch the two waves of Japanese fighters and bombers to lay waste to the US Naval Base and the battleships moored […]
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Turning Point: The Battle of Midway

May 06, 2017 ·  
  On December 7th, 1941, an aerial force of the Imperial Japanese Navy entered American airspace and commenced one of the worst attacks ever felt on American soil. The Territory of Hawaii came under fire as Japanese bombers and fighter planes fired off a relentless barrage, devastating the US Pacific Fleet. Over 2,400 Americans died […]
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Where the Japanese Went Wrong at Pearl Harbor

April 21, 2017 ·  
Looking at the events of Pearl Harbor, it may seem like the United States suffered the greatest blow it could have that day, but in retrospect, the outcome could have been far worse. The United States was able to recover from the blow quickly—something Japan had not counted on—and become a formidable foe in the […]
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First Japanese Prisoner of War

September 26, 2014 · Randy Miller
As you drive around Oahu, you will see the longest beach named Waimanalo.  It was at this beach that the first Japanese prisoner of war was captured by US troops in World War II. His name was Kazuo Sakamaki and he was an ensign in the Imperial Japan Navy (IJN). He served on a midget submarine […]
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Kido Butai - Japanese Carrier-Centered Mobile Force

April 18, 2013 · Randy Miller
Kido Butai is the name of the Japanese strike force that attacked Pearl Harbor. The name Kido Butai literally means "mobile force". The naval feat of sending Kido Butai undetected across the Pacific to within 230 miles of Oahu is an incredible story. The concept of employing Kido Butai to preemptively attack the US Pacific […]
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Learning Pearl Harbor: What was the Kido Butai?

April 18, 2013 · Jason Alghussein
Formally known as the First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, kido butai—meaning "mobile force"— was the strike force that attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The astonishing feat of sending this huge, carrier-based force undetected across the Pacific to within 230 miles of the island of Oahu is an incredible story. An Enormous Gamble […]
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