The Japanese Leaders of Pearl Harbor

Three Key Players of Pearl Harbor

April 21, 2017 ·

For the attack on Pearl Harbor to be orchestrated, Japan needed somebody at the helm. For the United States to react, a government official would need to step forward. To justify how the US completely missed the signs that Japan was planning an attack, there needed to be a scapegoat for blame to fall on. […]

The Mind Behind Pearl Harbor

March 23, 2017 ·

Who was the mind behind Pearl Harbor? War with the United States was inevitable. Though the Americans refused to pick up arms and join the battle, it would only be long before they were drawn in to fight Hitler’s conquest of Europe. Though engaged with Japan in negotiations, no headway was being made and tensions between […]

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Pearl Harbor

December 31, 2016 ·

Japan’s Pearl Harbor Visit On December 7th, 1941, Japanese bombers flew in to Pearl Harbor, dropping bombs, torpedoes, and machine gun fire on unsuspecting American servicemen and citizens, marking a strong and evident divide between the United States and Japan. Since the end of World War II and the reparation of the American and Japanese […]

Japanese War Machines of the Pearl Harbor Attack

October 01, 2016 ·

The attack on Pearl Harbor that catapulted the United States into World War II was a devastating blow, and forced the hand of the US to join the Second World War. The attack killed 2,403 US personnel, including 68 civilians, and destroyed or damaged 19 US Navy ships, including 8 battleships. More than 1,000 were […]

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

August 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the key strategist of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Although he had serious reservations about a war with the United States, as Admiral he had a responsibility. The air raid of Pearl Harbor was his idea. The Pearl Harbor attack was considered tactically brilliant, while at the same time strategically foolish. The strategy […]

Chuichi Nagumo, Vice Admiral IJN

August 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

Despite the fact that he was opposed to the attack on Pearl harbor, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo was in command of the carrier-centered Mobile Force (Kido Butai). The task force was made up of 6 carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, and 9 destroyers. His forces were split into three carrier commands: Nagumo: carriers Akagi and […]

Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese Commander at Pearl Harbor

March 18, 2013 · Randy Miller

Commander Mitsuo Fuchida led the first wave of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the pilot who famously sent the signal Tora, Tora, Tora, the code words that they had achieved complete surprise. As a child during the victory over Russia, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida developed strong aspirations to be in the Japanese Navy. He entered the […]

Emperor Hirohito

September 18, 2012 · Randy Miller

On Christmas Day 1926 Prince Hirohito became Emperor of Japan. He was 25 years old and reigned as the 124th Emperor. Hirohito chose the name "Showa", meaning "enlightened peace", to be remembered by. He was considered a pacifist, however, at the same time he encouraged the role of the Japanese military. In an important meeting […]

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Japanese Leaders

Three Key Players of Pearl Harbor

The Mind Behind Pearl Harbor

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Visit to Pearl Harbor

Japanese War Machines of the Pearl Harbor Attack

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Chuichi Nagumo, Vice Admiral IJN

Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese Commander at Pearl Harbor

Emperor Hirohito

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