Kimmell: The air for commander on hawaii basically says, don't send our planes away. We have to defend hawaii. When mollison replied, the japanese have such a capability,. The admiral argued, capability, yes, but possibility. Kimmell then asked his naval war plans officer rear admiral charles mc morris, what do you think about the prospects a japanese air attack? Mc morris said, none.
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...