Pearl Harbor, Part 1 of 3
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Pearl Harbor - A Great Example of a Stealthy Approach
Sailors and pilots do not know where they are headed when they leave japan. Only once they are deep into the northern cific are they informed of their remote destination. Even then, the crew is forbidden from throwing trash overboard for fear of anything incriminating being picked up by us or british patrol boats. There is no radar, so the fleet sails blind. They cannot put up reconnaissance aircraft in case the pilots get lost and have to radio the ship to ask for location. That would, of course, give away their position to any one listening in. Everyone has assumed the japanese will strike southeast asia. And so the imperial navy plays along with this misconception.
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