There seems little to no doubt that the attacks against british possessions in asia were to be carried on without warning. There are different points of view, and i am not qualified to pick among them. Regardless of which point of view you adhere to, it's clear that the people in hawaii didn't know this was coming. And because of that, their wrath for this entire war will be visceralmean.
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...