No Victory: The Pearl Harbor Attack Ultimately Destroyed Japan
Instead of causing the United States to retreat and allow Japan unfettered rampage throughout Asia and the Pacific, as Tojo predicted, the exact opposite happened.
Here s What You Need to Remember: There were still plenty of targets to be hit especially the fuel farms, submarine pens, and shore installations, not to mention the absent American carriers but Admiral Nagumo said no. The task force must return to Japan before the Americans could locate it; the carriers and other ships would be needed for further operations in the event that the United States failed to capitulate.
Pearl Harbor was a Massive Victory for the Japan (And Their Doom)
Instead of causing the United States to retreat and allow Japan unfettered rampage throughout Asia and the Pacific, as Tojo predicted, the exact opposite happened.
Here s What You Need To Remember: On December 6th, there was an influential anti-war movement in the United States, composed of isolationists who did not want to be involved in the European or Asian conflicts. On December 8th, it had evaporated.
It was, as the phrase goes, another perfect day in paradise. As the sun rose above the Pacific in the clear, cloudless sky east of the Hawaiian Islands, on December 7, 1941, the giant U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, was just beginning to stir.