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How were the Japanese able to surprise the US at Pearl Harbor?
Japanese land forces had invaded Hawaii unnoticed.
Japanese submarines invaded Pearl Harbor unnoticed.
Japanese airplanes had flown to the US mainland unnoticed.
Japanese aircraft carriers had approached Hawaii unnoticed.
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Japanese aircraft carriers had approached Hawaii unnoticed.
Brief explanation:
- The attack force was carrier-based. Six Japanese fleet carriers steamed into the central Pacific under strict radio silence and a concealed route, then launched aircraft early morning on December 7, 1941, well beyond visual range.
- U.S. radar did detect incoming planes before the attack, but the report was misinterpreted and ignored (thought to be incoming B-17s from the mainland), and the Pacific Fleet was caught unprepared in harbor.
- There was no prior large-scale Japanese land or submarine invasion of Hawaii, and the planes did not fly to the U.S. mainland from Japan.
Brief explanation:
- The attack force was carrier-based. Six Japanese fleet carriers steamed into the central Pacific under strict radio silence and a concealed route, then launched aircraft early morning on December 7, 1941, well beyond visual range.
- U.S. radar did detect incoming planes before the attack, but the report was misinterpreted and ignored (thought to be incoming B-17s from the mainland), and the Pacific Fleet was caught unprepared in harbor.
- There was no prior large-scale Japanese land or submarine invasion of Hawaii, and the planes did not fly to the U.S. mainland from Japan.
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