Pearl Harbor (1/3) - Tora! Tora! Tora! - Animated

Summary by Krater

This video details the strategic planning and execution of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, covering the movement of the Kidō Butai aircraft carriers, radar failures, and the coordinated assault on Wheeler Field, Ewa Mooring Mast Field, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, and Hickam Field.

From the video

Answers: How did the attack on Pearl Harbor unfold strategically?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Kidō Butai movement
• Wheeler Field airstrike
• Opana radar station
• Japanese carrier fleet

What it concludes

• 68% of Americans surveyed before December 7 believed defeating the Nazis was more important than staying out of the war.
• Japan's best chance of achieving victory in the Pacific was to destroy the US Pacific Fleet in the opening hours of the war.
• The attack on the Italian Navy at Taranto demonstrated that modern navies are vulnerable to air attack while in port.
• Lieutenant Commander Minoru Genda advocated for a surprise air attack from carrier-launched aircraft while the fleet was anchored at Pearl Harbor.