Nov. 22, 2005
Vortex,
Military documents obtained through "Freedom of Information Act" invoked by Stinnet shows that United States had broken both diplomatic and military codes used by Japan by 1939-1940.
Roosevelt knew every move Japan was making. He knew that their navy was on the way. There was no radio silence as asserted. "God Bless" the Army and Navy code breakers.
Pearl Harbor was not a surprise, the Midway tactic was known, and Yamamoto was later killed by knowing his inspection route.
The sad thing on Japan's side was that they never caught on that their codes were broken. It is also safe to assume that United States knew about Japan scrambling to come to surrender negotiations through then neutral Russia much prior to dropping of the Atomic Bomb.
Those commanders caught by surprise at Pearl were kept out of the crucial information loop. MacAurthur was not one of those. He just didn't get enough supplies in time. You see, Europe was the priority.
By the way, Stinnet's book is "Day of Deceit, The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor".
-ak-
----- Original Message -----From: Jones BeeneSent: 11/22/2005 11:27:58 PMSubject: Re: OFF TOPIC History's might-have-been's - Pacific war almost avertedSpeaking of "History's might-have-been's" during this period - how many realize how "fortunate: (i.e. downright lucky) we were at Midway?This "failed-trap", and our good-fortune, plus a rare Yamamoto slip-up - essentially lost the war for Japan during this one battle. We might have succeeded anyway, at far greater cost, but for this battle, as they definitely had the upper hand in maritime strength prior.
Jones
BTW my stepfather was on the ill-fated Yorktown (both the first and second versions), and surviving that sinking (by torpedo) required its own bit of luck.
