Six months before Japan’s devastating assault on Pearl Harbor came this article concerning how remarkable the Navy’s defensive measures were and how unlikely it would be if the installation was ever to be attacked. A large part of the article concerned how overwhelmingly Japanese the Oahu population was, and the many steps taken by the Army and Navy to keep them off-base. How terribly unimaginative of them to think that Japanese Naval Itelligence wouldn’t think to farm-out spying to an Englishman like Frederick Rutland, which they did.
Pearl Harbor was not impregnable from attack 1941Pearl Harbor was highly susceptible to attack 1941Japan knew Pearl Harbor was an easy target
Pearl Harbor was not impregnable from attack 1941Pearl Harbor was highly susceptible to attack 1941Japan knew Pearl Harbor was an easy target