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Talk:Essay:Greatest Mysteries of American History (view source)
Revision as of 13:36, August 13, 2008
, 13:36, August 13, 2008→Pearl Harbour: reply
::It's possible - WW2 is littered with examples of good intelligence being ignored to the detriment of either side. Although now you have me thinking. First question is why? It would be deliberate treason to allow most of the fleet to be wiped out, giving the Japanese short-term superiority (once Renown and Prince of Wales were sunk too). What could the motivation for that be, besides enter the US into the War, which probably would have happened soon anyway. Then again, were some key ships not moved from harbour a short time before the attack (sorry, my knowledge of the history of the War tends to be more focussed on the Japanese home front, obviously). If they had been in port and destroyed too, the fleet may never have recovered. Why did they leave so soon before the attack (again, I am assuming they did) --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]]<sub>[[User talk:JessicaT|''Ohayo gozaimasu!'']]</sub> 09:27, 13 August 2008 (EDT)
::It's possible - WW2 is littered with examples of good intelligence being ignored to the detriment of either side. Although now you have me thinking. First question is why? It would be deliberate treason to allow most of the fleet to be wiped out, giving the Japanese short-term superiority (once Renown and Prince of Wales were sunk too). What could the motivation for that be, besides enter the US into the War, which probably would have happened soon anyway. Then again, were some key ships not moved from harbour a short time before the attack (sorry, my knowledge of the history of the War tends to be more focussed on the Japanese home front, obviously). If they had been in port and destroyed too, the fleet may never have recovered. Why did they leave so soon before the attack (again, I am assuming they did) --[[User:JessicaT|KotomiT]]<sub>[[User talk:JessicaT|''Ohayo gozaimasu!'']]</sub> 09:27, 13 August 2008 (EDT)
::: Two obvious reasons for allowing the attack would be (1) to ensure full American support for fighting the war in Europe, as [[FDR]] wanted to rescue England and (2) not reveal that Americans had broken Japan's codes. Churchill allowed attacks for the same reason as (2).--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:36, 13 August 2008 (EDT)