Pearl Harbor

A great win by Webber, but it sure as hell wasn’t sport

by Dan Walsh

110
Fighting Assad one strongly worded statement at a time

by Tory Maguire

210
The woman with her head down trying to save Labor

by Malcolm Farr

310
Eurovision, the only game worth watching this weekend

by Anthony Sharwood

410
Some sensible thoughts to stop us losing to boozing

by The Punch Team

510
Five sparky ideas from a revolutionary talkfest

by Michelle Loh

610
Are you and your vitamins meant to be friends forever?

by Susie Burrell

710
Punch on: Open thread 28/05/2012

by The Punch Team

810
Abbott’s crass logic: trash the Parliament in order save it

by David Penberthy

910
Our special forces don’t always need special treatment

by Paul Toohey

1010

Pearl Harbor attack highlights lack of intelligence

10 Dec 05:50am

Filed under: Japan, Pearl Harbor, United States, Us, War

Author Craig Shirley announced with some fanfare in The Australian that the United States had “no intelligence of a potential Japanese attack.”

Sailors stand among wrecked airplanes at Ford Island Naval Air Station as they watch the explosion of the USS Shaw in the background during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 07/12/1941. Pic: AP

Tell us something we don’t know.

Writing all the way back in 1962, Roberta Wohlstetter made clear that the United States “failed to anticipate [the] Pearl Harbor [attack] not for want of the relevant materials, but because of a plethora of irrelevant issues.”

Continue reading "Pearl Harbor attack highlights lack of intelligence" »

Latest 2 of 41 comments

View all comments

Greg says:

05:43pm | 14/12/11

St. Michael, the “wall of text” is in reality some basic facts to support my argument. I can’t help it if you are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of evidence that I have provided. I am not avoiding any aspects of the discussion either, even though the topic of discussion… Read more »
Greg says:

04:59pm | 14/12/11

marley, I never said that the Sudetenland was part of Germany or that it was taken from Germany after WW1. You are just making that up, or imagining it. Go read what I actually wrote. It’s still there. And German speaking people had been living in the region since at… Read more »

Add your comment

Facebook Recommendations

Read all about it

Punch live

Up to the minute Twitter chatter

ToryShepherd 28 May 12 10:46PM

RT @saline: Touche Miriam. Touche Barry. Wicked old thespians taking the pith. #qanda

ToryShepherd 28 May 12 10:42PM

The best haters are the worst spellers #qandadelayed #godihopeididntmakeatypo

antsharwood 28 May 12 08:31PM

How much fun is it retweeting people who can't spell?

antsharwood 28 May 12 08:29PM

In other Olympian news, Steph rice is advertising Sunrice Chinese style Mongolian chicken. Think about that for a tick

See all tweets

Nosebleed Section

choice ringside rantings

From: They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments

Michael S says:

"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]

From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone

Change Up! says:

I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]