Lieutenant General Walter C. Short Commander-In-Chief of the Army in Hawaii observes from airport tower U.S. airplanes parked near to the edge of the field that was set considering an enemy air attack. Short said the primary concern will be sabotage knowing are 130,000 Japanese on the island. Also, Short told the Fielder that changes have to be made (Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970). When Army General Short takes over the Hawaiian command on February 7, 1941. The Chief Of Staff warned him about the risk or sabotage, and a surprise attack by air and submarine to Pearl Harbor. Short took sabotage like the first and priority because the significant amount of Japanese in the land (Burtness & Ober, 2013, p. 743).
General Martin informed Admiral Kimmel about intelligence reports. The report concluded for a possibility of Japanese carriers to arrive in Hawaii waters without prior warning. It is recommended air corps maintains through a 360-degree search of the Hawaii area during daylight requiring 180 B-17s airplanes, but, Martin said not to have the planes available. Kimmel said the reports were very useful to General Short and me. In fact, the plan …show more content…
Commander Genda and Captain Kameto (Gandhi) Kurojima prepared a plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Using six aircraft carriers, torpedo planes, zero type 21 with folding-wing planes for cover, high-level bombers, dive bombers, going by the northern route, using new torpedoes and attacking in the weekend using weather conditions for cover. Further, officers are debating between what will be more efficient to damage the harbor. Some officers thought battleships will do the job, and others thought air support would work better, in fact, the war in Europe was decided by airplanes and ships can be sunk in the attack. Commander Nagumo chosen to command the task force wonders how the carriers can travel 3,500 miles without being detected and emphasize on fuel and
General Martin informed Admiral Kimmel about intelligence reports. The report concluded for a possibility of Japanese carriers to arrive in Hawaii waters without prior warning. It is recommended air corps maintains through a 360-degree search of the Hawaii area during daylight requiring 180 B-17s airplanes, but, Martin said not to have the planes available. Kimmel said the reports were very useful to General Short and me. In fact, the plan …show more content…
Commander Genda and Captain Kameto (Gandhi) Kurojima prepared a plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Using six aircraft carriers, torpedo planes, zero type 21 with folding-wing planes for cover, high-level bombers, dive bombers, going by the northern route, using new torpedoes and attacking in the weekend using weather conditions for cover. Further, officers are debating between what will be more efficient to damage the harbor. Some officers thought battleships will do the job, and others thought air support would work better, in fact, the war in Europe was decided by airplanes and ships can be sunk in the attack. Commander Nagumo chosen to command the task force wonders how the carriers can travel 3,500 miles without being detected and emphasize on fuel and