PEARL HARBOUR RAID
PLANNER SATISFIED
TOKIO, October 26. Fleet Admiral Osmai Nagono, who gave the order starting the Pacific war, told an interviewer that a formal declaration of war was to have preceded the Pearl Harbour attack by 30 minutes, but that for some unknown reason the vital message was delayed in Tokio. He said the attack achieved far greater success than was expected.
Looking back on the fighting strength of the United States and Japan, he was confident that he made no-mistake in issuing the final order to attack Pearl Harbour. Without the success of this assault, Japan would have been defeated earlier. Nagano said he expected to be prosecuted as a war criminal for his share in the war, which included; first, breaking the deadlock between the admirals who urged that the first attack should be made against Java and Malaya and those who advocated Pearl Harbour; secondly, issuing orders for the departure of the attacking fleet; and. thirdly, issuing the order to attack Pearl Harbour.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 102, 27 October 1945, Page 7
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168PEARL HARBOUR RAID Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 102, 27 October 1945, Page 7
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