How the Japanese Viewed the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor But From the Japanese Point of View

December 7, 1941.
To America, it was “a date which will live in infamy.”
But in Tokyo, it was the culmination of a desperate gamble — one Japan’s leaders believed might be their only chance to survive.

This is the story of Pearl Harbor, told not from the American side of shock and tragedy, but from the Japanese war rooms — where men debated empire, honor, and the clock that was running out on Japan’s future.

Through their eyes, the attack was not madness, but strategy. A calculated strike meant to buy time, cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and secure Japan’s dominance across the Pacific.
But even as their planes took off from six silent carriers north of Hawaii, some knew: if the strike failed, or even succeeded too well… it could awaken a sleeping giant.

Notable moments in this story:

The oil embargo that forced Japan’s hand
Admiral Yamamoto’s conflicted genius
The secret training of carrier pilots for a one-way strike
The coded message “Climb Mount Niitaka”
What Japan expected America to do next — and why they were wrong

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