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  2. Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote - Wikipedia

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    Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quotation is a film quote by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan. The quotation is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora! as: I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. [1]

  3. Isoroku Yamamoto - Wikipedia

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    Japanese attack plan at Pearl Harbor, Japan, 1941. In January 1941 Yamamoto began developing a plan to attack the American base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which the Japanese continued to refine during the next months. [15]

  4. Attack on Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The Empire of Japan's 1941 attack plan on Pearl Harbor. Preliminary planning for an attack on Pearl Harbor to protect the move into the "Southern Resource Area", the Japanese term for the Dutch East Indies and Southeast Asia generally, began early in 1941 under the auspices of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, then commanding Japan's Combined Fleet.

  5. Pearl Harbor Day: See photos of the attack that brought the ...

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    Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant. Photos: Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941

  6. Pearl Harbor: A 75th anniversary timeline of the 'date which ...

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    On the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, read through the events of the day as they occurred 75 years ago. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  7. Remembering the Impact of Pearl Harbor on the Markets - AOL

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    While the effects of Pearl Harbor were wide-ranging, its impact on the capital markets was also notable even 77 years later. ... Hawaii sustained a calculated attack by the Empire of Japan during ...

  8. Attack on Pearl Harbor order of battle - Wikipedia

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    US ship dispositions at time of Pearl Harbor attack. Rear Admiral Walter S. Anderson. Battleship Division 1 Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd † 1 Pennsylvania class (12 × 14-inch main battery) Arizona (BB-39) (sunk) (Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh †) 2 Nevada class (10 × 14-inch main battery) Nevada (BB-36) (Captain Francis W. Scanland)

  9. Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia

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    The decision to attack, at least for public presentation, was reluctant and forced on Japan. Of the Pearl Harbor attack itself, Kurusu said it came in direct response to a virtual ultimatum from the U.S. government, the Hull note, and so the surprise attack was not treacherous. Since the Japanese-American relationship already had hit its lowest ...