The Pearl Harbor Attack Was Planned on Both Sides of the Pacific Ocean...

... All The History You Learned in School was Fake and Ghey.

To this day, the vast majority of Americans think that the Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 was a complete surprise, and most would bristle at the mere suggestion President Theodore Rossevelt had foreknowledge of the attack.  Roosevelt surely knew the attack was coming, but the Japanese High Command had to have known Roosevelt knew the attack was coming. The Japanese had at least two spies working out of their consulate in Honolulu who had been observing the harbor for months. These spies watched the American Aircraft Carrier Enterprise, along with three heavy cruisers and nine destroyers, leave the harbor on Nov 28th 1941, just two days after the Japanese strike force had left a base in the Kuril Islands.  On Dec 5th, they watched the Aircraft Carrier Lexington also leave the harbor, along with another three heavy cruisers and five destroyers.  All that was left in the harbor were the antiquated battleships.

Make no mistake, everybody knew that the aircraft carrier was going to revolutionize naval warfare.  Exactly twenty years before, General William "Billy" Mitchell sunk the Captured German battleship Ostfriesland with a single bomb dropped from a plane, while observers from the American, British, and Japanese navies watched.  And Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, a veteran of  the Battle of Tsushima during the 1905 war with Russia, wasted no time integrating air power into his naval philosophy, as did the United States, passing on July 19, 1940, the Two-Ocean Navy Act, which, among other things, authorized the construction of Eight Essex Class Heavy Aircraft Carriers to complement the existing seven.  So when the Lexington sailed, a big red flag should have been run up the pole and Japan should have called off the attack.

But the Japanese were desperate, right?  They needed oil, and the United States had imposed a complete embargo on trade, cutting off raw materials to this petroleum-starved island chain.  (Glad the topic was brought up.)  For starters, one has to ask why the Japanese employed Diesel turbines on their ships, when coal from the home islands was readily available.  Granted, coal was not as efficient as diesel, because it had to be used to make steam which in turn drove the engines, and control was not as efficient either.  But, hey, when one does not have to worry about squeezing ships through the antiquated Panama Canal- witness the Japanese Super Battleships Yamato and Musashi,  and the Supercarrier Shinano- why worry about speed and manoeuverability? Why not just build what are basically floating forts and airfields, and dare anybody to come within range of them?  Next, in December 1941, the Wehrmacht was literally knocking on the gates of Moscow.  Why poke the American Eagle, when the Russian Bear was practically lying on its side?  Granted, the Japanese had recently been bested at an undeclared war with the Soviet Union at Khalkhin Gol in Outer Mongolia, but that had been in 1939, before operation Barbarossa.  If, on December 7th, the Japanese had attacked Vladivostok instead of Pearl Harbor, General Georgy Zhukov and his million man Eastern Army would never have been transferred to Moscow to face Germany, and the outcome of World War II might have been entirely different.  Meanwhile, certainly the Japanese would have won a war of pure attrition.  Zhukov's only means of resupply was by dogsled across vast stretches of tundra and the Trans-Siberian Railroad, which the Japanese could have easily cut off, as they did during the war in 1905, while Japan hd its navy to supply any land invasion.   When Russia inevitably surrendered, Japan would have access to the vast oil fields of the Caucasus, already in the hands of Japan's ally Germany.  Then they could have continued their policy of the domination of China without interference from the United States, Britain, or Belgium.  As should be seen, the Japanese strategic policy was, given the circumstances in 1941, utterly insane.

But let us return to Pearl Harbor, and the proof that this attack was perfectly staged, to begin the aptly named "Pacific Theatre" of World War II.  As already mentioned, the Japanese Carriers left their forward base to conduct the attack on November 26th, 1941. Just one day later, the United States issued the famous, "War Warning", subject of much ink from the pens of Pearl Harbor investigators: "...negotiations with Japan looking toward stabilization of conditions in the Pacific have ceased and an aggressive move by Japan is expected within the next few days...  The number and equipment of Japanese troops and the organization of naval task forces indicate an amphibious expedition against the Philippines...  Borneo... Execute an appropriate defensive deployment ... similar warning is being sent by War Department...   inform ... districts Guam...  Samoa directed take appropriate measures against sabotage..."  At Pearl Harbor,  General Walter Campbell Short ordered Army anti-aircraft guns throughout Pearl Harbor and at surrounding installations to deploy.   However,  the guns were demobilized the day before the attack, allegedly because the "War Warning" might have been a hoax.  Coincidence?

Well, some more coincidences quickly appear.  The first is the sighting of Japanese Mini-subs just hours before the attack, in a very sensitive part of the entrance to Pearl harbor.  Let us scrutinize the facts carefully.  At 3:42 AM (Hawaii Time) Ensign Russell McCoy of the Minesweeper Condor sights a phosphorescent wake and a periscope 150 feet ahead of his boat on the port bow.  Now, before proceeding, a little background is in order.  In tropical waters, especially in shallow waters close to an island, algae that glow in the dark, like fireflies, are abundant.  And this bioluminescence is exacerbated by motion, much like what happens when a firefly is swatted.  The Port Bow is where any lookout is most apt to be training his eyes on at any given moment, due to international seamanship customs- a lengthy expose will not be given here.  Suffice to say, this minisub absolutely, positively wanted to be spotted.  Why?  It was a signal to the Americans that the Japanese Fleet was in position and shortly to commence the attack on Pearl Harbor.

But let us watch the comedy of errors unfold.  It was only at 3:57 AM, fifteen minutes later, that Condor sent a message to Patrol Destroyer Ward via yardarm blinker and clear-voice radio: “Sighted submerged submarine on westerly course, speed nine knots.”
The communication was monitored by the 14th Naval District communications watch, but the lieutenant on watch was allegedly asleep.  Luckily, it was also monitored by a radio station at Bishop's Point.  But apparently the crew there apparently assumed the former station had passed notice up the chain of command.  What we do know is Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander-In-Chief at Pearl Harbor, was never notified.  Meanwhile, 13 more minutes elapse before  Lieutenant Oscar Goepner informs Captain Outerbridge, who in turn orders the ship to general quarters.  This whole chain of events is most curious given that Admiral Kimmel, worried that any air attack on Pearl Harbor would be preceded by submarine activity, had issued orders some days before, in view of the "War Warning" discussed above, that any submerged vessel was to be immediately attacked upon sighting.

And then we have the flight of B-17 Bombers that allegedly confused the watch command that fateful morning, as the Japanese planes were supposedly identified as the bombers coming in from the mainland, who were scheduled to land at Hickam Airfield the very hour the Japanese would attack.  These 12 bombers had taken off from Hamilton Field near San Francisco Bay at 9 PM Pacific Time, and were to make the perilous trans-oceanic flight to Hawaii.  One must ask why these planes and their inexperienced crews were put to such great risk.  In 1941, trans-oceanic flights were unheard of, even for commercial planes.  And while this wolf suspects the planes had the primitive equivalent of modern transponders aboard, the navigators used ancient celestial methods. This is ludicrous for several reasons beyond the scope of this discussion.  Suffice to say that these planes and crews were put at great risk for no apparent reason.  At the very least, would not a takeoff from Hamilton Field in the wee hours of Sunday Morning, so that the last hours of the approach to Hawaii would be in full daylight, have been more in order?  Meanwhile, this fateful mission was only decided upon on December 1st, and very hurried preparations were made to extend the range of the planes by excluding equipment to accommodate the weight of extra fuel.  

On December 7th, at about 7:02 AM Hawaii time, Privates Joseph Lockard and George Elliott operating the Opana Radar Site on Oahu sighted the 200 or so Japanese planes en route to attack Pearl Harbor.  Lockard then called his immediate supervisor, but nobody answered.  Elliot contacted the Intercept Center at Fort Shafter, and reached Private Joseph McDonald.  But McDonald was alone at the center and had no idea how to make a plot, moreover, the line, so we are told, went dead.  A few minutes later, McDonald informed Lieutenant Kermit Arthur Tyler of the call from Opana.  But Tyler, who had been assigned to the post just two days previous, assumed it was the B-17's that had been spotted.  Tyler suggested this to McDonald, who relayed the guess to Opana  But Lockard, flabbergasted, requested to speak directly with Tyler.  Tyler told Lockard, "Don't worry about it." After ending the call with Lockard, McDonald asked Tyler if they should contact the plotters and notify Wheeler Field; Tyler again replied, "Don't worry about it."  Meanwhile, as McDonald refrained from further action because he feared a court-martial, Lockard and Elliot tracked the planes on the radar oscilloscope from 7:02 until  07:40 AM.  Just 10 minutes later the attack would begin.  And for the record, Lieutenant Tylor would be exonerated of any wrongdoing or negligence.

But let us now turn the clock back nearly fifteen months to October 1940.  Just some months before, the United States Pacific Fleet had taken up residence in Pearl Harbor, and Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto allegedly began preparations for the "surprise attack".  Now, this Wolf utterly respects this Japanese Admiral and strategist, who was also a convert to Christianity, although a secret one. But his prescience and clairvoyance were especially spectacular here, because, at least on the surface, it was by no means certain that the fleet would remain in Hawaii.  Admiral James Otto Richardson, along with most of the naval officers at the time, vehemently opposed the deployment to Pearl Harbor, arguing that the place lacked facilities, was vulnerable to attack, and was a logistical nightmare to keep supplied.  As late as January 1941, nobody in the United States navy was certain the Pacific Fleet would remain at Pearl Harbor.  The issue was only settled when, in early February, Admiral Richardson was relieved of command and replaced by Admiral Husband Kimmel.  (In retrospect, this appears to have been a massive dog-and-pony show to clutter the record with apparent contradictions, and also give spice to the coming drama around Kimmel, who some would blame for the attack while others sought to exonerate.  And all of this a massive effort to hide the sordid truth being discussed here.)

Lastly, of course, is that everybody wanted the "surprise attack" to be a complete success.  And so to hedge the bets, in spite of the fact that the Japanese Zero Mitsubishi AM6-5 Fighter Plane completely outclassed the Army's Curtiss P-40 Warhawks and the Navy's F4F Wildcats, General Short arranged for his fighters to be parked out in the open wingtip to wingtip so they could be promptly shot to pieces, allegedly to protect the planes from destruction by the 100,000 or so Japanese residing in Honolulu, who would of course riot and storm the base as soon as Emperor Hirohito gave the marching orders.  (If that sounds funny that is the point.)

And so Wing Commander Mitsuo Fuchida proceeded to lead the attack against the nine derelict, World-War-One-Era Dreadnoughts of Battleship Row, sinking four and heavily damaging the other four.  All things considered, the casualties were light, with the bulk, the 1,177 of the hapless Arizona, being just under half of the 2,403 total killed or missing.  Meanwhile, the attack neglected the fuel depots, the ammunition yards, and the maintainence facilities of the harbor, inflicting, in actuality, very little damage on the ability of the United States to wage war.  (The only reason this Wolf believes the battleships were repaired and recommissioned was not to punctuate the obvious.) 

Over the next few days the comedy or errors would continue.  General MacArthur, inexplicably, refrained from issuing any orders for six hours after being notified of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and allowed his air force to be completely surprised by a Japanese strike.  The British at Singapore would also contribute by assuming the jungle was a barrier to the Japanese.  The result was that the British army was surprised and overrun, and Singapore fell, initiating a breathtaking Japanese offensive across the Pacific.  The greatest Gold Heist in World History was underway.