Bruce Cowie, of Victoria, Australia, asks on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 if Japanese steamers were ordered home before Pearl HarborJapanese steamers bert…
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Bruce
Cowie, of Victoria, Australia, asks on Tuesday, August 24,
2004 if Japanese steamers were ordered home before
Pearl Harbor
Japanese steamers berthed before Pearl Harbor
Have you ever in your research heard anything of this:
“David
Howarth in his history of the P&O line
mentioned that British intelligence intercepted
a recall of all Japanese merchant vessels in
late 1941. Plotting their locations and time to
steam to Japan, they figured everyone would be
home by December 6. This would make them safe
from US/British/Dutch action following a
Japanese attack after December 6. Of course,
this analysis could not predict the location of
the attack, only the earliest date.”