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Parent topics

• Japan, history [r]: Add brief definition or description See section, "Economy and empire; war and defeat: 1912-1950"
• World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). ^[e]

Subtopics

• Mitsuo Fuchida [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy aviation officer who was the tactical commander of the air attack in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and held increasingly important posts through the war; considered an exceptionally good historical source in postwar interviews ^[e]
• Minoru Genda [r]: Imperial Japanese Navy staff officer in the Second World War; primary tactical planner of the attack on Pearl Harbor ^[e]
• Husband Kimmel [r]: U.S. Naval officer who was the commander of the Pacific Fleet in 1941 and, regarded by some as a scapegoat, was relieved of his command following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; Chester W. Nimitz replaced him. ^[e]
• Dorie Miller [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Walter Short [r]: U.S. Army lieutenant general who commanded the Hawaiian Department in December 1941; he was relieved of duty following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ^[e]
• USS Arizona [r]: U.S. battleship, Pennsylvania-class, that exploded and sank from Japanese air attack at the attack on Pearl Harbor, with the greatest loss of life at any point attacked. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations ^[e]
• Battleship [r]: A heavily-armored, warship optimized for fighting other warships using large-caliber guns; certain armor requirements differentiated from cruisers; obsolete by end of World War II. ^[e]
• Battle of Taranto [r]: A devastating 1940 airstrike by British carrier aircraft against Italian warships in the harbor of Taranto; demonstrated that aerial torpedoes could work in shallow water and proved the concept used by the Japanese in the attack on Pearl Harbor ^[e]
• Communications intelligence [r]: The subset of SIGINT concerned with signals intended to be intelligible to human beings, in the form of voice, messages, or images. ^[e]
• Counterforce [r]: Military targeting doctrine, historically associated with nuclear warfare and now with precision-guided munitions. ^[e]
• MAGIC (cryptanalysis) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Edwin Layton [r]: U.S. Pacific Fleet chief intelligence officer during the Second World War ^[e]
• George C. Marshall [r]: Army Chief of Staff (WWII), Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense (Korean War)and sponsor of the Marshall Plan. ^[e]
• Chuichi Nagumo [r]: {1887-1944) Vice Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy; commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor force primarily through seniority but was not considered innovative or aggressive; early successes fell to failures from mid-1942 such as losing four carriers at the Battle of Midway; committed suicide while part of the defense in the Battle of Saipan ^[e]
• Chester W. Nimitz [r]: United States Navy admiral (1885-1966) who was Commander in Chief, Pacific and Pacific Ocean Areas in World War II ^[e]
• Preemption (military) [r]: An attack launched against an opponent that the attacker believes intends to directly attack him in the short term; sometimes called a spoiling attack ^[e]
• Preventive war [r]: A doctrine in which an actor uses military force on an opponent who is not believed to be preparing an attack on the actor using prevention, but whose activities, such as taking control of territory or building weapons of mass destruction pose a long-term threat to the critical interests of the actor. The attack may signal the start of a war, or be a strategic move within an existing war. ^[e]
• Radar [r]: Acronym for "radio detection and ranging"; a system used to locate a distant object by transmission of radio waves and reception of their reflection. ^[e]
• Midget submarine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Surprise attack [r]: Add brief definition or description
• USS Nevada [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Add brief definition or description