About a year before the attack on Pearl, Radio Listening Posts were established in the states of Rhode Island, Washington, and Florida. Results were flabbergastingly good.
The American Volunteer Group was authorized in April of 1941 by FDR to give aid to the Nationalist government of China in their conflict with Japan by creating the group that went on to become the Flying Tigers.
Germany invaded Poland before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
yes
The attack upon Pearl Harbor occurred before the formal Japanese declaration of war .
Trade with Japan had stopped before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
No they wanted to stay out of the fight
It was a surprise attack, before a declration of war, on a Sunday morning against a nation at peace.
There was no declaration before the attack on Pearl Harbor because the Japanese government believed a surprise attack would cripple the United States Pacific Fleet and prevent them from interfering with Japanese military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. It was seen as a strategic move to gain an advantage in the early stages of the war.
The airmen knew their targets. They had to study them.
It was the USS Ward who fired the first shots to a Japanese midget subs in the early morning of December 7, 1941 before the Japanese Imperial Army attack and bombed pearl Harbor.
"A date which will live in infamy" was a quote by President Franklin D Roosevelt on his address to Congress on December 8th, 1941 - he was of course referring to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the day before.
Yes, the code was already broken right before the attack on Pearl Harbor even started. President Roosevelt already knew about the Japanese was going to attack Pearl Harbor, but he didn't know for sure if it was true. Yes, the code was already broken right before the attack on Pearl Harbor even started. President Roosevelt already knew about the Japanese was going to attack Pearl Harbor, but he didn't know for sure if it was true.
The USN Destroyer USS Ward fired upon and sunk a Japanese Mini-Submarine (Midget Sub) before the air attack began.