first answer: It is a contraction of totsugeki raigeki (lightning attack). To ra. It originated at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. second answer: "Tora" as pronounced is also the Japanese word for "tiger". The word "Tora" is actually intended to be 2-part codeword that is saying that surprise has been achieved in the Japanese attack on Oahu Island (including Pearl Harbor).
December 7, 1941, was the date of the Japanese attack.
The first attack on Japanese military was just days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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the attack was tragic
The likely word is the Japanese art of creating miniature trees, which is bonsai.The similar word, also from Japanese is banzai (meaning '10,000 years' - the exhortation to a desperate attack or charge).
There were none: There were Japanese Batleships in the fleet, but the attack was made by carrier-borne aircraft. There was also submarine attack. An attack by Japanese midget submarines as attacked & destroyed. The Japanese fleet included 2 battleships but they did not participate in the attack.
The attack on Pear Harbour happened because the Japanese thought that the Americans was planning on attacking the Japanese.
the Japanese did not lull the US into an attack on Pearl Harbor. the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, not the other way around.
The Japanese were moving in that direction.
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