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Admiral Kimmel did put the fleet on wartime status and sent patrols out but did not have time to effectively plan out his retaliatory strikes against the Japanese as he was relieved of command in a little more than a week after Pearl Harbor.
General Short and Admiral Kimmel.
Admiral Nimitz, General MacArthur, President FDR, and Admiral Ernest King.
Admiral Chester William Nimitz Admiral William Pye relieved Admiral Kimmel immediately after Kimmel and General Walter Short were made the scapegoats for Pearl Harbor. Pye had been the captain of one of the battleships sunk on Battleship Row, and he was hastily promoted. Pye launched an attempt to relieve Wake Island with a force led by the carrier USS Saratoga which would have evacuated the wounded and civilians (who were later executed by the Japanese) and placed 400 more Marines on the island. When the force was 800 miles away from the island, the attempt was aborted by Pye because he believed Wake was already lost and he feared losing the relief force with it. Thereafter, Pye was replaced by Admiral Nimitz. Pye remained an admiral, but he was never again given a combat command.
Really, there were no generals involved. Generals are the top officers in an army. The top officers in navies are admirals. The Pearl Harbor attack was planned and carried out by the Japanese Navy. The main force behind the decision to make the attack was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who commanded the "Combined Fleet", most of Japan's seaborne ships. Yamamoto did not go on the attack to Hawaii, he remained in Japanese waters. The Task Force which carried out the Pearl Harbor attack was commanded by Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
The commanders of the Japanese force that attacked Pearl Harbor were Chuichi Nagumo and Isoroku Yamamoto.
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter E. Short were both found guilty of dereliction of duty and dismissed.
Admiral Kimmel did put the fleet on wartime status and sent patrols out but did not have time to effectively plan out his retaliatory strikes against the Japanese as he was relieved of command in a little more than a week after Pearl Harbor.
ADMIRAL ISHIRUKI? YAMMAMOTO
General Short and Admiral Kimmel.
The Admiral at Pearl Harbor was Admiral Husband E. Kimmel who led the Pacific Fleet. LT General Wlaater C. Short commanded the US ground and air forces in Hawaii.
US Army General Short, US Navy Admiral Kimmel-Commanders. IJN Admiral Nagumo-Fleet Commander; Captain Fuchida 1st air attack wave; LT Cdr Shimazaki 2nd air attack wave.
Admiral Nimitz, General MacArthur, President FDR, and Admiral Ernest King.
Admiral Chester William Nimitz Admiral William Pye relieved Admiral Kimmel immediately after Kimmel and General Walter Short were made the scapegoats for Pearl Harbor. Pye had been the captain of one of the battleships sunk on Battleship Row, and he was hastily promoted. Pye launched an attempt to relieve Wake Island with a force led by the carrier USS Saratoga which would have evacuated the wounded and civilians (who were later executed by the Japanese) and placed 400 more Marines on the island. When the force was 800 miles away from the island, the attempt was aborted by Pye because he believed Wake was already lost and he feared losing the relief force with it. Thereafter, Pye was replaced by Admiral Nimitz. Pye remained an admiral, but he was never again given a combat command.
Admiral Kimmel. Admiral Kimmel.
US Army: General Walter Short US Navy: Admiral Husband Kimmel
US Army: General Walter Short US Navy: Admiral Husband Kimmel