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In terms of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Navy (IJN) was able to achieve both tactical, operational, and strategic surprise. Several factors contributed to this. The Japanese strike force operated under strict radio silence, and sailed to its targets in Hawai'i through an area uncovered by American radar and reconnaissance. The Japanese also attacked on a Sunday, at a time when most of the American servicemen were either sleeping or just waking up, not expecting an attack. Lastly, the US also contributed to its own surprise at Pearl Harbor, both by underestimating Japanese capabilities and overestimating their own security. (They downplayed the results of a mock carrier attack on Pearl Harbor in 1938, and did not believe the Japanese were logistically capable of attacking with so great a force.)

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