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Pearl Harbor: Why was the USA so unprepared for the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941?
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Documents source files
Extract from a report by a British naval intelligence officer
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Extract from an interview with a Japanese officer at Pearl Harbor
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Extracts from an American report on the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
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President Truman on the outcome of the enquiry into Pearl Harbor, August 1945
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Extract from an interview with journalist and author Robert B Stinnett
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Worksheets
Pearl Harbor Task (Word Document)