Pearl Harbor Warning Signs-- Part 2: Yamamoto Takes Over Japanese Navy

This being the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor today, all of my blogs will commemorate this event.

1939

February 10:  Japan occupies Hainan Island on the South China coast.

August:  Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto takes command of Japan's navy.

September:  Germany invades Poland.  World War II begins.December:  U.S. halts exports of aviation fuel technology to Japan.

1940

May:  U.S. shifts Pacific Fleet base to Pearl Harbor from San Diego.  This move is not official until February 1941.


1941

January:  Yamamoto consults his officers about the feasibility of an attack on pearl Harbor.

November 26:  Unknown to the U.S., Japan's naval fleet heads for Pearl Harbor.

--Brock-Perry