For those who believe that we had broken the Japanese military code before Pearl Harbor, why then did we allow Wake Island to fall? Wake Island, along with Midway and Hawaii were considered strategic defense points in the pacific by the US. So what’s the reason to allow Wake Island to fall?
If we knew what the Japanese military was doing we could have stopped the Japanese navy from invading the island while inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese fleet. Germany had already declared war on us so the main reason for ‘allowing’ the attack to occur was over. We had an opportunity to outnumber the Japanese navy (3 carriers against 2) but sent only one carrier, which took its time.
2007-04-19
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