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Old October 18th, 2003, 10:03 AM
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Originally posted by Kai-Petri:
They were on land 70 minutes before the Pearl Harbor strike , and any news about the attack might warn the Americans on Hawaii. Fortunately for the Japanese this didn't happen.

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Well, but as ignorant and arrogant as the Americans were, would they *really* have been alerted?! Probably Pearl Harbor would have reacted with: "Ah ok, the Japs attack English Malaya. Thank God not us! Well, let's stay idle and wait for orders..."
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