Research resources for the Pearl Harbor attack.

Please send me or another staff member your candidates for this thread.

First, the fundamental information regarding the attack:

PDF copies of the Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings before Congress

Thirty-nine volumes of testimony and copies of documents regarding the US and Japanese actions prior to and during the attack. This includes all prior investigations and the exhibits presented them. There is also a copy of the findings of the Congressional Investigation, referred to as the "summary volume" or the "fortieth volume".

Also of interest is The "Magic" Background To Pearl Harbor

This is a compilation of MAGIC intercepts with contextual comments to help us understand what the message refers to.

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/CarrierChartE.jpg

This shows the track of the Kido Butai (Striking Force) and the tracks of the two USN carriers operating out of Pearl at that time. All USN data is taken from the deck logs of the carriers.

 

Please feel free to start discussion threads on the sources here. We'll keep this thread locked to enhance readability.

 

“CATCHING THE FOX UNAWARE”
Japanese Radio Denial and Deception and the Attack on Pearl Harbor

by Robert J. Hanyok

The Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

hosted at the Naval History and Heritage Command.

 

West Wind Clear: Cryptology and the Winds Message Controversy - A Documentary History

Robert J. Hanyok and David P. Mowry

 

MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SUBJECT: Advancement of Rear Admiral Kimmel and Major General Short


The "Dorn Report" explaining why Kimmel and Short should not be retired at their highest rank held.

 

The Truth About Pearl Harbor: A Debate: Newsroom: The Independent Institute

 

Volumes 21 and 25 of the Hearings have been uploaded. We now have all forty volumes online. PDF copies of the Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings before Congress

 

I have "broken out" the Exhibits submitted to the Congressional Investigating Committee. Four thousand, five hundred, and fifty pages of information. (Some of the Exhibits point at the earlier investigations.)

 

EXHIBITS OF THE NAVY COURT OF INQUIRY

EXHIBITS OF THE CLAUSEN INVESTIGATION

EXHIBITS OF THE CLARKE INVESTIGATION

EXHIBITS OF THE HEWITT INQUIRY BOARD

EXHIBITS OF THE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE

 

Summary Reports and associated endorsements for Roberts Committee, Army Pearl Harbor Board, Navy Court of Inquiry, and Clausen, Clarke, and Hewitt Investigations.

 

Index to the testimony of witnesses called before the various investigations.

 

I've added links to all the Exhibits to the "Separate files" page, so here's the final product: Separate Files, Indices, etc.

Included:
Army Board Exhibits
Clake Investigation Exhibits
Clausen Investigation Exhibits
Hewitt Investigation Exhibits
Joint Committe Exhibits
Navy Court of Inquiry Exhibits
Summary Reports of the Army Board, Navy Court, Clausen, Hewitt, and Roberts investigations

 

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