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sl8

(13,678 posts)
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 08:07 AM Oct 2022

1941: Chicago Daily Tribune says Pearl Harbor safe from Japanese attack

https://apnews.com/article/alec-baldwin-today-in-history-united-states-dylan-thomas-c80d48e9a0dea2c7ac33f0b34f60fcb6

Today in History: October 27, Sadat and Begin win Nobel
By The Associated Press
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Today in History

Today is Thursday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2022. There are 65 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

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In 1941, the Chicago Daily Tribune dismissed the possibility of war with Japan, editorializing, “She cannot attack us. That is a military impossibility. Even our base at Hawaii is beyond the effective striking power of her fleet.”

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1941: Chicago Daily Tribune says Pearl Harbor safe from Japanese attack (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP
Newspaper editors are not military experts sarisataka Oct 2022 #1

sarisataka

(18,497 posts)
1. Newspaper editors are not military experts
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 11:36 AM
Oct 2022

Although TBF the Army and Navy believed the same thing.

A hard lesson in underestimating an opponent.

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