Japanese error turned tide of war after Pearl Harbor

By Bob Sigall

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 07, 2012

~~<p>Today is the 71st anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a date that would live in infamy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told us, but there are some interesting, little-known aspects of the attack that most of us don’t know.</p>
<p>The first is that the attack was modeled after a battle that occurred a year earlier in Taranto, Italy. It took place on Nov. 11, 1940, and was called Operation Judgement.</p>
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Today is the 71st anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a date that would live in infamy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told us, but there are some interesting, little-known aspects of the attack that most of us don’t know.

The first is that the attack was modeled after a battle that occurred a year earlier in Taranto, Italy. It took place on Nov. 11, 1940, and was called Operation Judgement. Login for more...