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    Battle of the Bismarck Sea

    February 27, 2019 by denisefrisino 1 Comment

    On February 19, 1942, when the Japanese Empire first attacked Darwin, Australia, killing 200 people, the necessity to keep shipping lanes open between the U.S. and our ally, Australia, became critical. This battle to maintain control of the South West Pacific waterways would spread across many islands and years.

    In 1942 the Japanese swiftly moved down the Island of New Guinea seeking control of strategic areas. Port Moresby, a short distance from the tip of Australia, became a major target. Along the way, the enemy forces set up several coastal bases such as Lae and Salamaua. [Read more…] about Battle of the Bismarck Sea

    Filed Under: Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Marines, Navy, Pacific Theatre, World War II Tagged With: 1942, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Allies, battle of bismarck, Battle of Buna-Gona, Bismarck Sea, code breakers, February 19, Guadalcanal, Imperial Japanese Army, Island of New Guinea, Japanese Empire, MacArthur, Magic, New Guinea, Pacific Theatre, Pearl Harbor, Rabaul, skip bombing, Solomon Islands, World War II

    The Japanese Spy Who Predestined the Fate of Pearl Harbor

    December 6, 2017 by denisefrisino 2 Comments

    As the 353 Japanese aircraft rained death and destruction across the Island of Oahu, Takeo Yoshikawa, using his alias of vice-counsel Tadashi Morimura, was hurriedly burning his implicating files inside the Japanese Consulate on Nuuanu Avenue. The 13,400-square-foot grounds of the Japanese consulate, in a well-to-do neighborhood, displayed a gold imperial chrysanthemum crest outside the two-story main building where the smoke billowed from the chimney, as the pile of incriminating evidence was destroyed.

    When the FBI arrived at the Japanese consulate around 9:30 to place Takeo and his accomplices, untrained spies, Counsul-General Nagao Kita, Kokichi Seki the acting treasurer, and other staff members under house arrest, they were too late. Early that morning Takeo had been listening to his short-wave radio and heard the secret code words “East-Wind-Rain” which carried the heavy weight of Japan announcing their planned attack against America. The FBI unearthed nothing that linked Takeo to his crimes. [Read more…] about The Japanese Spy Who Predestined the Fate of Pearl Harbor

    Filed Under: Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Pearl Harbor, World War II Tagged With: a date which will live in Infamy, Army Air Corps, December 7th 1941, East-Wind-Rain, Etajima Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, Ewa, FBI, Gripsholm, Hickam Field, Honolulu, J-19 diplomatic code, J. Edger Hoover, Japanese Consulate, japanese spies, Land of the Rising Sun, Magic, navy, Nitta Maru, Purple Code, Tadashi Morimura, Tokyo, Triangle T Ranch, Wheeler, World War 2, World War II, WW2, WWII

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