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The Effect Of Isoroku Yamamoto's Attack On Pearl Harbor

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Tensions rose in September in 1940 when Japan, Germany, and Italy signed the Tripartite pact. This was a defensive military alliance so when one was attacked the others would help and if they attacked they would join in. They attacked Pearl Harbor because the Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto thought that they did not have enough resources for a long term war so they did a surprise attack. There was supposed info known about the attack but it did not travel to the central intelligence officer. The person who evaluates if things need to be passed up the chain of command Richmond Turner thought that that 2 coded messages they found suggesting an attack did was not that serious. The fleet was positioned 275 miles away from the harbor and there

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