The Pearl Harbor Papers

by Goldstein, Donald M.; Dillon, Katherine V.

• ISBN13: 9781574882223
• ISBN10: 1574882228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
PART I. Plans and Preparations for the Pearl Harbor Attack
Introduction	1	(3)
How the Japanese Task Force Idea Materialized	4	(9)
Minoru Genda
Masataka Chihaya
Affidavit of Minoru Genda	13	(4)
Analysis No. 1 of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Operation AI	17	(15)
Minoru Genda
Analysis No. 2 of the Pearl Harbor Attack	32	(13)
Minoru Genda
Diary of Rear Adm. Giichi Nakahara, Extracts, 11 August 1941--1 January 1942	45	(31)
Extracts from Diary and Duty Book of Capt. Shigeshi Uchida	76	(10)
Extracts from Diary and Papers of Comdr. Sadamu Sanagi	86	(5)
Pearl Harbor Operations: General Outline of Orders and Plans	91	(22)
PART II. Letters of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Introduction	111	(2)
Letters from Yamamoto	113	(11)
Two Letters Written by Admiral Yamamoto That Were Considered Sufficient to Indicate His Personal Character (12 March 1947)	124	(2)
``Admiral Yamamoto's Sweetheart''	126	(11)
PART III. Pearl Harbor
Introduction	135	(2)
Rengo Kantai (Combined Fleet), Extracts	137	(83)
Ryunosuke Kusaka
Conquer the Pacific Ocean Aboard Destroyer Akigumo: War Diary of the Hawaiian Battle
Rear Adm. Sadao Chigusa (Ret.)	169	(51)
War Diary of the 5th Carrier Division, 1--31 December 1941	220	(17)
War Diary of the 1st Destroyer Squadron, 1--31 December 1941	237	(16)
War Diary of the 3d Battleship Division, 4--25 December 1941	253	(11)
Submarine Operations, Extracts, December 1941--April 1942	264	(14)
Japanese Study of the Pearl Harbor Operation	278	(34)
PART IV. Aftermath
An Intimate Look at the Japanese Navy	312	(61)
Masataka Chihaya
Index	373