Japanese: "Tiger! tiger! tiger! ”
When you see this, you must have an inexplicable feeling. Why did the Japanese army say three "tigers" in a row? Is it because they see tigers and feel scared and cause them to stutter? Of course not, not to mention that the Japanese army in World War II was fully armed, well-armed, and a bunch of people in action, how could they be afraid when they encountered a tiger? It should be the tiger who is afraid.
Then the Japanese army said "Tiger! tiger! tiger! What exactly does that mean? In fact, this is a signal agreed upon by the Japanese army.
Pearl Harbor is the most important base for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, located about 2,000 nautical miles from the U.S. mainland. Previously, Germany launched a "blitzkrieg" and swept through Western Europe, which also brought certain benefits to Japan. The Japanese "southward march" faction even believes that this is a great opportunity for Japan to occupy the Pacific islands, carry out the southward expansion, and plunder resources, and the main force in Pearl Harbor is the biggest obstacle to the Japanese army's plan. This is where the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor came from, and the "Tiger! tiger! tiger! "It is the code word for the Japanese army to launch an attack on Pearl Harbor."
What they don't know is that the United States already knows about their plans to sneak attack Pearl Harbor. There are two theories about the U.S. knowing the news in advance. First, China's Chi Buzhou intercepted a Japanese secret telegram and successfully deciphered it, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately told the United States after receiving the news; the second was that the American side itself deciphered it. But no matter which way it learned of Japan's plot, the United States behaved very calmly and unmoved.
It is said that on the night before pearl harbor, the top Americans gathered inside the White House. The Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Staff of the Army, and others all joined Roosevelt in waiting at the White House for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The next day, near Pearl Harbor, 354 carrier-based aircraft on Board Japanese Naval warships received a signal: "Tiger! tiger! tiger! "The start of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. army is defenseless, the losses are heavy, and under the appearance of heavy losses, people do not know the details.
According to statistics, more than 40 US warships were destroyed, more than 260 aircraft were lost, and the number of casualties reached 4,000. When the Japanese sneaked in, the American fleet aircraft on the ground seemed to be neatly arranged, but the aircraft carriers were no longer in the harbor. Therefore, the inaction of the US military is considered by many people to be a bitter plan of the United States, otherwise if the United States really has no idea, how can it withdraw the most important aircraft carrier?
After Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said, "All right! We finally won. "Many people don't know why. You know, before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States did not officially intervene in the war, but Japan gave the United States an excuse to participate in the war at this time.
The reason why people think that the United States already knew that Japan was going to attack Pearl Harbor is indeed not empty. In addition to the above reasons, another is that long before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt said in a conversation with Hopkins: "If the Japanese attack us, I will seek Congressional approval for the United States to participate in this war." ”
It is such a sentence that has led many Western scholars, including the United States, to believe that Pearl Harbor was a bitter plan by Roosevelt to use the Pacific Fleet as bait. Pearl Harbor was just one reason for the United States to enter the war, and the Japanese army signaled "Tiger! tiger! tiger! "But it really summoned a tiger." Yes, although the United States has suffered some losses in this sneak attack, it was Japan that failed.
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