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Any military operation that has been expected for months usually fails because the opponent has had plenty of time to plan a defence. Most successful operations are surprise operations, but not all surprise attacks work against a prepared opponent.

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Expected attacks can work if there's overwhelming force. An example is #DesertStorm.

Example of successful surprise operations: #PearlHarbor, The #Incheon Landings in the #KoreanWar, #OperationUranus at #Stalingrad in October 1942 that encircled the #German #SixthArmy.

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An example of a failed attack because there was no surprise in it was #OperationCitadel at the #BattleofKursk in June 1943. The expected line of attack was obvious to everyone because of the disposition of troops.

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Denkt man an Steven Spielberg und »#Kriegsfilme«, so hat man zweifellos »Saving Private Ryan« vor Augen. Am Anfang seiner Karriere drehte er jedoch einen ganz anderen Streifen, der von der Kritik verrissen wurde: die Kriegskomödie »1941«. (1/5) (PF)
#militaryXmovies
Der Film, in dem u.a. John Belushi und Dan Aykroyd mitwirkten, spielt in Los Angeles kurz nach dem Angriff auf #PearlHarbor und behandelt die damit verbundene Kriegspsychose bzw. -panik. Das Auftauchen eines japanischen U-Boots vor der Küste 2/5
sorgt für eine Orgie der Zerstörung. Verursacht wird die Farce jedoch durch das US-amerikanische Militär und die Bevölkerung selbst, nicht durch die Japaner. So wird u.a. durch ein sich näherndes, eigenes Flugzeug Alarm ausgelöst, da der Pilot einer Passagierin »nachstellt«. 3/5
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80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
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80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
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80 years ago today, the #DoolittleRaiders took revenge for the #PearlHarbor attack.

One aircrew landed in Russia to avoid falling into Japanese hands and spent 13 months interned.

This is the original carbon copy of their [now de]classified interrogation on 3 June 1943:
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Happening now: US Congress waiting to hear from #Ukraine President @ZelenskyyUa
Standing ovation from US lawmakers as @ZelenskyyUa appears onscreen
"I'm proud to greet you from #Ukraine, from our capital city of #Kyiv" per @ZelenskyyUa through a translator

"We have not even thought about it [giving up], not even for a second"
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For years before #PearlHarbor, Jewish people and their allies in the Los Angeles area who had formed a clandestine spy network to keep an eye on Nazi activity in the USA had been warning about a planned large-scale attack in the Pacific:

news.usc.edu/128058/histori…
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Il y a 80 ans l’attaque japonaise sur #PearlHarbor forçait l’entrée des Etats-Unis dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Vue sur le croiseur USS Arizona après l’attaque, source : ⁦@librarycongress
2/ Le régime militariste autoritaire nippon s’était lancé depuis 1931 dans la conquête sanglante d’un vaste empire en Corée, Mandchourie et en Chine.
Le rapprochement avec Berlin et Rome renforce encore les visées expansionnistes
3/ si bien que le choc avec les impérialismes occidentaux -Français, hollandais, britannique et surtout états-unien- était inévitable à terme.
Le président Roosevelt et sa diplomatie mette le Japon impérial sous embargo et le coupe de ses approvisionnements en matières premières
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🇦🇸SAMOA AMÉRICAINES🥇

Comme l'a fait remarquer @FFLose Samoa américaines🇦🇸 Brunei🇧🇳 et Tonga🇹🇴 sont bien présents à #Tokyo2020

Mais pourquoi les Samoa américaines participent aux #JeuxOlympiques alors que ce territoire est toujours sous souveraineté des Etats-Unis🇺🇸 ?

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Les Samoa Américaines, c’est un archipel de 5 îles situé dans l'océan Pacifique Sud.

La superficie totale de ses terres est de 199 Km2 et compte env. 46 000 habitants.

Sa capitale est Pago Pago.
Les Samoa américaines 🇦🇸 sont à l'est de la Ligne de la date internationale, tandis que l’Etat indépendant des Samoa 🇼🇸 est à l'ouest.

Pourtant ces deux archipels n’ont pas toujours été divisés.
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Here's the full speech Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered on December 8th, after the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. #FDR #PearlHarbor #PearlHarborRemembranceDay
Here's the speech Eleanor Roosevelt delivered on the radio after the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. (2:57)
#PearlHarbor #PearlHarborRemembranceDay
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1. When they filmed @BenAffleck's #PearlHarbor we had Japanese Zeros and Kates with torpedoes slung below, flying overhead for two weeks.

Vintage warbirds move to Wheeler Army Airfield for the 75th end-of-WWII aerial parades via @StarAdvertiser staradvertiser.com/2020/08/28/haw…
2. Here is the schedule:

"The times of the weekend flyovers was moved up to 10 to 11 a.m.

The first batch on Saturday will fly from Wheeler over Waipahu, the Pearl Harbor/Aiea area, then will follow a path toward the south shore. Heading north from there,
3. the warbirds will fly along the windward side, around the north shore and by old Haleiwa Airfield.

The second aerial parade on Sunday will head from Wheeler to Haleiwa Airfield and Kaena Point, then along the west side of Oahu, returning above Pearl Harbor and Ford Island.
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Quand #Trump évoque #PearlHarbor ou le 9/11, attaques d'1 puissance étrangère ou d'1 réseau terroriste pour les comparer à 1 épidémie, le #coronavirus, ça n'a guère de sens. Quand il ajoute "Ca n'aurait jamais dû arriver", on comprend mieux la cible de la comparaison...#Chine
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2) Cette nouvelle saillie de #Trump, ajoutant à la fin du passage que la #Chine aurait dû contrôler le #coronavirus, souligne combien pouvoir attribuer la responsabilité de l'épidémie au rival géostratégique majeur est vital pour son récit #compol avant l'élection de novembre...
3)...et 1 enjeu crucial des prochaines semaines est de savoir si le renseignement US,remis sous la férule de #Trump avec la nomination de Grenell, produira les preuves voulues contre la #Chine sous 1 pression politique déjà ressentie par certains analystes.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/us/…
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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam security forces responded to a reported shooting at a dry dock at @PHNSYIMF. Initial reports indicate the shooter & two shipyard civilian employees are deceased, & one shipyard civilian is in stable condition at a local hospital. 1/5 #PearlHarbor
“We are saddened by this incident, & our thoughts & prayers are with the victims & their families,” said Rear Adm. Robert Chadwick, Commander, @NavRegHawaii. “The @PHNSYIMF is a vital part of our Navy ohana, & we have generations of people, families, who work there. 2/5
Our security forces are working closely with agencies investigating this incident, and we are making available counseling and other support to those who need it after this tragedy.” 3/5
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#26NOVEMBRE 1941

Gli USA inviano un ultimatum a Tokyo con 10 condizioni, tra le quali il ritiro da Indocina e Cina, ma non da Manciuria, Corea e Taiwan. Nello stesso giorno una flotta di 6 portaerei lascia la Baia di Hitokappu sotto silenzio radio con destinazione Pearl Harbor. Image
#7DICEMBRE 1941 🇯🇵🇺🇸

Attacco giapponese alla base navale statunitense di #PearlHarbor: la guerra diventa mondiale.

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Il #7dicembre 1941 il #Giappone attaccò la base statunitense di #PearlHarbor uccidendo 2.403 americani. Nel video alcuni sopravvissuti ricordano quel giorno.
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Aug23 1939: #GermanReich & #USSR entered into a non-aggression pact, signed by J. #Ribbentrop & V. #Molotov
The treaty had a secret protocol on the division of sovereign states of 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇵🇱 and 🇷🇴
In Sept1939 both states attacked 🇵🇱,starting #WWII.

#80WW2 #BlackRibbonDay
1939: On 1 Sept, Germany attacked Poland. The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein shelling a 🇵🇱 base on the Westerplatte peninsula fired the opening shots of WWII.

On 17 Sept, Red Army invaded 🇵🇱, as set out in the secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.

#80WW2
Sept1-Oct6 1939: During the Poland campaign, battles were fought against the aggressors, #GermanReich & #USSR.

The campaign's largest clash was Battle of the #Bzura, an offensive maneuver at the rear of the #German troops heading toward #Warsaw without almost any cover.

#80WW2
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Pearl Harbor to Digital Age: Open Source Enterprise (OSE) Celebrates 75th Anniversary
bit.ly/2gBX4pB
#OpenSourceIntelligence
#OSINT
#OSINT from publicly available sources, like:
Internet
Mass media–TV, radio, newspapers
Specialized journals & studies
Photos & maps
1941: OSE began as the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service (FBMS) under @FCC.
#OSINT Image
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