Pearl Harbor. Pirrova Victory of the Imperial Fleet

"The take -off or fall of the empire depends on this battle. Everyone must fulfill their duty " - this order of Admiral Yamamoto (paraphrase of the famous order of Nelson before the trafalgar, repeated to Tor before Tsusima) was read out by Japanese sailors on the eve of the attack on Perl -Harbor. On December 7, 1941, for the United States, the Japanese deck aircraft was able to destroy the nucleus of the Pacific Fleet, for a long time seizing strategic initiative and dominance at sea. The defeat was so crushing, and the losses are so great that the disputes about the causes and perpetrators of disaster still do not subside. How did the Americans manage to "sleep" this blow? Who is the answer for the tragedy of Pearl Harbor? Was this defeat of the cunning provocation of the US leadership, which specially “substituted” his fleet in order to draw the American people who did not want to fight into a world massacre? And why did the Japanese blitzkrieg become a pyrrhic victory? Based on the latest sources, which have become available only recently (declassified archives of American intelligence, reports of Japanese pilots who describe the course of the battle found at the bottom of super-harsh submarines), this historical investigation allows you to take a fresh look at one of the largest naval naval. Disasters of the XX century