Why Was the American Fleet Caught by Surprise When Japan

question 56

Multiple Choice

Why was the American fleet caught by surprise when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

• A) Cryptographers erred in translating the Japanese message and believed that the Japanese planes were on their way to the Philippines.
• B) President Roosevelt deliberately did not warn the fleet that an attack was imminent.
• C) Faulty radar equipment prevented detection of Japanese aircraft as they approached the naval base.
• D) The message warning of the imminence of a Japanese attack was transmitted by a slow method and arrived too late.

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