In 2019 I blogged – US & Japan war-gamed Pearl Harbor attack in 1930’s – and with the 80th anniversary near I had hoped to sketch over the main warnings during 1941. The McCollum Memo October 1940 by Lieutenant Commander Arthur McCollum in the Office of Naval Intelligence which IMHO was written quickly is a … Continue reading 80th Ann. Pearl Harbor attack
I decided to read again “At Dawn We Slept” starting at page 1. The first few dozen pages surprised me with the extent to which both sides Navy staffs had kicked around the idea of an aerial attack on Oahu/Pearl Harbor/the US Fleet during 1930’s war games(bottom page 14 Japan and top page 33 US). … Continue reading US & Japan war-gamed Pearl Harbor attack in 1930’s
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OK this puzzle is OT from climate but a fascinating part of the Pearl Harbor story. This year I have read (and reread) the “revisionist” Pearl Harbor book “Day of Deceit” by Robert Stinnett and I have my reservations about some claims he makes about intelligence the US was deriving from IJN radio traffic. Moving … Continue reading Did Admiral Kimmel exercise his fleet north of Oahu 21st to 24th Nov 1941 ?
For what it is worth there has been a divergence last month with SA, VIC and Tas reducing in price. NSW reducing a little and Qld now more expensive than NSW. AEMO source data – AEMO NEM Dispatch Overview – NemWatch is useful as a snapshot of generation type and demand. There was more wind … Continue reading Updated chart AEMO wholesale electricity daily prices
A time worth reading about and remembering – Tasmania commemorates WWII battle that ‘saved Australia’ from Japanese forces – The Japanese would certainly have taken Port Moresby if the US Navy had not sent vital and scarce fleet units ~8,000km across Some of the important wire rope fittings tadalafil india 20mg are thimbles, eye bolts, … Continue reading 74th Anniversary – Battle of the Coral Sea 1942
I was amazed to hear our Governor General say in her speech at the 70th anniversary of the 19 Feb 1942 Japanese air raid on Darwin; that “Seventy years ago the tranquillity of Darwin was rocked. The unthinkable was happening: our nation was under enemy attack. Unthinkable ? – what rot. Japan had been invading … Continue reading Japanese raids on Darwin – understanding our history from 1942