First of all, the US had already cracked Japanese radio codes, but failed to interpret them, which led to the complete surprise by the Japanese (“Pearl”). Also, some US Army Privates had noticed the planes on the radar, but debated reporting it to the information center, because they assumed it was a malfunction. When they finally reported it they failed to report there were 50 blips on the radar, because the information center was expecting bomber planes, but only 15 (Burgan 10). Those were some mistakes that led to the destruction
First of all, the US had already cracked Japanese radio codes, but failed to interpret them, which led to the complete surprise by the Japanese (“Pearl”). Also, some US Army Privates had noticed the planes on the radar, but debated reporting it to the information center, because they assumed it was a malfunction. When they finally reported it they failed to report there were 50 blips on the radar, because the information center was expecting bomber planes, but only 15 (Burgan 10). Those were some mistakes that led to the destruction