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 * What were the effects of the attack and what prevented it from being more devastating?

The Aftermath of Pearl Harbor

2 groups totaling 353 planes the planes were detected on radar but were ignored as a result of the arrival of the "unexpected" Japanese planes 18 us war ships and 68 civilians wounded 1178 others were wounded 1102 deaths hull of the Arizona remains as a memorial 64 Japanese men died Japanese Americans were set in concentration camps because we had thought that someone was sending the Japanese information on pearl harbor.

What had prevented it from being devastating was the men at Pearl Harbor had acted quickly and had attempted to bomb as many planes as possible. Men had quickly raced to battle stations to defend the ships and naval base. The attack of Pearl Harbor could have been prevented. Numerous failures to use intelligence properly were found, but nothing like a broad conspiracy was ever detected. People have criticized President Roosevelt that he knew of the attacks and let them occur. It was said that a naval intelligence officer failed to report the final section of a fourteen-part message from Japan to the Emperor's diplomats in Washington, D.C., ordering them to break off all diplomatic contact with the United States. The message was intercepted late at night, so the officer on duty didn't deliver it because he thought he would disturb the usual recipients who would be probably asleep. With the knowledge in this message, the U.S. could have could have ordered its military forces, including those at Pearl Harbor, to prepare for an imminent attack.

Question from Aleks - so if the planes had been detected on the radar why was nothing done? Why was it ignored? This is information that would back up the whole conspiracy thing (not saying I personally believe it).