The Pearl Harbor Commander Who Thought Japan Had Won #Shorts

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[00:00:00]Lieutenant Commander Mitsuo Fuchida circled Pearl Harbor at 10:00 a.m. on December 7th, 1941 and radioed three words, "Tora, tora, tora." Below him, eight battleships burned. The Arizona was gone in 9 minutes.

[00:00:17]He returned to the carrier Akagi convinced Japan had crippled America forever. His pilots celebrated as heroes, but Fuchida had missed the aircraft carriers. All three were at sea. Admiral Nagumo refused to launch a third wave against the fuel depots and repair yards. Six months later, those same carriers found him at Midway.

[00:00:42]Fuchida watched the battle from a hospital bed recovering from appendicitis. He survived the war.

[00:00:49]America's carriers did not forgive.