by Dale Jenkins | Sep 21, 2026 | Published Articles
Dean Acheson believed Japan would yield. In this video adaptation of an excerpt from the World War II history book Diplomats & Admirals, Dale A. Jenkins examines Acheson’s role in the 1941 U.S. oil embargo against Japan—and how policy, personality, and one...
by Dale Jenkins | May 28, 2026 | Featured Updates, Updates
Decryption experts at Pearl Harbor broke the Japanese code that detailed the Japanese advance toward Midway a week ahead of the June 4, 1942 attack. The Japanese would launch half their planes at 0430 from 220 miles northwest of Midway against PacFlt shore defenses on...
by Dale Jenkins | Dec 5, 2025 | Featured Excerpts
Our Pearl Harbor countdown continues with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, whose strategic insight made him one of the earliest and clearest voices warning Japan’s leaders about the consequences of war with the United States. His concerns reveal just how rapidly the crisis...
by Dale Jenkins | Oct 28, 2025 | Book Reviews
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 W.W. Norton & Company, 597 pages, 2012. This is the first of a trilogy intended by Mr. Toll as a comprehensive study of the Pacific War. It begins with a vivid account of the Pearl harbor attack of December 7,...
by Dale Jenkins | Jul 31, 2025 | Published Articles
Introduction The Pacific Fleet naval victory at Midway on June 4, 1942 is one of the greatest in the history of the U.S. Navy, and one of the most significant victories in the history of armed conflict, on land or sea. Decryption of Japanese messaging a week ahead of...
