ATTACK ON HAWAII
ENEMY AMAZED AT WEAK DEFENCE
TOKIO, September 8
The Secretary of the Naval Ministry, Captain Ryonosuke Imamura, told a Press conference lhat the attack on Pearl Harbour was too successful, with the result that the Japanese had not a sufficiently prompt plan to capitalise on it.
"We expected much greater defence of such an important base." he said. "We were amazed. Our fleet was instructed to bomb and then leave. We had no troops with which to make a landing. If we had, perhaps we could have taken Hawaii. The four carriers which made the attack were protected by three battleships, eight cruisers, and 20 destroyers."
Captain Imamura expressed the opinion that Japan lost the war because she did not concentrate on air power until it was too late.
Japan had 60 submarines at the time of the surrender.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 61, 10 September 1945, Page 5
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