Перл-Харбор. «Пиррова победа» Императорского флота

"The rise or fall of the Empire depends on this battle. Everyone must do their duty" - this order of Admiral Yamamoto (a paraphrase of the famous order of Nelson before Trafalgar, repeated by Togo before Tsushima) was read to the Japanese sailors on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941 became a "Day of Shame" for the United States - Japanese carrier-based aviation managed to destroy the core of the Pacific Fleet, seizing the strategic initiative and dominance at sea for a long six months. The defeat was so devastating, and the losses were so great that disputes about the causes and perpetrators of the disaster have not subsided to this day. How did the Americans manage to "sleep through" this blow? Who is responsible for the Pearl Harbor tragedy? Was this defeat a cunning provocation by the US leadership, which deliberately "set up" its fleet in order to draw the American people, who did not want to fight, into the World Massacre? And why did the "Japanese blitzkrieg" become a "Pyrrhic victory"? Based on the latest sources that have only recently become available (declassified American intelligence archives; reports from Japanese pilots who describe the course of the battle in a completely different way; midget submarines found at the bottom), this historical investigation provides a fresh look at one of the largest naval catastrophes of the 20th century.