Video: 'Japanese task force leaves for Pearl Harbor November 26, 1941 This Day in History'

(Wednesday, November 26, 1941, 6:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time; 11 days before the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor) — An aircraft carrier strike force (Kido Butai or “Mobile Unit/Force”) departed Hitokappu Bay on Kasatka (now Iterup) Island in the Kuril Islands in northern Japan this morning en route to a position northwest of Hawaii, intending to to launch its 408 aircraft to attack Pearl Harbor if negotiations with the United States do not reach a successful conclusion. Continue reading Japanese task force secretly departs Hitokappu Bay to attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii if negotiations with U.S. fail 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 26 1941) →