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On Sat. 16 may 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Har.....

1942-05-16

The story

Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii intercepted a Japanese radio message containing Chuichi Nagumo's request for weather reports to be submitted to him at a location 50 miles northwest of AF starting from three hours prior to the pre-determined time of attack Facility

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