[ARC5] How the U.S. Cracked Japan's 'Purple Encryption"

[Joe Connor]

I have an article on this topic in the current edition of "World War II" magazine.
Yamamoto knew that Japan could not stand toe to toe with the U.S. in a prolonged war, so he planned for a first-round knockout. First, he would destroy the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Next, he would draw whatever was left of the fleet into open seas and destroy it. Without a fleet, he reasoned, the U.S. would have no choice but to sue for peace. If the Navy hadn't cracked the JN-25 code, his plan might have worked. Yamamoto was one of the few Japanese leaders (maybe the only one) who knew that the U.S. had the stomach for a long war and would fight to the finish. 
                   Joe Connor 

    On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 8:00 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
 
 

 
>> But what continues to amaze me is how poorly prepared the 
>> Japanese were to carry on and
>> support a long-term war with anyone, ..

The Japanese believed, and with some evidence, that
the Western Powers had no stomach or spine for
a protracted war, so they risked it all on a
"gambler's throw."  They were wrong.

They should have waited 70 more years.
They'd have gotten much better odds.


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