How Did The Taranto Attack On Pearl Harbor

On December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor took place once it was over President Roosevelt named this date as "a date that will live in infamy." this date is what brought the americans into World War II. his date will always be remembered in the way that it will never be forgotten. That was the day Japan took their revenge on america. This day was also the day that President Roosevelt declared war with Japan.

Once Pearl Harbor finished there was one man who was blamed and that one man was James Lawrence ‘Larry” Fly. Larry Fly was the person who was coordinating telecommunication, he did this for almost 2 years 1940 to late 1941. “While chairing both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Defense Communications Board(DCB), Fly had accrued significant political enemies simply by fulfilling his responsibilities.” When the rumor had started to fly he had known exactly who did it. The same person who had planted the rumor went to Fly to make a request. Fly rejected that request.
So 1 year and 1 month later the Japanese Air Force attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Both of these attacks were planned for when the ships were anchored in the harbor making the attacks hard to defend against. One question researchers have is if the Japanese Navy studied the Taranto Attack, is that how they got their own ideas for attacking Pearl Harbor? “Historians have claimed that the Japanese Navy "studied the Taranto attack" as it prepared for its own attack on Pearl Harbor.” This one question could be the key for how the Japanese Navy got their idea of attacking the